Are There Too Many Blogs?

Maybe, but does it matter? I read a small article in Wired Magazine: 16.11 (that's the November '08 issue) that gave me pause. It said, "Thinking about launching your own blog? Here's some friendly advice: Don't. And if you've already got one, pull the plug". No, I haven't decided to end GoGadgetGurl!, in fact I've committed to writing it more often. I feel strongly that stories about how women integrating technology into their lives is an important perspective to add to the conversation and I choose blogging as my venue. And by writing more, I hopefully I'll get better.



That small article in Wired introduced me to "The Huffington Post" which the article sighted as part of the reason for the demise of the blog's fresh frontier. I also recently read two nytimes articles ("Huffington and Brown: Paths Intertwine in the Blog Thicket"" and "Editor of Note, Perched Online") that give me reason to celebrate women and blogs. It was encouraging to discover Arianna Huffington's successful two-year old Huffington Post (estimated to be worth $200 million), and her close friend's Tina Brown's latest venture, The Daily Beast, that's almost a month-old and backed by a rumored $18 million. I'm not going to critique these sites (not yet anyway). What I do want to say is, the the uncharted frontier of blogs may be being taken over by the masses, yet the future is far from over today as far as I'm concerned. Like the the settlers that settled the Western Frontier of the United States, the blogosphere promises to continue to grow into lush and beautiful place to be where anyone may express themselves, anyone can comment, nicely or meanly, and conversation is alive and well. Clearly I'm not a maverick ;)

See you in the blogsosphere!

Go Gadget Gurl!
"Knowledge the ultimate fashion accessory"

A cool find using Google

So, the other day, I needed to send an email to someone whose email I didn’t have. I did have her mobile phone number, and I remembered I could send an email to a mobile phone. I have sent an email to the moblie phones of people that are on my same network because I know what mobile carrier they are on. This time I didn’t know the mobile carrier. I wasn’t detered, I thought to myself how can I find out who her mobile carrier is? Is there a website that someone has set up to give me the mobile carrier if I know the person’s phone number?

I first googled “how do I get the mobile carrier if I know the phone number?” and I found some sites that did it in Austrailia. Noooo! I played around with this phrase for a few more searches and then I noticed the terminology of the results I was seeing. A majority of them used the term lookup. So, I changed my search to “mobile carrier lookup” and oh la! A mobile carrier lookup website that gives you the mobile carrier of any phone number. I checked my phone number, my honey’s phone number, family, friends, and others whom I already knew their carrier and it was right every single time. I love the world we live in today in which information is available immediately. So, for those of you that want to know how to send email to mobile phones. Here’s a website that lists the email format of most of the current US mobile carriers...from the mind of GoGadgetGurl!

Let me know what cool google finds you've got!

Go Gadget Gurl!
"Knowledge the ultimate fashion accessory"