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The speed of development on the mobile platform these days could, if I had the time and energy, create a "cool thing" post every single day on some amazing new mobile device, application, or feature. (Witness this recent post on the $10...
Here's a funny video of a conference call gone wrong. I think I was on this very call last week. zbJAJEtNUX0& And in the spirit of continuous improvement, here are some tips for effective conference call etiquette (h/t Michelle Martin):Leading...
Obviously, workplace safety is no laughing matter. However, the signs we use to maintain it often are. Along those lines, please allow me to introduce a few gems from the Stick Figures In Peril Flickr Group and to invite you to view the thousands...
I just learned this, so I thought I'd pass along: Did you know that email forwards account for 31.6% of all American stupidity? OK, I admit, I just made that number up, but I did so in the spirit of all of the completely fabricated garbage (let's...
I do believe this is the first time I've ever cited Readers Digest in a blog post. But, you got to give credit where it's due -- they've put together a list of "24 Things You May Be Saying Wrong" which is a must-read for those who don't want to...
I just read about an interesting project on a really interesting site, and more than either one alone, the combination of the two inspired me to post. First, I'll tell you about the site. It's called Kickstarter, and it's founded upon a few core...
... or, more accurately, doesn't? A great article by George Packer asks, "Just how broken is the Senate?" Here are a couple key quotes to get you started -- the entire article is worth a read:Like investment bankers on Wall Street, senators these...
Henry Blodget runs down some fairly startling Facebook facts over at the Business Insider. According to his article, Facebook now has: 570 billion pageviews a month8X as many pageviews as the No. 2 site in Google's list of the top 1000 web sites...
A very perceptive artist named Tom Scott recently noted that "the media carefully warn about and label any content that involves sex, violence or strong language but there's no similar labelling system for, say, sloppy journalism and other...
I was just reading an article on CNNMoney entitled "Drug recalls surge". Initially, the headline and lead paragraph made me think, "Wow, the entire pharmaceutical manufacturing industry is headed down the tubes" until I got into the meat of the...
