Be a Responsible Facebook Gamer: Lists

We’ve all been guilty of it. We use a Facebook application, usually a game we play, and it wants to share news with our friends every time we so much as twitch near the keyboard. This can be useful to the 2% of our friends who actually use the application in question but to the [...]

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Random Thoughts for the Efficiency Minded #1

A couple of things passed by me before 11am today that I thought were worth mentioning. The first is a WordPress plugin which, sadly, I can’t install until I transfer this blog to its own server. The second is a major difference between Bing and Google. Gigya Socialize This fantastic little plugin sounds like it [...]

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We’ve Got To Be Smarter Than The Swine

Ways to help protect yourself from Swine Flu and other viral diseases.

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What was that about writer’s cramp?

Alright, it’s not new news but aparently it’s hot news again so I’m going to post it as a life hack. I’ve had several people in the last two days direct me to the handwriting font generator. For those who have never heard of it, this is a free (yes free) application that allows you [...]

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StockTwits

While researching one of my upcoming posts, I came across StockTwits. Honestly, I couln’t pass up doing a little piece on this software because not only is it a really cool market intelligence tool but it’s a part of the “next big thing” that so many folks are discussing (okay attempting to discuss, most just [...]

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iPhone Battery Life Tips – In Detail

I knew what I was getting into when I bought the iPhone and yet I did it anyway. I’ve never known anyone who didn’t a) have to replace the phone at least once a year or b) have an issue with battery life. While I can’t do much about the first category, exhaustive tinkering has allowed me to come up with some pretty useful battery-saving tips for this device.

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The Crisis of Credit Visualized

We all know the economy is limping along like an animal, wounded and hunted in strange territory. What 99.7% of us don’t understand (not really) is why? Well, a really clever visual design student named Jonathan Jarvis says: “The goal of giving form to a complex situation like the credit crisis is to quickly supply [...]

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