Lisa Byrne

Lost in Space: A Tweetup with Astronaut Ron Garan

    On Valentine’s Day I got to show Space some love as one of the lucky few to attend a Tweetup held at NASA HQ featuring Astronaut Ron Garan. There to represent a client of Pappas Group — Syfy Channel — I was in new territory and fascinated by the scene. From the buzz [...]

Do I Love You More Than My iPad?

If we were to discuss such a question then, according to Hallmark, now would be the time. A friend sent me this image via email this evening with subject line: Wonder if you will ever give this out. My fast and humorous response advised him that it would take some man. In the aftermath I [...]

Follow Boards or Follow Pinners?

An avid early adopter, I signed up for Pinterest back in 2010. But like most apps, sites, and tools I check out, I was quickly bored and moved along. Of course we’ve all heard of the surge of traffic they received in December making Pinterest a hot media topic as bloggers and social strategists flooded [...]

Announcement: The Next Step in My Career

  As the year draws to a close I’m excited to officially announce the next step in my career — a giant leap into 2012. On January 4th I will join the Pappas Group, an award-winning, independent creative agency with offices in Arlington and San Francisco. Established in 2003, Pappas Group offers strategy, design, technology [...]

I’m Cheating on Flipboard with Editions by AOL for iPad

I’m cheating on Flipboard. Which is hard to imagine considering that Flipboard was my justification for adding an iPad to my mobile Apple family to begin with. During a presentation at Digital Capital Week, AOL’s Digital Prophet David Shing mentioned eight apps/websites he loves — and I was using all of them except Editions by AOL, [...]