Month: February 2010

Unleash Your Inner Librarian – LibraryThing? Meet Red Laser’s iPhone Barcode Scanner

I bet you have books all over the place: by your bed, in the kids’ rooms, in boxes, in the basement…So how are you ever supposed to remember which of the Captain Underpants books your kid already has, or which Patricia Cornwell you’re missing? [Skip to the bit where I tell you how to use… Continue reading Unleash Your Inner Librarian – LibraryThing? Meet Red Laser’s iPhone Barcode Scanner

Using The Red Laser Barcode Scanner to Add Batches of Books To LibraryThing.com

1. Buy the app, if you haven’t already. (It’s by Occipital, and it costs $1.99 is free in the app store.) 2. Run the app. Select the little lightning bolt in the bottom of the screen, to start the scanner. 3. Before you point the phone at anything, flip the little switch at the bottom of… Continue reading Using The Red Laser Barcode Scanner to Add Batches of Books To LibraryThing.com

Red Laser Barcode Scanner for iPhone

You know when you’re walking around with a friend and you see a cool new toy? What do you do? You point at it. “What is that?” you say, quickly followed by, “And where can I get one?” If your friend is the guru of all shopping gurus, she can probably tell you where to… Continue reading Red Laser Barcode Scanner for iPhone

Why I Use Twitter

Why Twitter? For me: mobility and cost and immediacy. Most people seem to use computers to tweet but it was conceived as a way to share text messages with a bunch of friends easily. My family are all in a different country and a different time zone. Posting little 140 character questions and updates that… Continue reading Why I Use Twitter

Google Buzz, Huh?

Buzz sprang into the world recently, a new service from Google that kind of replicates the status update part of Facebook and kind of replicates Twitter. Everyone is, a-buzz about Buzz (good naming, Google) because it’s from Google, even if they’re not sure what it does, yet. I don’t know about you, but I don’t… Continue reading Google Buzz, Huh?

I’m Losing It!

My friend Susan and I are running our own private diet club, which involves picking the weight-loss method that works best for each of us and checking in every week with a weigh-in, analysis of the past week and plans for the next week. We’ve just completed week 3 and it’s proving very helpful. Her… Continue reading I’m Losing It!

WordPress Plug-ins I Shouldn’t Have Tried To Live Without

I use Wordpress to host and run my websites. Plug-ins let me do everything from put headlines in my sidebars, to helping me track how many people visit which article, to creating sign-up forms, and create those cute little ‘link to me’ buttons at the top of this article. Here are the ones that allow me to build websites that make my clients go “ooooh!”