I was chatting with a friend the other day about the unique ways that people communicate on various social networking platforms. One thing that really got her goat was when people she followed on Instagram would upload photos and ...
Some of my most agonizing childhood memories revolve around flashcards. I can remember sitting at the kitchen table with my dad, getting super frustrated when I couldn’t dredge up the answer to 8×7 or 12 divided by 4. S...
An old adage goes, “You eat first with your eyes.” In our Instagram-obsessed age, this is more true than ever. People are increasingly choosing restaurants based not on reputation or reviews, but on the images of food ...
The old expression goes, “never judge a book by its cover.” And yet, we do it all the time. Whether it’s actual books, movie posters, or an ad, we make our decisions based on the outward look of something. And mo...
Nearly everyone I know uses some form of to do list to stay organized. Some people prefer a more simple, list-driven interface. Some people use a to-do list system that’s part of a larger project management tracker. Whatever...
I grew up in the country, so I’ve always slept best with very little noise, maybe a few frogs peeping or crickets chirping. But my boyfriend is a white noise kind of guy, and he can’t sleep without a fan going. We̵...
Regular readers might recall that I mentioned I recently swapped out my hard drive for a solid state drive in my aging MacBook. (This came up in my recent review of the Mac app Identical.) My recent hard drive swap-out came back t...
There are two big questions people ask every weekend: where are we eating, and what are we doing after? There are tons of apps out there that aim to help people find good food and fun events, but fewer that let you do both in one ...
We tend to focus on a certain set of iOS apps round these parts. While the categories vary, we generally tend to look at apps that are generally useful (or at least trying to be), as well as interesting, quality new games. But som...
When I’m thinking about watermarks, I’m usually thinking about how to remove them. I think a lot of people are the same way. But for photographers and artists who want to ensure that their name stays attached to their ...
When you call your app the best or the greatest, you are inviting criticism. If you make a bold claim about your app, you’d better be able to back it up. Sadly, more often than not, “best” apps are often sub-par....
Why is it so hard to find a good app sometimes? Even such a simple thing as a basic timer app can be surprisingly hard to find. You wouldn’t think that it would be so hard to figure out a way to display alarms and have some ...
August is almost here, which means that many folks only have one or two months left in grilling season. If you’re the kind of person who relishes the chance to throw a little backyard BBQ party, you’ve probably encount...
It’s really expensive to run a mailing list. A lot of free services are unreliable when it comes to delivering content on time, but the paid services can often be prohibitively expensive for personal use, or for a small busi...
Peanut butter and jelly. Chocolate and peanut butter. These are some examples of two tastes that taste great together. If you’re a big fan of mashing things up, then chances are you’ve been looking for a photo editor t...
