Learn to code with these online resources

Learn to Code for Free With These 10 Online Resources Zoe Fox, mashable.com Click here to view this galleryIf Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates say so, it must be true: Understanding how to code is the new literacyTake Zuck and Gates’ advice — learn to code. Understanding computer programming will open doors to new jobs … Continue reading Learn to code with these online resources

Facebook killed my blog

Facebook Killed My Blog Wade Roush, xconomy.com Wade RoushTravels With Rhody has reached the end of the road.Don’t worry, Rhody himself is fine—he’ll turn 16 in a couple of months and his only problem in life is a touch of arthritis. I’m talking about my blog, not my dog.Since 2004 I’ve… http://flip.it/GEyz7 Related articles Don't … Continue reading Facebook killed my blog

Achieving inbox zero with Mailstrom

How I Went From 1,000 Emails to Inbox Zero (and Stayed There) with Mailstrom Adam Dachis, lifehacker.com Inbox zero: it’s the impossible dream that gets further and further away as you let your emails pile up, but you don’t have to get stuck with the clutter. Thanks to an awesome webapp called Mailstrom, I finally … Continue reading Achieving inbox zero with Mailstrom

America’s Visual IQ: Both Amazing And Embarrassing

By Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, fastcodesign.com A new Pew survey tests our visual recall of current events. Twitter logo? Check. Chinese flag? What’s that, bro?! You’ve prob­a­bly heard how (depress­ing­ly) lit­tle Amer­i­cans tend to know about his­to­ry. But what about their visu­al recall …   America’s Visual IQ: Both Amazing And Embarrassing | Co.Design: business + innovation … Continue reading America’s Visual IQ: Both Amazing And Embarrassing

Using LinkedIn to land a job

4 Secrets For Using LinkedIn to Land a Job Chelsea Gladden, mashable.com It’s the largest and most popular social networking platform on the web for professionals, but can LinkedIn really land you a job?More About: contributor, Feature, job search series, Jobs, linkedin Chelsea Gladden RT @mashable: 4 Secrets For Using LinkedIn to Land a Job … Continue reading Using LinkedIn to land a job

Visualizing top cities for bicycling

Biking and Walking to Work idvsolutions.com Bicycling.com came out with a rank­ing of the top US cities for bicy­cling. I took their top ten cities and dot mapped every com­muter in and around them, col­ored by their method of com­mute, to get … UXBlog | IDV Solutions’ User Experience: Biking and Walking to Work http://flip.it/VHCFZContinue reading Visualizing top cities for bicycling

3 billion check-ins let Foursquare highlight the most awesome places

3 billion check-ins let Foursquare highlight the most awesome places in the U.S. John Koetsier, venturebeat.com Three billion check-ins and tens of millions of tips ought to add up to something. In Foursquare’s case, that means the “Best of” series, which highlights “the most awesome places in cities across the U.S.”The location-based social network, which … Continue reading 3 billion check-ins let Foursquare highlight the most awesome places

Find out who has viewed your LinkedIn profile

Find out who has viewed your LinkedIn profile by Matt Elliott, cnet.com A clever trick lets you find out who has viewed your LinkedIn profile without upgrading your account. If you are unem­ployed, unhap­py at your cur­rent job, or sim­ply curi­ous about other oppor­tu­ni­ties, then you like­ly keep close tabs on yo… RT @CNETHowTo: Find … Continue reading Find out who has viewed your LinkedIn profile

Safe Shepherd Protects Your Social Networks

Safe Shepherd Protects Your Social Networks, Keeps Your Data Off of Creepy People Search Engines Alan Henry, lifehacker.com Safe Shepherd is a privacy protection service that already scrubs your personal data from creepy people search engines, but the service also now keeps tabs on your social networks like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram to make … Continue reading Safe Shepherd Protects Your Social Networks

