2 am ramblings
Tonight, I tried to fill my head with beauty to mitigate the horror my mind is imagining to go along with the news stories I read. I worked a holiday concert...
Making sense of the senseless
I woke up this morning, a little bleary eyed but happy. I went to babysit a friend’s 6 month old while she volunteered at her daughter’s preschool. Nothing o...
Poppies
I have a thing for Poppies. I love them. I love what they symbolize, I love that I can grow them, and I think that they’re one of the prettiest flowers out t...
Remember
Remember verb ri-ˈmem-bər
She’s Connected and my BlackBerry
You know what I absolutely love hearing when showing off my Bold 9900? “Wow, I didn’t know a BlackBerry could do THAT”. I heard that a lot this weekend at ...
Thoughts on She’s Connected 2012
In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve been blogging over at my other blog Adventures with my BlackBerry for the last few months. I’m going to have another wrap ...
Conference Time!
I’m very excited to be going back to the She’s Connected Conference this year. Last year I had a great time meeting new people and learning a lot about blog...
Ten Things you need to know about your BlackBerry
Since I started this blog, I’ve met a lot of other members of Team BlackBerry. One of the things that constantly astounds me is how few people regularly bac...
Why I’m Retiring the GPS
I don’t actually have a GPS but my parents do, as do a lot of my friends, so when I’m going somewhere where there’s a good possibility of my getting horribly...
Synchronizing Calendars between devices
I’ve been a little quiet on here lately, mostly because I’ve been busy giving BlackBerry Traffic a workout! A friend who has recently purchased a PlayBook a...
Why my loyalty isn’t going anywhere
In case you couldn’t tell from the title of my blog, I’m a BlackBerry fan. I have tried iphones and Androids and while they were a lot of fun, my infatuatio...
The Camera Question Part II - PlayBook Edition
One of the best features of my BlackBerry PlayBook is its portability. I didn’t want a tablet I’d need a separate bag to lug around. I wanted something tru...
How my Playbook saved the evening.
I was visiting my parents last weekend and one evening, we were bored. There was nothing on TV and we were all talked out. Yes we have tons of DVDs but the...
Protect yourself and your smartphone with BlackBerry Protect
BlackBerry Protect is one of the most useful tools available from BlackBerry app world. Not only is BlackBerry Protect a convenient way to backup your data ...
Identify yourself with the BlackBerry ID
BlackBerry ID falls into the category of things your really need to do first on your BlackBerry. It makes life so much easier. Once you’ve created your Bla...
What’s the secret (Pass)word?
A few weeks ago, the social networking site LinkedIn was hacked and millions of passwords were stolen. I dutifully went and changed my password and promptly...
Near Field Communication
One of the features of my BlackBerry Bold 9900 that I hadn’t explored until recently was the ability to use Near Field Communication or NFC. NFC is used with...
BBM
One of my favourite applications on my Bold 9900 is BlackBerry Messenger or BBM. BBM is more than simply a messaging system - it’s an easy way to keep in tou...
The Camera Question
By far the most frequent question I get asked about my Bold 9900 is about the camera. People ask why I would want a smart phone with a crappy camera. My an...
A word of Introduction
My Beloved Bold 9900 - as a TARDIS !
Please Excuse my absence.
It’s been a rough couple of months. Every time I think I’m going to get back on track and blog again something happens. First it was pneumonia. I have had it...