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The “Only If We’re Offline Friends” Rule

Posted By: Christineon: July 20, 2010In: Webapps

I’m active on a LOT of social/sharing webapps: Twitter, Flickr, Foursquare, Tumblr, and to a lesser degree, FriendFeed, Delicious and Buzz. While most of my posts are public and open t... Read more

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Froyo Over-The-Air Updates Hit Nexus Ones This Week

Posted By: Christineon: June 29, 2010In: Android

If you’ve got a Nexus One and have been patiently waiting for the OTA update to Android 2.2, this week’s your week. Google says you’ll get a notification by the end of the... Read more

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The Software Buttons You Love Pushing

Posted By: Christineon: June 24, 2010In: Software

Spent several hours running around town doing tedious errands the other day in neighborhoods I don’t know well, so I was thrilled to finally tap the “Navigate To->Home” but... Read more

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Google Voice Open in the U.S.

Posted By: Christineon: June 22, 2010In: Android, iPhone

Previously invitation-only Google Voice just opened to everyone in the U.S., offering free text messaging, multi-phone management, and voicemail features which, after more than a year of exc... Read more

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iPhone 4 versus HTC EVO

Posted By: Christineon: June 08, 2010In: Android, iPhone

Nicole Lee does the hard work so I don’t have to: feature by feature comparison of the iPhone 4 and the 4G HTC EVO. As far as I’m concerned, the EVO’s the better deal: bigg... Read more

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Google Gives HTC EVO Phones to Google I/O Attendees

Posted By: Christineon: May 20, 2010In: Android

Not only did Google pre-mail Droid handsets to I/O attendees, today they gave the Sprint HTC EVO 4G out to conference attendees at the Moscone Center, with a 2GB Micro SD card filled with mu... Read more

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From Facebook to Diaspora

Posted By: Christineon: May 17, 2010In: Webapps

Diaspora is a distributed, open source alternative to Facebook that a few NYU graduates want to spend this summer building. They set out to raise $10,000 on Kickstarter, and on the strength... Read more

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Disable Google’s Search Results Sidebar

Posted By: Christineon: May 06, 2010In: Add-ons

I don’t mind it so much, but a few people have told me they hate the new icon-studded search options panel that appears on the left side of Google search results by default now. To kil... Read more

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Steve Jobs on Flash

Posted By: Christineon: April 29, 2010In: iPhone

Steve Jobs’ open letter “Thoughts on Flash” is a win for the open web, and a logical and well-articulated discussion of why Apple won’t allow Flash on the iPhone and... Read more

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On Tweets in the Library of Congress

Posted By: Christineon: April 16, 2010In: Bylines

Published my first opinion piece on CNN.com today, in which I argue it’s a great thing that the Library of Congress is archiving billions of public tweets. Despite some parentheses tro... Read more

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My Interview on The Pipeline

Posted By: Christineon: April 06, 2010In: About Smarterware

Almost every interview I do these days for podcasts or magazines involves the inevitable question: “What are your best productivity tricks?” That’s why it was so refreshing... Read more

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I’m Not Buying an iPad This Weekend

Posted By: Christineon: April 02, 2010In: Bylines, Gadgets

Even though I’m desperately curious how one looks and feels and works, I’m not buying an iPad–just yet, anyway. I’ll head down to the Apple store and fondle one on Sa... Read more

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The Power Users Guide to Google Apps at Maximum PC

Posted By: Christineon: March 26, 2010In: Bylines

My Maximum PC magazine cover story, The Power Users Guide to Google Apps, is now available online. In it, I pick my favorite advanced features in Google Maps, Calendar, Docs, Wave, Reader, A... Read more

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Four Google Apps Marketplace Apps Worth Trying

Posted By: Christineon: March 11, 2010In: Bylines, Webapps

For my latest column at Fast Company, I took a spin through the just-launched Google Apps Marketplace and found four apps worth hooking up to your domain. (One of my picks, TripIt, does a sm... Read more

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Better Gmail 2 Updated

Posted By: Christineon: March 06, 2010In: Add-ons

Google’s Gmail tweak broke some of the more popular features of my Better Gmail 2 Firefox extension this week, including Folders4Gmail and Hide Spam Count. Thanks to the quick work of... Read more

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