DigitalFanGirl

Hear us discuss our concerns, opinions and experiences on how we strive to create balance in our online social lives while staying connected and tuned in to our children and families. Moms Gone Geek chats about favorite social networking services and compare how we use those services; what is worth the time and what is not. Tony’s favorites include: Facebook and Twitter. Naomi’s favorites include: Facebook, Ning, DigitalFanGirl, Flickr and Twitter. Melissa’s favorites include: Twitter, Facebook, and Seesmic. Her complete list can be found here. We all agree we like to use Facebook primarily for family and close friends we know well and that Tumblr is a good integrated aggregator for your blog and twitter updates.

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A is for Archive

Archives are what you make them. You don’t have to use any fancy software to archive your files. Your operating system’s file browser is all you really need. (i.e., Explorer in Windows and Finder in Mac OS) When you archive something, you’re either moving or copying an original file and storing it for later in a different place other than your local hard drive. When storing digital archives, it’s best to have more than one copy stored on different devices or media in case one archiving method fails. For example, you might keep one archive set on an external hard drive and another on a series of DVDs or an additional external drive.

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Find out how we back it up!

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On this epsisode of Moms Gone Geek we talk about traveling while geeky. We talk about what kinds of tools and technology we like to use while on the road for ourselves as well as the kiddies to keep them entertained and us from going insane!

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How does technology fit into your home?

We discussed this article from SheGeeks.net

Naomi uses tech to keep herself and her two busy teenage girls organized and in touch at all times. Naomi’s second brain of choice is a BlackBerry. Texting is their main form of communication when they’re apart. At the time of this recording, Naomi’s girls are in to JamGlue, Millsberry and Meez for their social networking.

Melissa says, [technology] “it wouldn’t be our home without it.” Melissa and her husband use Apple’s iCal and their iPods to keep their marriage healthy by syncing calendar entries so the bills get paid on time. iPods go beep in the night at their house.

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In this, our very first episode, we talk about who we are, what we do and how we manage to find the time to do it all on top of doing this podcast and all our other projects. (We make it up as we go along!) We talk tech: what kind of hardware we use, what services we like, who we like to hang out with and, most importantly, what kind of bags we carry all our gear in.

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