TechCocktail DC 2 Tomorrow Night (and why we need it)

Tomorrow night is TechCocktail DC 2 and I am very excited. I am looking forward to seeing both old and new faces in the DC Tech community and just having a good time.

Now, I know there has been a lot of discussion about defining and organizing the community along with goals for DC Tech as [...]

Email Tagging and Auto-Filing

I dislike sorting my email inbox at work. It isn’t that it is difficult, I have more of a problem with the fact that is inconvenient. I have to notice that it has become overwhelming and then tediously sort through it (search helps). Perhaps, the answer is to sort right away. Well, I don’t like [...]

Mobile Phones

So, after spending an hour yesterday cleaning the trackball on my BlackBerry Pearl while hoping I didn’t break it, I have been thinking a lot about mobile phones:

First thought, can I even call it a phone anymore? I definitely email more from this mobile device than I speak into it. But then again, VOIP and [...]

One Thing That Has Always Bugged Me About Facebook and Photos

This is pretty simple. Why are my profile pictures separate from my photo albums? Why can’t I just select a photo from one of my albums to be my profile picture? A part of me cringes to say this, but think MySpace style. I can’t imagine a good reason for not doing this.

In fact, their [...]

DC 48 Hour Film Project

As the title implies, I am participating in this year’s 48 Hour Film Project! Thanks to an invite, I was inspired to join a team: Green Llama Productions.

This year’s competition will be held the weekend of May 2-4.

This will be my first big film project in a while – its been years of vacation filming [...]