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    Plan Thanksgiving meal in 45 minutes

    08.05.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

    Really, it’s possible! You too can plan & shop for your entire holiday meal in 45 minutes…
    I was recently at BlogHer, talking to the lovely lady bloggers of the world about all of the merits of springpad. I found myself repeatedly telling the story about how I planned my Thanksgiving dinner last year [...]

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    Pokens make networking easy

    07.27.09 | Permalink | Comment?

    Pokens are these cool little gadgets hold your contact information (social sites, phone, etc) and allow you to share that contact info with people you meet at conferences, parties or just around town.
    What’s great about a poken is that is has everything you would want to share at a networking event, and you don’t have [...]

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    My packing list for BlogHer

    07.09.09 | Permalink | Comment?

    BlogHer Chicago is right around the corner and the Internet is ablaze with chatter about pokens, packing lists and parties!  Unfortunately, with all the excitement, it’s easy to forget some of you BlogHer must haves at home. No need to worry – I’ve created the perfect BlogHer packing list just for you!  Best of all, [...]

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    BlogHer ReachOut Tour: Boston & DC

    10.10.08 | Permalink | 5 Comments

    The BlogHer conferences are all-around awesome events – I attended BlogHer ‘08 in San Francisco over the summer.  This weekend, BlogHer is taking both Boston & DC by storm with one-day conferences.
    Spring Partners will be there, talking about our awesome product springpad!  If you can’t make it to BlogHer this weekend, I sure hope you [...]

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    Gmail contact management

    08.30.08 | Permalink | Comment?

    When I returned from BlogHer ‘08, I questioned what was the best way to organize business cards.  I settled on managing my new friends in the very tool I would use to eventually contact them – Gmail!
    Should you use Gmail as your address book?
    Pro: It’s flexible enough to let you fill in only those fields [...]

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    Organizing business cards

    07.22.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

    Is scanning the only option?

    I have just returned from the BlogHer ’08 Conference in San Francisco (see my notes on the conference) & am now faced with organizing the giant handful of business cards I collected. My normal response to such a task would be to put the cards in a Ziploc bag & [...]


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