Author: Joanna Pineda

AI Note-Taking Part 2: Lessons from Five Months of Testing and Refining

My laptop is being rebuilt, my cell phone has stopped ringing — but all my equipment is new! I’m in technology hell, and if it weren’t for Maki and my […]

I’m in Technology Hell
Posted on October 9, 2008
My laptop is being rebuilt, my cell phone has stopped ringing -- but all my equipment is new! I'm in technology hell, and if it weren't for Maki and my senior network administrator, I would lose my mind. When I ordered a new laptop three months ago, [...]
My Love-Hate Relationship with CAPTCHA
Posted on September 23, 2008
By now, most of us are familiar with CAPTCHA graphics, or the graphics with squiggly text that we have to retype correctly in order to submit a form.  I understand that CAPTCHA was developed to stop spam, prevent bots from hijacking forms and surveys, and prevent dictionary attacks against [...]
Thank Goodness for Citizen Journalists During Hurricane Ike
Posted on September 16, 2008
When my in-laws were told to evacuate their home in Houston last week, they were lucky; they managed to book a flight out to our home in VA before the two Houston airports closed down.  We spent Saturday and Sunday watching the news and hoping their friends and home [...]
Millions Commemorate 9/11 on the Web
Posted on September 11, 2008
On the anniversary of that fateful day seven years ago, many of us paused, reflected, read the news, watched TV, and yes, many of us turned to the Web to help us remember. Here's a roundup of the some of the official or particularly good 9/11 sites [...]
My Favorite Free (Or Nearly Free) Road Warrior Tools
Posted on September 9, 2008
Here's my dilemma: I want to be able to resize images, but I am not a designer, I don't need to do fancy designer-y things and I don't want to shell out $650 for Photoshop or even $90 for Photoshop Elements.  I feel the same way about Adobe Acrobat: [...]
It’s an HD World
Posted on September 4, 2008
High Definition (HD) is everywhere. The Blu-ray format has won the HD DVD war and I'm seeing a lot more Blu-ray movies at my local video store and retail stores. As I mentioned in a previous post, Apple TV and the PS3 now have HD [...]
The Dark Knight
Posted on September 2, 2008
I haven’t seen a movie this good in ages! Full of surprises and great acting. Love the gadgets.