Travel can be stressful, particularly if you’re traveling to a place where your command of the local language is shaky at best. Phrasebooks and pocket translators are good options, but if your memory is poor or you don’...
It’s a constant source of consternation to many gamers that you still can’t get Pokemon on the iPhone. You can get a pretty decent array of other older Game Boy and Nintendo titles, but Pokemon is a no go. That’s...
Do you guys remember when “cat breading” first hit the scene? For those of you who happened to miss out on this particular memetic trend when it first debuted, cat breading is when you take a slice of sandwich bread, p...
Shopping in the 21st century has a lot of downsides, the ease with which you can rack up credit card debt being one of them. But the upsides are many: it’s easier than ever before to find discounts and get rebates. One cash ...
Over the weekend, I got my hard drive replaced by a shiny new solid state drive. It’s the best thing I ever did for my MacBook: it’s running quieter, cooler, and happier. I backed up most of my important files in my em...
When it comes to networking for business, LinkedIn is generally considered to be the go-to service. But LinkedIn doesn’t always help you stay in touch as well as it might. A clever app called Here On Biz uses your LinkedIn c...
I wasn’t always a design junkie. But a short stint helping to design and edit infographics at a social media company really opened my eyes to the wonders of great design…and the utter awfulness that is bad design. I do...
I find myself constantly in need of setting reminders during the day. Whether it’s because I’m experimenting with Pomodoro-style work breaks, needing to remember to hop on a conference call, or just needing a quick not...
I was lucky enough to meet a lot of people in college who came from all over the globe. I had a couple of friends from Japan, a roommate from Germany, and a buddy who split his time between Brazil and the US. He introduced me to a...
Call it mental illness, call it human nature, call it instinct: human beings have an innate desire to hoard things. Sometimes, that hoarding impulse gets out of control, while other times this desire takes the form of a perfect in...
Every once in a while, I stumble across an iPhone app that stops me in my tracks, an app that really surprises me and impresses me with its concept and execution. While I don’t often have the need to do complex calculations ...
There are some app “genres” that boggle my mind, some categories where it seems like one app is just as good as any other in the same family. On some level, aren’t all battery monitoring apps created equal? While...
You learn something new every day. In my case, I heard the term “magic hour” for the first time on Sunday night, when I accompanied my BF and his friends to a press photo shoot for their band. The photographer schedule...
They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. It’s also worth a thousand thoughts, emotions, and memories. Photography is a stellar way to capture precious moments, and it also makes a stellar gift to family and friends...
People love to play old arcade and Atari games on their iPhones. And from what I’ve seen on the App Store, the second-most popular retro game after Tetris is Breakout. There are a ton of Breakout-style, brick-breaking games ...
