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Archive for March, 2009

What was that about writer’s cramp?

Posted in Indespensible Life Hacks on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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

Posted in Indespensible Life Hacks, Soapbox Rants on March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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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Next articles delayed due to a LOT of research

Posted in Less Fail Please on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Hey folks, Yeah, I’m still out here. I’ll be spending a portion of my weekend working on some really cool new material for this blog. Subjects coming up include an innovative approach to studying the GenX/Y workplace, personal branding during a recession, and the internet as a memory augmentation in day to day life. I [...]

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iPhone Battery Life Tips – In Detail

Posted in Indespensible Life Hacks, Lifestyles of a Digital World on March 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »

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

Posted in Indespensible Life Hacks on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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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Facebook as a Broadcasting Mechanism and the Emergence of Weak Social Ties

Posted in Lifestyles of a Digital World on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

With the rise of social networks, people are able to carry far more weak social contacts than ever before. What was not expected, however, was the way Facebook has stabilized the communication with those contacts and thus created a far more dynamic strong social contact group.

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Hunting Cows

Posted in Good Places to Start, Soapbox Rants on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Seriously… who names a blog “Hunting Cows?” Have you ever had a moment where a seemingly inconsequential event occurred that changed the whole way you looked at something in life? I’m not implying that the event has to have changed the course of your pursuits or even been particularly meaningful – just that it affected [...]

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