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Digital etiquette: What your email sign-off says about you The Week, theweek.com In descending order of our favorites…10. “Cordially,” What it means: Cordial comes from the Latin cordialis, and means “of or for the heart.” Some etymology manuals suggest it means something closer to “sincere.” Pr… http://flip.it/tAeYk Related articles Etymological Oxymorons (eternalthegod.wordpress.com)
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Solavei, the T-Mobile MVNO with the interesting affiliate program now carries iPhone 5 nano SIMs on its unlimited $49/m plan Jordan Kahn, 9to5mac.com Solavei, the T-Mobile MVNO offering $49-per-month unlimited on the carrier’s newly enhanced HSPA+ network, today announced the availability of nano SIM cards for unlocked iPhone 5 owners. That means iPhone 5 customers…
With opening of LTE on Virgin, the pre-paid wireless company is now ready for the iPhone 5 Élyse Betters, 9to5mac.com Virgin Mobile USA, a subsidiary of Sprint Nextel Corporation, began offering LTE today, which significantly means the carrier could now carry the iPhone 5 along with its parent company. Virgin now carries the iPhone 4…
I Switched from Mint.com to Pageonce. Maybe You Should Too. Wade Roush, xconomy.com Wade RoushFor more than a decade, I was a faithful user of Quicken, Intuit’s desktop personal finance program. I stopped using it in 2008 after Mint.com came along, giving me the ability to monitor all my accounts from one simple, attractiv… http://flip.it/Up8PU…
The Quantified Man: How an Obsolete Tech Guy Rebuilt Himself for the Future By Klint Finley, wired.com Tesco — the company that runs a chain of grocery stores across Great Britain — uses digital armbands to track the performance of its warehouse staff. A former Tesco employee told The Independent newspaper that the armbands… http://flip.it/2DAD7…
Good Eggs Aims to Be the Amazon of Local Food By Alexandra Chang, wired.com Good Eggs, which launched last summer as the Etsy of local food, is expanding in a bid to become the Amazon of local food. The San Francisco-based company launched a new web platform Thursday that lets users select items from local…
Good Eggs Aims to Be the Amazon of Local Food By Alexandra Chang, wired.com Good Eggs, which launched last summer as the Etsy of local food, is expanding in a bid to become the Amazon of local food. The San Francisco-based company launched a new web platform Thursday that lets users select items from local…
Facebook Killed My Blog Wade Roush, xconomy.com Wade RoushTravels With Rhody has reached the end of the road.Don’t worry, Rhody himself is fine—he’ll turn 16 in a couple of months and his only problem in life is a touch of arthritis. I’m talking about my blog, not my dog.Since 2004 I’ve… http://flip.it/GEyz7 Related articles Don’t…
Verti-Cult: Miniwiz Unveils Glowing Green Wall Made From Recycled Bottles Helen Morgan, inhabitat.com Taipei-based Miniwiz just unveiled a brand new system that transforms old bottles into gorgeous glowing green walls! Dubbed Verti-Cult, the system is made from 100% recycled Polyethylene milk and juice bottles collected from local schools in Hsinc… http://flip.it/1U84H Related articles Self watering…
Omens Ross Andersen, aeonmagazine.com Sometimes, when you dig into the Earth, past its surface and into the crustal layers, omens appear. In 1676, Oxford professor Robert Plot was putting the final touches on his masterwork, The Natural History of Oxfordshire, when he received a stran… Ross Andersen – Humanity’s deep future http://flip.it/aTaRu http://flip.it/hRIts
Why The Human Body Will Be The Next Computer Interface By Fjord, fastcodesign.com Fjord charts the major innovations of the past, and predicts a future of totally intuitive “micro gestures and expressions” that will control our devices. By now you’ve probably heard a lot about wearables, living services, the Internet of… Why The Human Body…
The Difference Between a Happy Marriage and Miserable One: Chores Wendy Klein, Carolina Izquierdo, & Thomas N. Bradbury, theatlantic.com Couples who don’t have a system for household tasks can get really resentful, really quickly. A look at the results of an in-depth study of middle-class families. Between 2001 and 2004, a team of UCLA researchers…
Can Chemistry Make Healthy Foods More Appealing? Rachel Nuwer, smithsonianmag.com Photo: holtmiGive a baby her first spoonful of mashed spinach or blended brussell sprouts and you can likely watch her face pucker up in shocked torment. Veggies tend to be a dreaded childhood bane for many youngsters, yet there are exceptions to … Can Chemistry…
In the Hands of God: Mitigating Risk core77.com By Jan Chipchase, Mark Rolston and Cara SilverRisk is an issue in every country where we run research (mostly in the form of vehicle accidents), but is elevated in Afghanistan, where there are occasional attacks, suicide bombings, and… RT @core77: Strategies for Mitigating #Risk in the Field…
In the Hands of God: Thoughts on Rural Research core77.com By Jan ChipchaseThis article summarises the issues in conducting corporate ethnographic research in rural locations covering logistics to research dynamics. Rural communities are far from homogeneous.Over the last decade I’ve seen an… RT @core77: GoogleMaps, Dirt Roads + Drinking Water. @JanChip shares thoughts on logistics…
Jack of All Trades, Master of None: Danger for Interaction Design core77.com Image courtesy of smashingbuzzJeroen van Geel was invited to participate in the Redux at Interaction 13 in Toronto. Speakers were invited to reflect upon the conference content on the last day of the conference. This is part of his… RT @core77: Is Interaction…
‘Curious Rituals’ Examines Technology-Induced Gestures & Posture core77.com We’ve all seen it: the teenagers with one earbud in, feigning interest in conversation; iPad users brandishing the device like a radiation barrier to snap a photo; the veritable hypnosis of the “cell trance.” In fact, maybe you’re reading these ve… Anthro study of tech postures http://flip.it/57qCf…
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How to Use Introversion for Career and Personal Success Alice Boyes, lifehacker.com Introversion isn’t a flaw. In fact, introverts are powerful players in work and home life. Here, psychologist Alice Boyes shares how to use your natural personality traits towards success.Develop a Positive Overall View of Your Temperament … How to Use Introversion for Career…
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