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Love Fiction? New Weekly Reading from Electric Lit!

Monday 05.21.2012 , Posted by

Sometimes the very best thing in this fast age of distraction, is to sit down with a good cup of coffee and an equally good read. Slowing down with some inspiring fiction is one of the great pleasures of life and one that, through the magic of story and prose, can lead us to deep revelations about ourselves and the world. Now, new media publisher Electric Literature has created an exciting new series for all lovers of the written word… and it’s coming to you free on your iPad, iPhone or eBook reader!

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Gigwalk: The Future of Your Work Is Mobile

Monday 05.21.2012 , Posted by

With the unemployment rate growing, many people have been looking for work in novel places. What a perfect time for the app Gigwalk to enter the workforce. Gigwalk is an app- available on iPhone, Blackberry, and Android that posts little work “gigs” in your area and pays you through PayPal. The gigs range from photographing local businesses to connecting to Wifi to comparing prices of products at a store’s different locations and more. As I travel I always check the gigs nearby to pick up some extra cash, now that Gigwalk has spread to over 1,405 cities across the 50 states. [Read more...]

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8-Bit Polaroids Capture a Retro/Digital World

Monday 05.21.2012 , Posted by

What if the characters of the digital world seamlessly merged with the real one we experience every day? I’m not talking about the high definition world of Tron, but something a lot closer to the Atari 2600′s Pitfall. That’s exactly what California based designer Jherin Miller has done with his recent Pixels and Polaroids series. He envisioned digital 8-bit characters coming to life through the lens of a Polaroid camera… it looks like one fun, chilled out world to inhabit. [Read more...]

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Visual Bits #193> Music Soothes The Soul

Sunday 05.20.2012 , Posted by


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Visual Bits #192> Stunning Photography

Saturday 05.19.2012 , Posted by

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Self-Learning: The New Master’s Degree

Saturday 05.19.2012 , Posted by

The free wheeling heydays of paying 100s of thousands of dollars for an education while driving around with the top down screaming, “Money ain’t a thang,” times may soon be over. People are getting tired of paying an exorbitant amount of money for a quality education — and not even the best in the world. Employers are starting to care less and less about your degree, or where you went to school; but, more about the actual skills you possess. Self-learning is becoming the new way to advance your education, learn new skills, and may become the master’s degree of the future.
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It All Started With One Bite…

Saturday 05.19.2012 , Posted by

As technology continues to adapt and better products are coming out more quickly than ever before, maybe Steve Jobs chose the apple as a warning for us- like the one from the Garden of Eden. Maybe it’s a warning about becoming too dependent on technology…and we’ve already taken a bite. On a lighter note, here are some awesome stickers to decorate your macbook. Get them fast because Apple will probably find a way to make them incompatible with the next model! [Read more...]

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Visual Bits #191> We Are Animals

Friday 05.18.2012 , Posted by



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USA Olympians Stretching

Friday 05.18.2012 , Posted by

It is less than 100 days to the London 2012 Olympics and there are future competitors training hard every day. Through their rigorous training schedules, they develop their beautiful forms, true sculptures of the human body. It is pure muscle and strength. It is the Olympic spirit. [Read more...]

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We Love Friday! – An Ode to Mothers

Friday 05.18.2012 , Posted by

Happy Friday one and all! Though our lives may be very different, we all have at least one thing in common- we would not be here if it weren’t for our mothers! Since we just celebrated Mother’s Day, we knew there would be some great #mom pics on Instagram this week and sought to bring you our favorites. [Read more...]

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