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Getting a job interview scheduled can be a challenge, but nailing it once you've got it is a whole different thing. It's just one of life's necessary evils that many people have to deal with each day. I admire people who are able to do well in the job interview process. It's an art that some people ...

Business

How To: Stay Awake When Work Deadlines Are Looming [Infographic]

One of the hardest tasks to do when facing a looming deadline is keeping yourself awake in order to push in the work necessary to meet your deadlines. It's not always the easiest when you work eighteen to twenty hours a day, right? When crunch time approaches, it gets easier and easier to fall behin ...

High Tech Anti-Drowning Safety Device For Kids In The Swimming Pool

Now that school will soon be out for the summer, a lot of kids will spend the next few months at the swimming pool. If you have small children, you know how important it is to monitor their every move while they are in the water. Swimming is a double-edged sword since drowning is the number one caus ...

Tech Jacket & App Simulate Hugging Your Child At Just The Right Time

I remember about six months ago when I wrote about a tech jacket that inflates and hugs (squeezes) you whenever you receive a Facebook like on your page. It is a way to convert online 'likes' into IRL hugs. It seems a bit bizarre, but I'm sure some people get into it. Now it seems that 30-year-old J ...

Social Media

Why Content Marketing Is At The Heart Of Online Success [Infographic]

Five years ago, if a company didn't have a website, they weren't taken seriously. Now it's almost unheard of for a company not to have a website. Two years ago, if a company wasn't in social media, they weren't taken seriously. Now almost every company has some sort of social media presence. In 2013 ...

Design

What You Need To Know About The Graphic Design Industry [Infographic]

There are plenty of perceptions that people have when they hear the words ‘graphic design’ or ‘graphic designer.’ Most are perceptions that don’t depict the profession very well. According to Globalgraphics, anyone who’s ever wanted to become a graphic designer knows that the way you look at it, in ...

Lifestyle

29 Ways To Keep Your Creative Juices Flowing Every Day [Chart]

Many of our readers are entrepreneurs and freelancers, and if that describes you, you know how important it is to keep your creative juices flowing throughout the week. We've probably written a dozen articles over the years about how you can stay creative, and it's always good to get new ideas on th ...

Design

5 Things Designers Should Know When Dealing With Clients [Infographic]

As a web designer, developer and programmer, I have come across all kinds of clients throughout the years. You never know how a client will react to your work until the work has actually been started and sometimes completed. It's always the same thing. It's a known fact that you can create your most ...

The Star Trek Medical Tricorder Inches Closer To Becoming A Reality

If you are a trekkie, which a lot of our readers are, you probably know that in Star Trek there are three main types of tricorders. One is a standard tricorder used to scan unfamiliar places and collect data, one is an engineering tricorder used for engineering purposes on the ship, and the last one ...

Internet Side Effects: What They Do To Our Brains [Video]

Just a few days ago, I was checking out my Facebook news feed and came across an article shared by Scott Stratten. It was an article written by Paul Miller (published on The Verge) that dealt with the intriguing topic of unplugging from the Internet for a year. As I read through the story, I was str ...

Apps

Translator App Decodes Crying Babies & Tells You What Is Wrong

Some people say there is an app for everything, and apparently there is, or at least sometimes it seems like it. When I think of a translator app, I think of an app that can translate speech or text from one language to another. Apparently they do more than that though, even if it is just for fun. F ...

Unique iPhone Case Puts A Lush Lawn In Your Hands

When the iPhone was first introduced, the world was focused on the many possibilities it offered. The modular virtual design that set it apart from the rest of the cell phones available made it a goldmine for many developers. But there were also people who utilized its sleek design instead of its vi ...

Ultimate Photoshop CS6 Keyboard Shortcuts [Cheat Sheet]

Every designer knows that when it comes to Photoshop, the best thing you can do to speed up your work is to study the keyboard shortcuts intensely. Menu poking is not exactly one of the most optimized solutions, but it helps beginners navigate their way around the features offered. The Photoshop CS6 ...

Mouse Ring Enables Wireless Navigation Without Effort