My parents were good about drilling into my head that I should have safety equipment (flashlight, flares, etc.) in the car at all times, a first aid kit, and ‘Hot Hands‘ and a granola bar in the glove compartment in case I get stranded! I think I’m pretty prepared, especially considering I live in suburban Mid-Atlantic USA and not the extreme rural North. But all this snow and the recent earthquake in Haiti had me thinking – what could I put on my Droid that could help...

Note: This is the photo I uploaded from my phone. It ended up being put at the top of the post, FYI! This blog is built on WordPress so I downloaded an Android app called “wpToGo” just a few days ago so I could write drafts of articles from my phone when I was away from home, but hadn’t used it yet. It had decent ratings, and was the only app of its kind I could find. I was about to try it out today when a new open-source WP app was released called “WordPress by...

For my first “real” post, I’d like to introduce you to a few widgets I find useful. When you install an app on the DROID, it often comes with a widget that can be displayed on your home screen by doing a long press on the background, then selecting it from the menu that pops up. To the left is a screenshot of my home screen, and to the right is my “right home screen” (accessible by swiping right to left on the home screen), where I chose to put my widgets. The...

As you can tell, this site is “under construction”. While we’re getting this blog all set up, enjoy these short videos I made the first day I got my Droid! Twidroid Voice Search Barcode App Twitpic from Camera ...