Male or female, most of my friends are trying to lose weight right now, and they’re all using iOS apps to track their dieting progress and daily calorie intake. Apps like SparkPeople and MyFitnessPal are very popular choices...
Someone once told me that to incorporate a new habit into your routine, repetition was the key. On average, they told me, it takes 28 days of repetition to make a new habit part of your routine. So if you’re looking to build...
It’s funny how we can forget even the most intense memories with time. And then, once forgotten, those dormant memories can be fully reawakened within an instant just by looking at an old journal entry or a photograph. There...
Here’s an interesting fact I learned the other day: “Game of Thrones” author George R. R. Martin still writes all of his novels in WordStar. Never heard of it? Neither had I. Apparently, it was released for CP/M ...
The great thing about city life is that there is always something interesting going on. There are simply more clubs, more restaurants, more attractions, and more businesses in a city than in the suburbs or in rural communities. Bu...
We are inundated with things to buy and covet on a daily basis. Between blogs, feeds, and social media, hardly a day goes by when I don’t see a cool new product, accessory, or item that I think is cool enough to buy. Visual ...
There isn’t a schoolkid on the planet who hasn’t scribbled out a few games of Tic Tac Toe when they were supposed to be paying attention in class. It may not have the prestige of chess, but Tic Tac Toe is the game that...
Most camera apps out there on the App Store are focused on providing cool filters. Sadly, not enough camera apps are focused on actually helping users take better, sharper photos. Camera Awesome is the best of both worlds: plenty ...
Counting is hard. I mean, basic counting is pretty easy…but counting the number of days between today and a future date can be annoying. Are they calendar days, or business days? How many weekends do I have between then and ...
I’m a skeptic by nature. Quote a fact to me, and rather than blindly accept it, I’ll always respond with, “Says who?” So when I saw the App Store description for Trainyard Express calling their app “T...
Mailing lists are sort of like the charming grandfather of Internet communication. These days, most businesses (no matter what their size) communicate most meaningfully and successfully through Facebook and Twitter. To many people...
Getting organized and staying organized in this day and age comes down to having the right tools. If you are still looking for the right tools to organize your daily to-do lists, you’re never going to feel like you’ve ...
The best apps, the ones we end up using every day, are almost always the most simple of creations. A good, simple app is like a good, simple kitchen tool: it just feels right in your hand, and you don’t need to make any extr...
My all-time favorite comic book as a kid was Batman. I wanted the cool car, the sweet gadgets, the big mansion, and of course, a butler of my very own. As an adult, I definitely have the sweet gadgets nailed down, but I have yet t...
From “Robinson Crusoe” to “Gilligan’s Island” to “LOST,” Western society has had a centuries-long love affair with stories set on desert islands. I think we’ve all thought about what...