Restaurants Turn Camera Shy

RT @Techmeme: Restaurants Turn Camera Shy (Helene Stapinski / New York Times) http://flip.it/0A1K6 http://flip.it/3O9zY http://flip.it/jJpeX   Related articles Should Restaurants Ban Food Photography? (neatorama.com) IHOP Franchisee Selects DTT for Enterprise-Wide Roll Out (prweb.com) Restaurant Charging $200/Person Has The Gall To Tell Diners They Can't Take Photos (businessinsider.com) Weekend reads: Restaurant food photos get controversial (mnn.com) … Continue reading Restaurants Turn Camera Shy

Airbnb And The Unstoppable Rise Of The Share Economy

Airbnb And The Unstoppable Rise Of The Share Economy Tomio Geron, forbes.com On paper, Fred­er­ic Lar­son is just one data point in five years of U.S. gov­ern­ment sta­tis­tics show­ing under­em­ploy­ment in dozens of indus­tries and stag­nant income growth across the board. The 63-year-old pho­tog­ra­ph­er with two chil­d… RT @Techmeme: Airbnb And The Unstoppable Rise Of … Continue reading Airbnb And The Unstoppable Rise Of The Share Economy

Buy or die: The survivalist approach

Buy or die: The survivalist approach to climate doom By Susie Cagle, grist.org Cli­mate change is com­ing! Quick, buy more stuff!! That’s the advice from the New York Times Mag­a­zine fea­ture “How to Sur­vive Soci­etal Col­lapse in Suburbia.” Wait, don’t laugh yet — we’ll get to that. First, meet Ron Dou­glas, a… RT @grist: A … Continue reading Buy or die: The survivalist approach

Getting started with Pinterest for business

Guest Blogger, smartblogs.com There’s no doubt that Pinterest is generating considerable amounts of referral traffic for businesses. Many people were using Pinterest for business by finding ways around the settings meant for personal users, but now Pinterest is officially open… Getting started with Pinterest for business Related articles Getting Visual with Pinterest Marketing Strategy - … Continue reading Getting started with Pinterest for business

9 Ways You’re Ruining Your Online Reputation

Steve Tobak, inc.com LAST WORD Everything you do on the Internet is like a tattoo you get late at night that can never, ever be erased. We all behave like idiots at times. It’s been that way since the dawn of civ­i­liza­tion. The one sav­ing grace has always been… RT @AsurionCareers: “Everything you do on … Continue reading 9 Ways You’re Ruining Your Online Reputation

The Best Time to Buy Anything

The Best Time to Buy Anything During the Year Whitson Gordon, lifehacker.com A bit of planning can save you a ton of money when it comes to buying throughout the year. Here’s your comprehensive, always up-to-date guide on the best times to buy everything this year.Every year year, we compile a list of the best … Continue reading The Best Time to Buy Anything

How REI Put A Bow On Social Marketing

How REI Put A Bow On Social Marketing And Wowed Customers By Ekaterina Walter, fastcompany.com As mar­keters, we talk a lot about real-time response and true social agili­ty. But very few brands were able to mas­ter the art. So is agile mar­ket­ing a myth? A lot of brands strug­gle with agili­ty in mar­ket­ing: think­ing on … Continue reading How REI Put A Bow On Social Marketing

TalentBin Takes On LinkedIn

TalentBin Takes On LinkedIn By Targeting Recruiters By David Zax, fastcompany.com By trolling various sites, TalentBin builds a database of people’s hidden talents. Can it reinvent headhunting in the process? Tal­ent­Bin, as its founder Pete Kazan­jy explains, is a LinkedIn com­peti­tor. And yet, if the aver­age per­son with … RT @FastCompany: TalentBin Takes On LinkedIn … Continue reading TalentBin Takes On LinkedIn

All US iPhone Users Can Now Make Free Phone Calls Via Facebook

Whoa What: All US iPhone Users Can Now Make Free Phone Calls Via Facebook By Dan Nosowitz, popsci.com No more caring about minutes. Free phone calls over Wi-Fi and 3G/4G! Face­book just let loose with a new update to the Mes­sen­ger app for iPhone, which until now was restrict­ed to text mes­sag­ing, sort of like … Continue reading All US iPhone Users Can Now Make Free Phone Calls Via Facebook