Lisa Byrne

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, [...]

Uber Hits DC: How Does it Compare to Taxi Magic?

I’ve been using an iPhone app called Taxi Magic for several months now. It’s been the only way I order cabs, a simple and seamless experience. You launch the app — it pulls a directory of local cab companies for you to choose from, determines your location, confirms you’re ready for pick up, asks where [...]

Why Facebook Timeline Fails

  For several weeks now I’ve been using the new Facebook timeline layout and I’ve got to say I’m still not happy with it. Day one was exciting — flicking back to any date in time and seeing what my life was then, who I was interacting with, trips I went on — all good [...]

Welcome Flipboard to the iPhone

Flipboard is the reason I bought an iPad. Yes, I adore all things Apple, but I was trying to be sensible about my “need” for an iPad…until I put Flipboard on my Dad’s model to test it out. Done deal. I waited for the iPad 2, but I was sold. It’s just a mesmerizing way to consume [...]