Was it tough to get up after daylight savings time? Even though it was Monday, was it tough to get through the day? You’re not alone. A new study looked at the number of workers “cyberloafing” (that was a new term for me, too, don’t worry). Cyberloafing is simply the act of people lounging around [...]
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Does remote working work?
By now, you’ve heard everything about remote working: The Zappos CEO doesn’t work from home. Yahoo! is no longer allowing remote workers. Best Buy, one of the innovators in a remote workforce, has revisited their work at home policy. Jason Fried preaches telecommuting more than a baptist preaching hell, fire and brimstone. Aetna swears by [...]
The blurring line of open source?
 If you don’t know (and unless you are a nerd, you probably wouldn’t), WordPress runs many of the popular sites that you visit every day (including this one). Everyone from iCanHazCheezburger to BBC to Techcrunch to my wife and I’s blog, Bringing Classy Back runs on WordPress. WordPress has two varieties: paid and free. On WordPress.org, you [...]
What’s really wrong with the government
I usually stay far, far away from political posts. Usually, they are so polarizing that no one ends up leaving with a different opinion. However, what I’m about to discuss is not liberal or conservative. It’s all about money. We like to think of the government as the folks that are supposed to build roads, support the police [...]
What’s up with all of the “Sponsored” posts in Facebook?
I’ve been seeing a lot of complaints from friends about the sponsored posts in Facebook. Some people are wondering why their customers (or “fans” or “likers”) aren’t seeing all of their posts. I put together a quick video to explain it.
The Gmail productivity feature you don’t know about, but need – auto-advance
This little Gmail feature has increased my productivity incredibly over the past week. I’ve spent the past week trying to check email only a couple of times a day and this little feature is perfect. When you archive a message, instead of going to the inbox, it simply goes over to the next message. Remember: your inbox is [...]
Get your sound bite right. Your guide to creating and using sound bites.
Sound bites are remembered. Sound bites are played on the news. Sound bites get you hired. I’ve got a million of them. I save them and collect them. I’m really ADD and it’s tough for me to pay attention for long periods of time. I learned the power of the sound bite from my pastor [...]
Want to be a better public speaker? 5 takeaways from the Presidential Debate
Don’t worry, this post won’t be talking about Democrats versus Republican or the best tax strategy – I’ll be focusing on the key things you can take away to become a better public speaker. 1. Public Speaking is tough. Be prepared. If you’re anything like me, the worst speeches you give are the ones where you [...]
3 ways to reclaim 520 hours every year
If you’re anything like me, you have to constantly struggle to keep up with the ever-changing technology world and social media. Here are a couple of new ways that I save time every day that add up to save me hours a week: Hello Launch Ticker, Goodbye Google Reader I realized, very quickly, that I [...]
Features don’t win, solutions do. Also: Why you’re wrong about the new iPhone.
If you’ve read any blogs or scanned Facebook, you’ll see all sorts of negative comments about the new iPhone 5. “It doesn’t have NFS.” “The screen on the (insert crazy-named Android device here) is much bigger!” “It doesn’t have an SD card reader.” “OMG, they changed the port.” Or, if you’re really desperate, you’ll run [...]