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If you are tired of wearing the same old high heel pumps everyday, maybe you need to add some sophistication to your shoe wardrobe. These heels with famous artworks hand-painted on them could be just what you need to add some pep to your step. Usually when I write about heels, they have more of a ge ...

SXSW 2013: How The MakerBot 3D Printer Really Works

If you follow our social media outlets, you might have seen that we are currently covering SXSW 2013 in Austin, Texas. We will try to cover the most exciting and newsworthy topics we can possibly find. To kick off this quite exciting week, I thought I'd start by covering a topic that is near and dea ...

Business

Workplace Personality Types: How They Support Each Other [Infographic]

There are so many workplace personality types, and when they collide, even the most innocent communications can get twisted and become horrible. I know this from personal experience. It can also be seen in the media. For example, if you've been following the recent Marissa Mayer scandal (yes, it fee ...

Upcycled Vintage Shoes Become Retro Walkie-Talkies That Really Work

I wrote an article last week about the importance of recycling our old smartphones. Now that there are more smartphones on the planet than people, if we don't recycle them properly, they could become the cockroaches of technology. It's always refreshing to see people come up with creative ways to re ...

Fate Of Desktop PCs: What Will Your Workstation Look Like In 5 Years?

Ben Warner

The world of computing is moving fast these days. That statement would ordinarily be par for the course, but in many ways, it is moving even faster than it ever did before thanks to the uptake in mobile computing with tablets and smartphones. PC and Mac sales are not as robust as they used to be, an ...

40 Foot Touchscreen Gallery Helps Visitors Find New Artwork

As we reported yesterday, Rio de Janeiro is the first city to implement QR codes into their sidewalk design. It's an effort to help tourists find new information about the city and its history without cluttering the city with ugly, bulky signs. It seems information is about to take over our immediat ...

Lifestyle

10 Unusual Ways To De-Stress After A Day Of Working & Blogging [Chart]

I've never known a time before when everyone was so busy and rushed in life. It seems we all try to fit as much as possible into every 24-hour period, and it is almost unhealthy at times. We eat at our desks, we skip exercising to work longer, and we don't spend as much time with our families as we ...

5 Clever Tips To Help You Optimize Working On Your Smartphone [Video]

If you are like me, you carry all your mobile gadgets with you everywhere you go so you can immediately set up a mini-office in a coffee shop, in a client's office or even in your car. My "technology bag" has everything in it from my iPhone to my iPad and every kind of power cord, car adaptor and ba ...

Bicycle Barometer Tells You If You Should Ride Your Bike To Work

If you need a little geeky design inspiration for the day, this little bicycle barometer ought to provide that. It's so simple, yet so worth taking a look at. I'm one of those people who would ditch my car and ride my bike everywhere if I could. I hope to do that someday. There are countless reasons ...

Social Media

Effectiveness Comparison Of Top Social Media Networks [Infographic]

It can be hard for a brand or a person to know what social networking service to put their effort into. Social media can of course be a great tool to utilize when you are trying to bring extra traffic to your blog, website or service. But choosing the right networking service for your needs is a lit ...

General Education: This Is How Keys Work

We are always trying to find topics on the very edge of technology. Sometimes we could do with a little bit of general education as well, don't you think? The world is always going to invent new things, but without the common knowledge, it's easy to fall behind. That is why I thought I would cover a ...

Lifestyle

Hidden Dangers Of Working In The Food Industry [Infographic]

Alayna Frankenberry

The food industry can be brutal. The first job I ever had was working at a funnel cake stand at an amusement park that shall remain nameless. On my first day, I arrived in my cardboard shorts and polyester polo starry-eyed and excited to try my hand at making my single favorite food in the park. My ...

Cupcake Printer Turns Your Sloppy Cupcakes Into Delicious Artwork

So you're sitting there looking at cupcakes all day long. You dream of being able to create magnificent and perfect cupcakes like everyone else seems to be able to whip up in seemingly no time at all. Maybe you have even tried putting a few together without the extravagant results you had hoped for. ...

Geek

World’s Largest Scrabble Game Is A Handcrafted Work Of Art