JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

Do you Twitter? I do. And so does Chatterboy our guinea pig. Including Ted, we are a three-Twitter-account-family.
Twitter has appeared in numerous blog posts recently. I thought Darren’s reasons for not Twittering intriguing. While I wouldn’t sign up with Plazes either, I don’t see Twittering as disclosing where I am all the time. There [...]

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On Monday my new machine arrived: a 12″ PowerBook. [Elisabeth conveniently played with a piece of packing material while Ted took the picture!] It’s officially the first computer for me. The laptop I use now is a leftover from Ted’s consulting days. Before that, I shared Ted’s machine, getting up early so I could email. [...]

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When Ted’s traveling I enjoy sneaking a peek at his magazines before he does. This week I discovered a copy of Make in the mailbox. During mealtimes I’ve browsed through the magazine. It’s filled with excellent photography, wonderful illustrations with directions that seem clearer to me than other instructions I’ve read, for example, in Sunset [...]

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There’s been talk of both a camping trip before Gnomedex, as proposed by Robert Scoble, and also a Bowen Island FamilyCon in Canada sometime this summer. I’m not sure if we will be able to go to either of these but we’d like to. We’d need to work out the dates (also prepare for Gnomedex [...]

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Eric Rice, at-home dad, has hit some headlines this week. He’s now the new kid for Engadget podcasts. Marc Canter announced that Warner Brothers is sponsoring Eric’s podcasts. He even found time for some Flickr Toy Silliness. What a week this has been!, Eric said himself. Read his list. I’m impressed. So, Eric, [...]

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Gnomedex 5.0 has been announced for June 23 - 25 in Seattle.
I’ll be there - will you?

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Dinnertime with Ted/Daddy can be funny and delightful. I haven’t blogged details of many of these adventures over the dining table, keeping them a secret aspect of our family culture :-). But last night’s was a good one.
Ted was heading out the door to go to his local group which has named themselves “Geeks”. Our [...]

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The other day Abigail asked me, “What is a volunteer?” She was reading a newspaper article on the aquarium and wanted to know what it was that she had to wait until sixteen to do. Since we’re an open source family of sorts, I knew I needed to explain not only the word but [...]

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One of the wonders of the week has been sending and receiving emails with Michaela’s opthamologist. This is the first time we’ve communicated on-line with a health care provider, and it’s been fun and fast. I signed up with the practice’s secure system on Saturday and at 7:51 Monday morning, our doctor replied to us. [...]

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I liked this article in Sunday’s Seattle Times titled too connected [are we multitasking ourselves to death?]
The article focusses on David Levy, a professor in the University of Washington’s School of Information as well as the technological rapids of cognitive overload.

Today, we can do more. And do more, faster. And do more, faster, from [...]

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