Amy Vernon

  Amy Vernon is a digital consultant, blogger, and a 20-year veteran of daily newspaper journalism. She was named the 15th most influential woman in tech on Twitter by Business Insider and PeerIndex.

   

Avatar of Amy Vernon



6 Stories by Amy Vernon

How Digg left its tech geek roots behind and embraced the mainstream

I was struck by something when I began reading Digg’s list of its “Ten stories you’ll be sorry you missed this year.” None of...
5 2 min read

Amido Releases Laugh Synth App for iOS

Laugh synth for iOS has just been released, compatible with both iPhone and iPad. Laugh Synth makes it possible create laughing sounds with a...
0 25 sec read

In the Open Source Community, the Platform Rarely Matters Anymore

In the not-too-distant past, Macs were a relative rarity in the laptop bags of those attending open source conferences. Not so anymore. I recently...
1 2 min read

E-Readers: Making Readers Out of More People Than Ever

There’s a lot of hand-wringing over the so-called “dumbing-down” of America. We don’t read, we can’t write except in and LOLcat-speak, we barely know...
4 52 sec read

Monkey see, monkey sue? Or, can a monkey hold a copyright?

Remember the amazing self-portrait of the monkey that was making the rounds the other week? The Cliff’s Notes background: A photographer, David Slater, left...
0 1 min read

App use surpasses web browsing

For the first time, we’re spending more time in mobile applications than surfing the web via desktop or mobile browsers, according to a new...
3 56 sec read