Kenya Allmond (me)

Most of my Twitter conversation yesterday focused around data loss, identity theft and credit cards.  The point of the discussion was that while consumers must be vigilant to protect their personal and financial data, most of it is out of their hands.  The bigger problem is protecting the organizations that collect, transport, and store this [...]

Yesterday Jen Nedeau wrote a post on the Women’s Rights blog at Change.org where she talks about sexist comments that her post “Top Ten Moments of Feminism in 2008″ received on Digg.  She got comments like “11. Making a sammich 12. Ironing my shirt 13. Cooking/Cleaning” and “Feminism. lol. Aww that’s precious. Now get me [...]

I’ve been watching these “I’m a Mac. I’m a PC.” commercials.  In the beginning I thought they were funny but they’ve reached the point where they’re essentially saying “Hey, you’re cool if you use a Mac” and “You’re not cool because you use a PC”.  When exactly did the term PC become synonymous with Microsoft [...]

I’ve been using Linux (specifically Ubuntu 8.10) on my laptop faithfully for about two months now.  The only reasons I’ve had to revert to Windows is to use image editing and video editing software that I purchased.  I’m also using another Windows PC that I have to handle all my iTunes downloads and syncing.  Other [...]

I was able to attend XOHM’s WiMAX launch event in Baltimore yesterday.  The event started with an ethernet cord cutting ceremony (I missed that) followed by a presentation by Barry West XOHM Sprint Nextel, Sean Maloney of Intel Corporation and Dan Hesse of Sprint Nextel. There were a number of demos including the On the [...]