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Just when you thought you had it all figured out…
Personally I welcome change to the Twitter.com interface. I use HootSuite because it allows me to schedule tweets, post to Facebook, and monitor different Twitter accounts, and this #newtwitter doesn’t seem to be handling that just yet.
But easier viewing of Twitter profiles, embedding of multimedia… definitely steps in the right direction (as long...
This week I asked parents on my Facebook page what they thought were the biggest threats facing our kids online. One mother left a comment that really got me thinking.
She voiced the usual concern about the easy availability to inappropriate material online, and went on to share that, despite all the web-filtering controls she had implemented on their home PCs, a well-meaning adult had given her son an iPod Touch as...
Along Comes #NewTwitter
Shortened URLs – What you don’t know CAN hurt you
Shortened URLs - What you don't know CAN hurt you. 4 tools that eliminate the mystery, and give you back control over your browsing experience.Smartphones and Kids – Can we protect them without spying on them?
No-fuss Video Slideshows – Animoto.com
I was trying to put together a little slideshow for a family member the other day, and came across this site: Animoto.com They take the photos you upload, the music you select or upload, and put them together with some cool video editing techniques to take the work out of it for you. So you can turn out something like this in under 10 minutes like I did. Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com. Free...Hacked!
Ok so mere hours after I submitted that last post on the Trojan being used to carry out increasingly widespread fraud within the US, and the work at home scam that gets them their “mules”, guess what happened? Well you read the post title so you already know. I was hacked! My twitter account was hacked, and I sent wonderful Direct Message spam to literally like 100 of my followers. Can you say very red...Work at Home scam
Those of you who’ve followed me for a while know that I work in I.T.For over 10 years, I’ve also worked in the Financial Services industry. My mom’s a career banker, so I guess you could say it’s in my blood. I’ve seen a lot scams in my time and I’ve seen the controls we put in place to alert and mitigate. You could say it’s shaped my approach to I.T. so that I’m...
About Me
A 30-ish mother of 3 and unintentional entrepreneur, I started my own IT Consultancy firm after layoffs at my old job. I balance the world of Corporate IT with my life as Manager of the education, health and well-being of my children.
Blogging from the Caribbean, I give tech advice to moms and write about raising 3 kids under 10, one of whom has been diagnosed with Aspergers.