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Over the past few days, ever since the very sad death of Steve Jobs, many photographs of him in his younger years have surfaced. When I see those pictures of him, it reminds me that he, like every entrepreneur, had a journey to take to get to where he ultimately wanted to be. Steve Jobs looks very h ...

Social Media

Wasted Time In The Workplace: You’ll Be Surprised [Infographic]

I don't think we can cover this topic enough. It's ultimately important, and whatever we can do to make the time we spend at work a little bit more cheerful and fun is a battle won, don't you think? If you have a job that is boring, and if you pretty much do the same thing over and over again, it ca ...

Geek

Apple’s ‘Let’s Talk iPhone’ Keynote: Some Mind Blowing Stats

I'm watching the Apple event online right now, like almost everyone I know. I have to admit, it was a little strange to see it in such a small place (they held it in the Apple home theater), and it was even more strange to see Tim Cook walk out on that stage instead of Steve Jobs. He didn't look the ...

Social Media

Facebook According To College Student Likes [Infographic]

There is a button that pretty much everyone on Facebook enjoys, and that is of course the "Like" button (or link text). It gives us the ability to tell people that we really enjoy what they just wrote, shared or commented on. Building likes has become almost a sport these days with the new social ne ...

Design

Water Calligraphy Device: Decorate The Streets With Water

There is an ancient Chinese custom of writing messages on the streets with water. Although it creates a beautiful and natural decoration, there is a little more behind this tradition than that. The reason water is used is not only to make the messages temporary, but also because in Chinese Fung shui ...

Mobile Load Time vs. User Expectations [Infographic]

Yes, that is correct! We do not have a mobile site, and the reason for that is because we think we are too good for it. Nah, just kidding. We're working on getting one up that will allow for our readers to check out our geeky content through a more minimized format. We know that downloading our site ...

Geek

If Star Wars Characters Had Access To Google [Infographic]

Most people I know use the Internet all day every day to extract information pertaining to every aspect of life. Whether we need to know something for work (marketing, sales, competition, tutorials) or something for home (relationships, recipes, weekend projects, movie previews), there is a certain ...

Geek

Interview: X-Treme Geek – Where Being A Geek Is Big Business

Everyone who knows us here at Bit Rebels knows that we love to celebrate geeks, promote geeks and write about everything that has to do with being a geek. We often joke that someday geeks will inherit the earth, and if you're a geek, you know you are always welcome here. Gone are the days when geeks ...

How Google Affects Our Memory [Infographic]

I remember back towards the beginning of the year when Chris Pirillo and Danny Brown both wrote articles about how social media is, in a sense, making us lazy. They started a whole online conversation about it, and many other blogs weighed in with their opinions on the subject. The story kind of ...

The Internet Of Things: Every Device That Connects Us [Infographic]

Whether you are reading this on your cell phone, laptop, desktop or whatever other device you are using, it's still a technology gadget that will connect you to the millions of people online if you want it to. The ways we can connect with each other has skyrocketed beyond comparison the last 20 year ...

The Real Tron Light Cycle In Action [Video]

Just when you thought the Tron hype had completely died down, there are things brewing in one particular part of the world. The movie, for some, was a disappointment since it was expected to reach far greater heights on the box office chart. It did decent, no doubt about it, but the hype versus the ...

Design

How To: Beat Airport Baggage Limits & Fees

We all know that in the past few years, airlines have really cracked down on baggage restrictions. Not only have they gotten super strict about what they will allow people to carry-on the flight, but they have also started charging fees for checked luggage, which in the past was free. This isn't ...

The Sound Tank: DJ Weapon Of Mass Temptation

As technology gets more advanced every day, we can do cooler things with lesser technology, if that makes any sense. The computers of today have enabled pretty much anyone to create simple drag-and-drop music that they can play for their friends and loved ones even in real-time. It's pretty much jus ...

Super Mario In 64 Pixels Is Just Badass!