by Deborah Quinn | Jan 30, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, tech life
Recap: you don’t even want to know. Apparently if you are given a phone by your employer and then want to migrate that number into an account with your own name, you are dreaming the impossible dream. I decided that I’d just suck it up, get a phone with a...
by Deborah Quinn | Nov 30, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, NaBloPoMo, UAE
We had plans with another family today to go out to Saadiyat Island , which is about fifteen minutes from downtown Abu Dhabi, but feels worlds away: big empty beach, no tall buildings, very few people. I woke up this morning to this: I’ve seen the iPhone iOracle...
by Deborah Quinn | Jun 1, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, environment
It’s summer. We moved here last August and it was Very Hot. It’s June 1 today and already it’s hotter now than it was last August. How hot? Really hot. For those of you thinking “it’s a dry heat, though, so it’s not that...
by Deborah Quinn | Jan 4, 2012 | Abu Dhabi, Children, Monday Listicle, tech life
Well actually in Abu Dhabi, it’s Wednesday now, so I’m a tad off the mark in terms of the whole “Monday” thing. Good thing I haven’t resolved to be more prompt this year; I’d hate to have blown it before the end of the first week...
by Deborah Quinn | May 31, 2011 | Children, family, growing up, tech life
Liam got a phone. He’d wanted one since Christmas, when “everyone” got a phone. Now he’s everyone too. The phone is an old iphone that Husband de-razzle-dazzled: stripped all the apps, removed (or hid) the email function, installed a very limited call plan. He...
