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Why It’s Important To Complete Your Twitter Profile
What's the first thing that pops into your head when you think about following someone on Twitter? Their profile, right? You want to see what the person is about, and if they posted a personal avatar of themselves as well. When you take the time to fill out your bio on Twitter and write little bits ...
Words With Friends App: An Award-Winning Crossword Puzzle Game
Not long ago, a family member gave me the Apple iPad 2 as a gift. Not having an iPhone and having never used a high-tech tablet before, I wasn't sure what to do with it. I surf the web, tweet and use Facebook all from my Blackberry daily, so it's not as though I really needed the iPad. Nonetheless, ...
Leafsnap App: It Would Make Darwin Drool
Categorizing and classifying: these are the sorts of things that taxonomists are good at. While the rest of us may be able to sort our clothes by brand, our plant classification skills have really gone downhill in the last 100 years. Today, our hunting and gathering takes place in the grocery store, ...
How To: Eat A Chicken Wing With One Hand
Back in mid-2009, I wrote an article about how to correctly eat a chicken wing. It was my first article ever to go viral. I remember that was the first time I ever got on the digg front page. Does anyone even go to digg anymore? It was a brilliant technique for eating chicken wings, and I've used it ...
Pollution Paintings: Beautiful Art Created With Filthy Smog
Pollution and smog in big cities around the world is becoming more and more of a problem with regard to the quality of air that we breathe. I live in a big city, and when I'm here, I don't notice it so much. However, when I escape to the mountains or take a walk outside the city on a nature trail, I ...
Show Your Love With A DNA Portrait
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Sure, you can give the usual chocolate and flowers, but nothing says 'I love you' more than showcasing your true love’s DNA on your bedroom, family room or living room wall. Before you get too disgusted, read on. The creative geniuses at DNA11, the founders ...
Why Twitter Keeps You Up At Night
I'm guilty. No, I haven't done anything criminal, but I do admit to falling for one of the cardinal social media sins affecting users today: Waking up in the middle of the night to check a timeline. Here's how it happens: when restless at 1, 2 or even as late as 3 a.m., it's not unusual that I wake ...
Pink Pearl Nintendo 3DS: Limited Edition For Valentine’s Day
Pink is my favorite color. Regardless of what it is, if there is ever a possibility to buy it in pink, I do. I even have a pink tool kit. It's complete with everything I need to do minor repairs, and everything is pink, even the hammer and the tape measure. You can see a picture of it here. So, when ...
Digital Meets Analog: Inspiring & Dreamy Digital Origami Animals
I think that every seasoned graphic designer out there will agree with me when I say that the greatest line of software after Photoshop ever to grace a designer's desktop is actually the 3D software. Not only does it allow you to create some rather fantastic artwork within your organic design, but i ...
Twitter Mentions Are The New You’ve Got Mail & Celebrity Autograph
Yes, I sleep with my phone and check my @ mentions anytime I’m mildly awake in the middle of the night. Don’t judge or act like you don’t either. Twitter mentions are the new “You’ve Got Mail.” The excitement from seeing the @ symbol light up is like Christmas morning!
You’ve tweeted a ton to yo ...
Morse Code Twitter Device Brings The Retro Into Tweeting
In an age when basic devices are more complicated than anything you could get your hands on in the '80s, people are constantly looking for simpler ways to get their business done. Just about a week ago, we reported that there was a new application for jailbroken iPhones to tweet by just using your v ...
Volkswagen’s New Ad Hit: The Star Wars Theme Barked By Dogs
It's that time of the year again. It's the time when we are all awaiting the badass commercials during the Super Bowl. Last year, the "winner" and the one commercial that struck all viewers right in the heart was of course the Volkswagen Darth Vader Star Wars ad. It went viral before it was even sho ...
Twisted Reality Photography Using Outdoor Images Inside
How do you possibly find a new perspective to the whole photography approach? Well, it sounds more complicated than it actually is, at least if you have some imagination and dare to realize it. If you have a camera and a mind full of ideas, photography can be more than a mind bending output for your ...
Manage Your Data With AirDroid
If you are like me, you probably ended up waiting a long time for the iPhone to be available on your carrier's network. When the time came to upgrade to a new phone, you had no other choice but to dabble in the waters of Android. Now please do not misunderstand me, I actually looked forward to getti ...
Social Media Personalities: Basic Cable vs. HBO
If you are active in social media, it can seem like the same stories and topics are trending and breaking 24/7. Seemingly well, in good health and spirit celebrities have died and been reborn on Twitter just because there are some people who want to see their @ mentions skyrocket. I get that people ...