Author Archives: Meg
Overage, Anti-social, And Completely Owning It.
Caitlin, my college age co-worker, asked me about Tweetdeck, so I showed her some of the ways I sort incoming social information, and what I do with it. I stopped just short of admitting that sometimes, at work, I pretend … Continue reading
Sonar: Tech-enabled Telepathy
I have a new piece up on Dialect Magazine, chatting about social media, location-based apps and live-action friendspam, and anticipating future interactions of tech and society. New location-based social app Sonar.me, though, takes that into account and works as an … Continue reading
Ramen Candy
Last weekend was Alistair’s pool party, an annual tradition for a growing circle that includes a lot of my high school friends. When I moved back north last fall, I felt strange picking up with my friends from ten or … Continue reading
Casual Connect
At Casual Connect. (Thanks, Paul!)
Unconventional Dating
There’s my article in the summer issue of Kraze magazine! Unconventional Dates, that is. I don’t think we need any further comments on this. I’m really proud of this one. You can find Kraze in (most) Barnes & Noble … Continue reading
Further Uses For SCVNGR
“Have you noticed that by the time we sit down in a restaurant, you’re always starving?” I asked Harold. “I point this out only because I thought if I didn’t order quickly enough, you might stab me, and also, the … Continue reading
Fish Fountain At Classon
When I think about this summer in the future, this is the picture I want to have.
Apps That Need To Exist: Been There Map
The last time I was in Los Angeles, Figment and I were on Sunset going to Meltdown comics, and I magically started to recognize places. Places in Los Angeles are becoming familiar to me, which sort of blows my mind … Continue reading
In A Name
At Casual Connect, Nicholas Berry from DataGenetics gave a really fascinating lecture on data mining and inference. The most interesting part was on names, using proper data to back up exactly the implications names give in fiction. (My words, not … Continue reading
