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  • How Do You See Your Colleagues?

    Who’s top dog in your office kingdom? If you’re convinced that the office would devolve into mayhem without your team’s contributions, you’re not alone–in thinking you’re the most important, that is. Most of us have the tendency to see our own contributions in a rosy light. Those colleagues on other teams tend to be, well, […]

  • 25 St. Patrick’s Day Toasts

    Impress your friends this year with one of the 25 St. Patrick’s Day toasts and Irish sayings below. If you rattle off one quote per beer, this entire post should get you through the night: 1. If you’re enough lucky to be Irish, you’re lucky enough! –Irish saying 2. Many an opportunity is lost because […]

  • The 25 Best Android Apps for Business

    Have you decked out your Droid with business apps yet? If not, take heed: Google Android phones still have a ways to go in terms of business functionality. But there are a few promising apps already. Here are some of the best Android apps for business we could find. While the apps below are good, […]

  • The Numbers Behind the Academy Awards

    Share The Academy Awards are one of the most celebrated awards shows in the world. From red carpets to the latest fashion, the Oscars are about so much more than movies. But what does it really mean to put on a show like the Academy Awards? What kind of money goes into them, and what […]

  • Poor Customer Support: The Hidden Cost of “Free” Software

    This is a guest post by Elmer Thomas from ThinkingSerious.com. It has probably happened to you before, but now it is getting worse. If you have ever made an impulse buy of a no-name “productivity tool” from the end-rack at the checkout lane at your local office superstore or some random website on the Internet, […]

  • 10 Perfect Gifts for Small Business Owners

    Do you have a small business owner in your life? Your client, vendor, lender, tenant, or even media contact could be a small business type. And don’t forget friends and relatives. Buying a gift for small business owners isn’t easy. How do you know what they need or want? Can you guess what they’ll appreciate […]

  • The 5 Best Websites for Finding Cyber Monday Deals

    Image: Memeticians Cyber Monday, the biggest Internet shopping day of the year, happens on November 30. As a shopping day, it’s not quite as involved as Black Friday. You can hit up Cyber Monday in your pajamas. It still pays, however, to know where to find deals. We created a list of the five best […]

  • Schwarzenegger Offers CA Legislature Cryptic F-You

    Image: TechCrunch Arnold Schwarzenegger’s office sent this veto letter to San Francisco assemblyman Tom Ammiano. Read horizontally, it looks innocent enough. But when you read vertically, it says “I Fuck You.” According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Schwarzenegger’s press secretary, Aaron McLear, insisted Tuesday it was simply a “weird coincidence.” He sent us veto messages […]

  • Photosketch Lets You Realize Your Wildest Photographs

    Photosketch, a new software program designed in China, allows users to turn simple sketches into customized photographs. Gizmodo has more: According to authors, their software can take any rough sketch, with the shape of each element labeled with its name, find images corresponding to each drawn element, judge which are a better match to the […]

  • How to Use Twitter for Your Business

    Using Twitter for business is easy. As long as you follow the guidelines below, you’ll have a legitimate business Twitter account. The hard part is gaining a big following. Patience, persistence, and consistent tweets will help you gain a following over time. If you have a business, and are thinking about tweeting, try the steps […]