Internet Snacking

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    • There aren’t many things I like more than sitting down for hours eating a multi-course Italian or Indian dinner.  Conversing, laughing, eating, drinking in good company…it satisfies my mind, body and soul. Less satiating but in many ways just as vital to actually arriving at the big meal…is the snack.  Snacks hit the spot and keep me going. And for my on-the-go lifestyle balancing (read: juggling) family and work, I’m finding that pint-sized computer devices are fulfilling my need for quick bites of the Internet.  

    Small, mobile
    computers are allowing me to quickly check-in live with email, Twitter,
    Facebook and other Websites so I can communicate with others, or munch
    on the latest news and information.  

    Mobile devices are making
    Internet snacking easier, and in many ways allowing me to manage more
    things, be in more places and with more people – especially my family
    – than ever before.  I’m certainly the extreme techie of our
    household, but more and more I seen the rest of my family appreciating
    the benefits of Internet snacking.

    One Device Is Not Enough
    When it comes to technologies on my daily menu, I consider my HP Laptop and MacBook
    as serving me the full course Internet meal.  The HP is my Intel
    Centrino Pro powered business laptop managed by our Intel IT
    department, and it reliably helps me manage all of my planning projects
    and work collaboration.  The MacBook is my portable powerhouse that
    serves up all my video and photo editing and sharing needs.  Already two laptops are too many, but having both helps me rev up my creativity and productivity.

    But
    sometimes I just don’t have time for a full boot up or a comfortable
    place for working my laptop.  That’s where my snacking devices coming
    in into play.  For me and my family, these snacking devices are Mobile
    Internet Devices and netbooks:

    Ken Kaplan
    Ken Kaplan
    Ken Kaplan a broadcast and social media strategist and producer inside Intel Corporation's Global Communications Group. He helps the Consumer and Social Media team tell stories and connect with online media by producing videos, photos and other online communication. Much of his work can be seen on the Intel Pressroom, Channelintel on YouTube, Intel Fan Page, and Intel blogs such as Technology@Intel and Inside Scoop. Prior to Intel, he worked as a publicist for eight years at then NBC-affiliate, KRON-TV. He graduated from California State University, Chico, where he studied journalism, philosophy and economics. More about his approach to public relations in this interview. You can find him on: Twitter, Facebook , and LinkedIn.

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