extravagantGEEK

Just a geek and her thoughts…

Tag: Update

  • Unplugged.

    Unplugged.

    It’s been a rough year… and if I’m being honest nothing has gone as planned so far. I lost my mom about 3 and a half weeks ago which was completely unexpected… She was only 58 years old and still seemed to have plenty of days ahead of her but life is strange like that and tomorrow isn’t promised to anyone. I don’t plan to go any further into detail because although this is my personal tech blog I have a separate site for getting all emotional and whatnot. I did however want my readers here to have a clue as to why the updates I promised for January have not begun yet… I’m trying to get my life back to normal or as close to it as I can after adjusting to the loss of someone I loved dearly and spent a lot of time with. 

    In addition, my job has been more demanding than ever… even with being off the week that my mom passed away and taking the following week for vacation, this month was absolutely brutal and had me extremely stressed out.  I’ve been off the radar for a good bit of this month using social media a little less and unable to focus on posting anything here. 

    I almost got through the entire month without posting and I’m just barely making it but I figured it was overdue, its past 11PM in my time zone but I’m sure its already February 1st for a lot of my readers. I felt like at minimum I need to hold this site to the standard of my personal blog and do at least one post a month. I really want to stick to that because it didn’t quite happen last year.

    As for the future, I can say that I’m planning to do a vlog for next weekend just to cover all the things that I’ve been wanting to since December. My health seems to be improving so a lack of time is the only issue I think I may encounter as far as keeping this site up… I sincerely want it to grow and I know it can if I put in the necessary work. In the meantime, I appreciate the loyal followers and I hope you continue to watch and read my work! ☺

  • New Year, New Adventures!

    New Year, New Adventures!

    Yes, I’m aware that is probably the cheesiest title I could have picked for this post but I don’t mind because it seems fairly accurate. I didn’t want to go all the rest of 2014 without making another post on my blog and while I did wait til the last minute (approximately 6 hours til midnight in my time zone) I am a firm believer in “better late than never”.

    I would like to apologize to everyone for the lack of content on my site and give a little explanation of why I haven’t been able to update it as planned. I have a full-time job which has always presented a bit of a struggle as it can be time consuming and draining… however I also have an on-going medical condition that I was not aware of until the beginning of December. It makes it hard to want to do anything but take pain medications and go to sleep most days but I’m pushing through and now that my health insurance is kicking in effective tomorrow I will be able to get all the help I need.

    To my loyal readers and YouTube viewers, I’d just like you guys to know that my site isn’t going anywhere. I’m a little sad that I haven’t been as active on it as I intended to be but life happens. I am just as passionate about this site as I was back in August when I started it and it is my hope that in 2015 I will make more progress towards my ultimate goal.

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  • Google Hangouts + Google Voice = Awesome

    Google Hangouts + Google Voice = Awesome

    Chances are that when it comes to the cross platform application “Google Hangouts” you fall into one of three categories: 1) I use it everyday or at least regularly 2) I’ve never heard of it OR 3) It’s an app on my phone that I’ve never used. If you fall into the last category than hopefully what I have to say will make you want to explore it and if you’re in the second well, now you’ve heard of it haven’t you?

    To be precise, Hangouts is your all around video, messaging, photo/gif sharing app that can be used with Android Devices, iPhones, iPads,  iPods, Computers (yes even Macs), and both Gmail/Google+ within the browser.

    Initially Google Hangouts was introduced with the release of Google+ and primarily for video only, sure you could chat while in the hangouts but compared to what it is today it has certainly come a long way. When Google decided to get rid of G+ Messenger and Google Talk to implement Hangouts as an all in one messenger its reception was a bit unbalanced. Some people thought it was a great thing because it seemed unusual to have so many apps to essentially do the same thing, while loyal fans of Google Talk took a little more time to get on board.

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