A March day trip with my husband started at Butano State Park near the San Mateo coast. Apparently, Butano is California’s least known…

February is a big birthday month for our family and close friends. This year, the birthday wish was to snow camp. I amended that vision to winter camping, and let the snow campers carry on according to their own terms. But the intersection points were especially wonderful, in a wintery…

I live and work in the Bay Area, and I play in our local mountains. The last seven days provided one heck of a playground. Looping up and over Donner Summit on eastbound I80 last Friday night hinted at my westbound Highway 50 emergency exit down and around Lake Tahoe…

Taking advantage of business development opportunities can turn small businesses into larger companies. But what does the term business development really mean? Traditionally, it represents focused efforts in areas such as developing sales leads, pursuing strategic partnerships, and analyzing mergers and acquisitions. For small companies without big budgets to pursue…

Keeping up with technology news is no easy task. Start-ups hatch overnight, new gadgets come out daily and software updates are constant. When a device purchased yesterday becomes obsolete by tomorrow, how do you stay ahead of the curve? To find the answers, I took a look at the best…

When the majority of our daily work happens online, account security becomes a major concern. Businesses have online accounts to access project plans, customer data, employee data, communication tools, apps, websites, newsletters and social media. What happens when these accounts are compromised? Do options exist for adding another layer of…

Have you ever wondered how to access an emoji keyboard from a computer? I use a MacBook Air to do my work, and wanted to figure out how to add emojis to marketing text without having to type on a mobile device. Searching Google for emojis macbook air unveiled a…

I’ve been a fan of Shark Week since it was first created as a TV programming series in the late 1980s to dispel myths about sharks. Its success enabled viewers all over the world to appreciate these awesome creatures as way more than just predators circling divers in a cage. …

Join me on June 15th, 2016, in San Francisco to meet three women business leaders who are are driving success in the kids’ app marketplace. I will be moderating the Women In Tech panel at the Developing Apps for Kids Conference, hosted by Tech With Kids. We will be discussing…