Digital Mom Blog » Archive for May 2009
No Doubt
The husband and I went to the No Doubt show this past weekend. AMAZING. The performance was off the hook -- Gwen sang 1 hit song after another. The set -- FABULOUS. The crowd -- drunk and diverse. If the tour hits your area -- GO! We scored $10 lawn seats (but of course lovely TicketMaster charged another nasty fee to drive up the ticket price). Check out their remaining dates here. Researching, I had no idea the band actually started in 1986. Wow. I was 8 and in 3rd grade. And for even more WOW news -- Gwen Stefani turns 40 this year. I can only wish to look that good -- at 30. No Doubt’s Career (from nodoubt.com) The Very Beginning Anaheim, California. Little Gwen, whose tastes run along the lines of The … Read entire article »
Filed under: Music
I AM A Geek and Google Wave Makes Me Smile.
Step 1: ”We admitted we were powerless over geekiness -- that our lives had become unmanageable” Okay. OKAY. I admit. I am a geek. All things geeky have a grip on my life and my life becomes unmanageable due geeky technology things. Now that I admit, we can move on. I’ll deal with Step 2 at some other time. Google Wave. OMG the future is here. I sat for 80 minutes and watched this video in awe. I can’t … Read entire article »
Filed under: Social Media, Technology
Kids. Can’t Shut Them Up!
I visited Z’s class for her birthday last month. I came across this picture and was quickly taken back to the day. As I was passing cupcakes out, a little girl looked at me and said: “Do you work?” “Yes, I work.” “OH. My Mommy doesn’t have to work. She sleeps and shops all day.” I don’t even want to think about what Z is saying about me. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Kids
Dinner is Served.
Tonight, I cooked dinner. This is such a rarity that it deserves a blog post. When sad gets sadder. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Kids
The Power of Moms Online
Do corporations REALLY understand the power of moms and the internet? Check out these facts: Of the 36.2 million women actively participating in the blogosphere weekly as either publishers or readers, 46% — or just over 16.5 million — have children at home. 67% of moms online look for help making a purchasing decision. Overall, full-time working moms use technology at the highest rates. The cell phone is the technology used most often by moms to communicate with their kids, … Read entire article »
Filed under: Mommy Bloggers
Oops. I Unintentionally Marketed Your Product. Thanks Social Media.
It started with a tweet. My husband bought some outrageously priced doggy fur scraper. I jokingly tweeted – but who would of thunk – in actuallity I was marketing a product. From this tweet: A friend phoned wanting to know if this worked 2 success story comments on Facebook 1 inquiry via Facebook Furminator is now following me on Twitter In addition to that – I am blogging about this device - say WHAT! I better get a free Furminator out of this. Anywhoo … Read entire article »
Filed under: Social Media
Dumb.
Naming your directory for your “viral” campaign “viral” just seems DUMB to me. http://app.us.levi.com/viral/f2f.cfm?a=f2f2 … Read entire article »
Filed under: Rants
Ziosk in Chili’s Kept My Kids Quiet. Can I Get an AMEN?
Tonight, the fam headed to Chili’s. My husband and I were ready to hear the kids fight. We go out to eat a lot and they are always bickering or picking on one another. Tonight -- it’s as if we had a magic wand, and all was good in the world. What was different? At our table at Chilli’s there was a little bit of magic sitting on the table. The magic goes by the name … Read entire article »
Filed under: Kids, Technology
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