Spam calls and cold sales calls are way less of a problem than they used to be a decade ago. That’s partially due to legislation, and partly due to the fact that more people have cell phones today: mobile phones are way easi...
I’ll be the first to admit that most hidden object games are annoying. One of the only ones I liked in recent memory was Reincarnations: Uncover the Past, and that was because the hidden object hunt made sense in the game...
I think, in many ways, we’ve become a nation of quantifiers. Apps and social networks make it easier than ever to quantify the daily minutiae of our lives. Now, more than ever, we can know exactly how many friends we have, h...
Some of my favorite things come from “brothers.” Brooks Brothers. Super Mario Bros. The Venture Bros. Now, we can add another “brothers” to my list of favorite things: Layton Brothers Mystery Room, a new iO...
I’m kind of a messy person. When I bake, I get flour all over myself and all over the kitchen. In my office, I tend to favor what my mother jokingly refers to as a “vertical filing system.” That’s just a ni...
Alarm clock apps are one of those iOS categories that it’s really hard to care about. As long as it tells the time correctly and has a loud alarm, who really can tell one app from the next? Most people I know simply use Appl...
Finding the right font can make all the difference between a bad website and a good one (or between one that’s merely good and one that’s truly great.) There are tons of resources out there for free fonts, and sorting ...
I have been, and always will be, the world’s greatest procrastinator. I never turn in work late, but I could be turning it in way earlier if I wasn’t constantly slipping a steady diet of YouTube videos and RSS feeds in...
When you’re on the go, it can be really frustrating to realize that you don’t have access to a document that’s on your laptop or desktop. Keeping a backup in your inbox or in Dropbox can help, but what do you do ...
I’m a sucker for a freebie. Free apps, free games, free trials: I’ll snap ’em all up without a second thought. But let’s be honest: if you’re anything like me, the retention rate for free apps and gam...
In a world where both celebs and regular Joes get their phones hacked on a regular basis, many people are worried about the content on their phones. Your personal photographs should stay personal, but maintaining privacy over your...
For visual learners, video is a great tool for learning a new skill. Beyond just being entertaining, a video can help you to troubleshoot problems on your Mac or learn a new software skill. It can also be a tool for sharing your k...
We all have a soft spot for old things. For some people, it’s antiques. Others dig retro games. My favorite outdated thing to collect? Old, outdated, and neglected App Store apps. The App Store is always packed with the late...
It hasn’t been that long since the news cycles were dominated with horror stories about cruise ships. Whether its a collision or an outbreak of the Norwalk virus, cruise ships have been at the center of some memorable news s...
The thing about most flaky people is that they have no idea they’re acting flaky. If people accuse you of being the kind of person who flakes out on planned events, there’s not usually a way to prove them wrong with co...
