It’s no secret that Americans spend quite a bit of time at their desk while they’re at work, but did you realize that it’s close to roughly a third of their entire time spent there? Exercise is a vital and important aspect of a healthy lifestyle and anything you can do to keep yourself fit will help you out in the long run. Just because you’re in a cubicle and not out on the field or court doesn’t mean there still aren’t things you can do at work to stay fit. [Read more...]
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...]
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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Our world moves at an incredible pace, one where everyone could use a couple extra hours throughout the day. With the responsibilities of work, family, and friends, there’s often little time left at the end of the day to spend on your own personal interests. People are constantly pulling at you from every angle, trying with all their collective might to stop you from achieving your goals. There are some brave people who forgo those extra hours of sleep to spend on themselves; but they’re also insomniacs, look like Zombies every morning at work, and can’t operate without drinking a pot of coffee before noon. [Read more...]
Productivity and happiness in the workplace are becoming increasingly more important to today’s tech savvy, entrepreneurial minded work force. The type of music one listens to at work can help them become motivated, focused, and creative — which constantly reminds me of the scene in Empire Records when they open the record store and get to choose any song they want to blare and sing along to at top volume. Music is the perfect way to get amped at the start of your day. [Read more...]
A wave of change is hitting the nation. Last June, New York became the largest state to legalize same-sex marriage under the Marriage Equality Act, making a precedent setting move and bringing further attention to the much discussed and debated issue. Now, just this Wednesday, President Obama became the first leader of the country to endorse legalizing same-sex marriage, stating “At a certain point I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married” (ABC News interview, May 9, 2012). According to an ABC Political Analysis, some advisers “pointing to rapidly changing public views of gay rights, say Obama has more to gain than lose by the move.” [Read more...]
If a picture says a thousand words, than an Instagram photo says those words with old school flair. It’s hard to make an image look bad when it’s got that retro/sexy feel a Polaroid or Holga camera would snap… and now you get to share those images with your friends around the globe and keep track of what they’re doing with the flip of your thumb. [Read more...]
Normally when people think about the economy improving they refer back to the housing market and consumer confidence index for support on the matter. Instead of sifting through all of that coma-inducing economic data, take a second to think about these weird signs of unexpected economic recovery: men are buying new underwear, RV manufacturers are doing better, more couples are splitting up, facelifts are seeing a lift, and utilities are losing their best customers. [Read more...]
We are happy to announce that the April contributions selected for the Data + Design Project are now live! Each month we’ve been challenging a select group of designers to create something unique and interesting following some very simple rules: this month they used the standard bar chart and came up with some really unique designs and topics, ranging from crayons to surfing. For more on this fun project, or to see about being part of it, head to the main Data + Design page. [Read more...]
We all know that gorging on chocolate bars, Mountain Dew and Tapatio flavored Doritos aren’t the best snack options for us, but snacking doesn’t fully deserve the bad rap those delicious — but totally unhealthy — snacks named above are giving it. A busy lifestyle has come to define American culture and our collective eating habits and, as we snack more today than ever before, we need to start making the right choices to keep our energy level up throughout the day. [Read more...]
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