5 Holiday Gift Ideas for Tech Lovers
If you’re looking for gift ideas for your techie partner, we’ve put together 5 gift ideas for you to consider getting for him or her. 1. Google Chromecast. Streams online videos, music, photos and more to your TV using your smartphone, tablet, or laptop. A must have for tech lovers. 2. Mi Power Bank. […]
3 TED Talks That Will Change How You See the World
Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” If this sounds like a philosophy you can relate to, then you’ll love these TED talks. Hyeonseo Lee: My Escape from North Korea A harrowing, personal tale of survival and hope and a powerful reminder […]
App Review: QuickOffice for Android
With QuickOffice for Android, you can easily create and edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files. Its file manager is simple and intuitive, and it lets you access local files and those stored in your Google Drive account. It doesn’t require any converting to proprietary formats, and it can easily save your updated files to your […]
Monday Motivation: 4 Truths About Multitasking
Being able to multitask is seen as the Holy Grail of the modern executive. This post reveals 4 of the unknown darker aspects of multitasking. 1. Multitasking makes you less productive. If you’re convinced that multitasking makes you productive, you’re very wrong. It just means you backtrack a lot, because every time you switch tasks, […]
Monday Motivation: 10 Books Every Entrepreneur Must Read
Here’s a collection of some of the best books for those just discovering their call to entrepreneurship. Business Adventures by John Brooks Business Model Generation by Alexander Osterwalder The Start-Up of You by Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell GIRLBOSS by Sophia Amoruso From Resource Allocation To Strategy by Joseph Bower Rework […]
Great Reads: Quiet by Susan Cain
How many introverts do you know? This extraordinary book has the power to permanently change how we see introverts and, equally important, how introverts see themselves. In Quiet, Susan Cain argues that society undervalues introverts and shows how much we lose in doing so. She also introduces us to successful introverts. By delving into introversion, […]
4 Things NOT to Buy on Black Friday
Toys Black Friday is not the best time to buy toys for the holidays. Many will likely see discounts on Black Friday. You’ll get when you see the same toys for even less about two weeks before Christmas. Exercise Equipment For those of you looking to get a leg up on any fitness New […]
3 Photo Editor Tools To Make The Most Of Your Shots
Can’t get the hang of Photoshop? Here are 3 of the best useful image editors around. 1. Picasa: Picasa is a versatile photo editor and organiser, with integrated Google+ upload and sharing options. It is a great tool if you’re looking for a way to organise your photo collection particularly if you already use Google+. […]
Book Review: Social Intelligence
Author: Daniel Goleman This book is about getting to know that we are wired to connect. Goleman presents new evidence to show that our reactions to others, and theirs to us, have far-reaching biological impact on the totality of our beings. Is there a way to raise our children to be happy? What is the […]
App Review: Moon+ Reader
Moon+ Reader is an excellent e-book reader with a neat and clean user interface, complete with rich features and useful controls for you to read e-books comfortably on your mobile devices. It’s highly customizable to suit your preferences. You can change everything with Moon+ Reader, and to get to those options all you have […]
5 Photography Websites for New Photographers
Are you into photography? Do you simply want to develop your skills behind the lens? Then check out these top photography websites. I’ve selected 5 of the best photography websites, packed with resources and tutorials to help you, whether you’re a pro or amateur. 1. Strobist is a great website for newbie photographers. The Free […]
Evernote- The Note Taking and Organisation App
Evernote is a great note taking and organization app. It’s available for free on Android, IOS, Mac and Windows platforms and stands head and shoulders above Microsoft’s One Note and Google’s Android Keep. Evernote saves all your pictures, audio files and notes in the cloud so you can easily access them anywhere you have an […]
Motivational Monday: 3 Reasons Why People Matter
Other people matter. This may sound like a well-worn motivational sound bite by pop psychologists and the likes, but it is an apt description of what life is all about. Life, the good life, is and should be all about people. Our journey across life will bisect and intersect with other people and a […]
Magazine Review: Introducing Flipboard
Flipboard is a personalized magazine builder. It builds your magazines by giving you an option to select an initial five topics from a list of 32,000. You browse topics by scrolling through a very long list or by keying a term into the search box. Once you’ve made your picks, […]
App of the Week-Yummly
The app-lification of everything is fully underway. Everything has an app these days. This series looks at the best apps designed to make our lives easier. Every week, we’ll review one app be it on Android, IOS or a webapp. This week we’ll shine our review torch on Yummly, an app for food lovers. […]
3 Tips to Help You Save Money
Money Matters. Money isn’t just a medium of exchange, it is a way of securing ones future and ensuring that one isn’t left at the mercy of others during lean periods. A lot has been written on the subject of money, this article looks at the famous three tips on how to save money. 1. […]