Mac, Personal
Though Macintosh still lags behind the PC in terms of the VoIP product market, the powers-that-be are beginning to awaken to the opportunities inherent in this sizable, yet underrated target group. For now, the product market out there for VoIP service and VoIP phones is a mixed bag, indeed. Yes, VoIP-capable phones, software and calling [...]
Personal
A bad mood can ruin your whole day! What techniques do you have to get over one? I recommend to clients that they create a list of ideas that they can draw on in difficult times. Here is an example of my list. What would be on your list?
Personal
The brain is a three-pound supercomputer. It is the command and control center running your life. It is involved in absolutely everything you do. Your brain determines how you think, how you feel, how you act, and how well you get along with other people. Your brain even determines the kind of person you are. [...]
Business, Personal
Attitude is foundational to success. A generous person with a positive attitude will thrive. If you change your attitude, you change your perception, change your actions, and change your life. As every life changes, you change the world. Over at Lorelle On WordPress she challenges bloggers to create a list of 30 things that can [...]
Personal
Not that I’ve ever needed these tips (er hum) but someone out there may. Nice pictures to go with them too.
Personal, Places
Some creations of geniuses or just a pile of bricks that was better of at the builders merchants – which ever is your opinion they ain’t finished yet!
Fashion, Personal
Most of the time, it’s good that the little Vince Lombardi sitting on our shoulder tells us to shut up and play through the pain, otherwise we’d never get anything done. On the other hand, there are a few instances in which we can actually talk ourselves out of existence. That’s what happened to NBC [...]
Personal
I was sitting here, relatively bored, watching all the NFL upsets (this may change of course, but so far every team I’ve picked has sucked the big one) and thought what are the dumbest things you could possibly say on a first date. Here comes the science…
Business, Personal
Screensavers have become, in a way, a relic. Today, their original use of “saving screens” from burn-in and ghosting is no longer needed with modern monitors, and screensavers have become used solely for entertainment or security purposes (lock out strangers). That having been said, they’re still enormously popular, even built-in to Mac OS X, and [...]
Personal
We women are well aware that most of the time we’re a profound mystery to men. And for the most part, we like it that way. But the thought has occurred to just about every woman: Would it really be so bad if he knew _________ about me? Wouldn’t it help him understand me better? [...]
Personal
I was in the ninth grade when I learned a vital lesson about love. My girlfriend at the time, Amy, was stunningly cute, frighteningly smart and armed with a seemingly endless supply of form-fitting angora sweaters. And me? Let’s just say I was an adolescent Chris Robinson to her budding Kate Hudson — and well [...]
Health, Personal
Anyone over 50 can probably remember what “old” people were 30 or 40 years ago. Usually they were people over 50! Most boomers no longer consider themselves old, which is quite possible with life expectancy going up year after year. But we need our health to assure us of a quality of life into our [...]
Personal
In the hustle and bustle of this technologically packed world you may decide you really don’t want to achieve any lasting success in your lifetime. Sure, you can find a lot of strategies and tips here that can help you increase your success rate. But what about the people who are perfectly happy not achieving [...]
Personal, Technology
Being a geek myself, I think this is a subject I think needs to penetrate all levels of management in every company that values their geeks. By no means is this a rant, but for the last 10 years I’ve seen what motivates us and what doesn’t. I’ve seen the managers that just don’t get [...]