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Going viral is always exciting. It was about three and a half years ago when my first article here on Bit Rebels went viral. It happened on Digg (back when Digg was huge), and it was an article about how to eat a chicken wing. Back then, we weren't on a big daddy server like we are today, and I reme ...

10 Financial Lessons Learned From Napkin Sketches

Have you ever been so bored in a restaurant or at a bar that you started doodling on a napkin? I've done it many times, but usually my napkin sketches don't amount to much more than a dog or a smiley face. I've certainly never sketched anything important on them like how to save money. Carl Richa ...

Design

Stuff Nobody Tells Us About Life Illustrated

I love it when artists find a way to incorporate the life lessons they've learned through their experiences into creative illustrations and visuals. An example of this is in the article In A Perfect World: Life's Daily Annoyances Illustrated. Another artist who creates "life illustrations" is Ale ...

3 Ways Social Media Teaches Us About Forgiveness

The word forgiveness means different things to different people. For me, forgiveness is a huge part of maintaining a happy life. I once heard someone say that if we withhold forgiveness, it's like allowing a snake to bite us over and over again. It's such a heavy burden to hold onto any negative tho ...

5 Lessons To Learn When Leaving Your Comfort Zone

I recently left home, and now I live approximately 8,900 miles away. I know from experience this kind of change takes a lot of adjusting. When I decided to take the job in Cincinnati, Ohio, I knew that I would be leaving my comfort zone. I grew up with my family around me all the time, and it is ...

5 Lessons A Snowflake Can Teach Us About Blogging

We aren't very familiar with snow in Atlanta. If we are lucky, it snows about two or three days each winter (about an inch or two each time), and it is usually melted after a few hours. However, this week it's very different. It's like we are living in the twilight zone or something. We have a l ...

10 Life Lessons We Can Learn From Our Pets!

Most of the people I know like having pets whether it be a dog, a cat, a parrot or a snake. Some even go to the extent of dressing them up or buying them fancy accessories. And, why not? Our pets bring us a lot of joy in our lives. I am fortunate enough to have grown up having pets around in our ...

Social Media

5 Lessons I’ve Learned From Social Media

It has been such a ride this past year, and as we look forward to the coming year, we always look back at what we learned from mistakes we made in the past, or what we learned in terms of new ideas that left a mark on us. Social media has been growing steadily over the past few years, and it was the ...

10 Life Lessons That We Should Try To Remember!

I am very lucky to have had a very wise man for a dad. I never really understood what he was trying to convey to us when we were children, but now as an adult, I have realized the life lessons that he wanted to impart on us. They are sort of like rules to live by. With life being so fast paced no ...

Social Media

Are You Relevant On Twitter?

Twitter is a wonderful place to learn new things about everything from website designs, applications, new trends, fashion, social media, advertising, the worldwide news and practically anything and everything else under the sun. You can also get so much inspiration too. As our Twitter family grows ...

Technology

Happy 1st Birthday Bit Rebels! – 10 Lessons We’ve Learned

My name is listed as the author on this article, but it is from all of us at Bit Rebels. Let me give you a little history... It's hard to believe it's been a whole year since Bit Rebels began. It feels like just yesterday. I remember my dear friend @mistygirlph working hard on her first articl ...

Geek

The World’s Youngest Tattoo Artist – She’s 3 Years Old!