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!

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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!

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Syphone, the iPhone Keepsake Box for My Love Messages

I love applications that do what you expect them to do and do it elegantly right out the box! It's how I felt about the iPhone, and Syphone is a wonderful compliment. I have to admit there was one small hiccup, yet a quick scan of their great support forum, (in which, they have someone knowledgeable actively responding to user inquiries) answered the problem before I even ran into it. So, I unselected the rogue preference and oh la! My messages appeared in the display window exactly like they look on my iPhone. Amazing! There's a navigation list on the left listing each person I have had a conversation with, which allows me to select and browse each conversation, exactly how it appears in my iPhone! I know I just repeated myself. It's that amazing! Shit! I repeated myself again! Well, you can also export your messages as an .xml (web), .pdf (maintains iPhone display look), or .txt (plain text) file.

One caveat for PC'ers, no Syphone for you! So, next week I'll be checking out some options on the PC side since my beloved's iPhone is synced to his HP. He rereads our conversations more than I do :)

I'm feeling a sigh of relief, the love story of my lifetime is triple safe -- iPhone, home computer, and I printed the .pdf file. Crises averted.

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My iPhone Keepsake Box...I like the sound of that!

Well I haven't found an option to save my text messages that screams at me, "Yes, I'm what you're looking for!" When it isn't this easy I ask myself what I'm looking for exactly, I define a criteria, and then I start looking again for the solution that fits my criteria. I prefer when solutions just jump out at me. Oh, I forgot to mention it seems the limit for text messages increased from 1000 to 75000 with the firmware release of iPhone 1.1.3 in January 2008. While I can't find a confirmation of this limit increase on Apple's iPhone site, I did find more than a few blogs, like Technorati, that reported it back in January 2008 when the update was made available. So, at least I can rest easy that I have more time to search for my iPhone keepsake box...hmmm, I like that name....is this an app idea?

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GoGadgetGurl is in love!

Yes, I'm in love! It's been a whirlwind romance and I am so HAPPY!!! He's the perfect guy for me! I feel so blessed real love has finally happened for me. Every time I say that phrase I think of CeCe Peniston's club classic, "Finally!" My love life has been a long journey. A little longer than Carrie and Big. And my guy is a mix between Big and Charlotte's Harry. And even though I've been beginning a wonderful life of love and friendship with an amazing guy, GoGadgetGurl lives. In fact, our entire love story is in my iPhone (and his). He sent me epic love letters, I mean, texts ;) I never want to delete them. In fact, I delete all other texts just to make sure I have space to keep the texts from my honey :) And of course we continue to text each other everyday. The iPhone limit is 1000 text messages. I don't know if there is a count I can view on the phone to know how many we have now, yet I know everyday we get closer to that limit. So, how do I save them? How do I make sure I keep the love story of my life to share with our grandchildren :):):)? And so begins by quest...just what is the keepsake box for the iPhone generation? I promise you, I will discover it, and share it with all of you...

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