My friend Hector sent me the following email and asked that I promote it far and wide. Since I adore him and his work I said "No Problem!" Here you go:[Read More]

I love Facebook. And? I hate it. I love that I can stay in touch with friends and family near and far. With video and photo uploads, status updates, and even the cheesetastic memes, I do feel more connected to people I rarely get to see in person.

However, when those updates include personal attacks on former friends (is this Jr. High?) or the photo uploads include snaps from high school or college that perhaps should have been kept in the storage container and not broadcast for the world to see? Then? Then I have mixed feelings.

Use Facebook to keep in touch. But don't use it as your only mode of communication. It isn't a substitute for the girl's weekend, or a phone call, or even a personal email. And it isn't a forum to air your grievances against another person (grow up and call them, mkay?) And for pete's sake if you really, really want to post old snaps? Post the ones that are flattering to *everyone*. Which, considering some of the fashion of the late 80's/early 90's would be a feat. :)

Idea shamelessly stolen from the multi-talented ElementalMom aka, my friend Laureen. Here we go! This week in tweets:[Read More]

Most of my time as of late has been spent working on Sun's participation at SXSW. We are so very excited to be back at the festival this year and I think our panel, App Lounge, and after hours events are going to be just what the doctor ordered for folks who are interested in JavaFX or who should be and don't even know it! 

Beyond that I'm personally excited to be back amongst some of the most creative people on the planet. Who knows what I'll see/hear/think/feel during the seven days in Austin! Only time will tell. My gal Maybeimright and I will be bringing our experiences to you through our new twitter channel: JavaFX_SXSW in addition to our blogs, personal channels, and SunTAN. So be sure to follow us there to see what we get into.

And if you will be at SXSW give us a shout. We want to know what you are doing/seeing during the festival too!

Cheers!

-hd

Hi, I'm Heidi Dailey and I'm addicted to Twitter.

And I wish I were kidding. But I'm not.

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