Many people will be going back to school this semester, and we thought that a list of study tips would be helpful to students as they start out a new set of classes.
Study your notes after each class period, not just before tests.
Start reviewing a week ahead of time if you can. That way you’ll have a margin for error.
Find a good, quiet place with few distractions to study in.
Matthew Heusser, a technologist hailing from Allegan, Michigan, got his roots in computer programming. But what he did with that knowledge—mixing in tons of risk-taking and determination—has made him a prominent speaker in his field as well.
Since January is the National Association of Professional Organizer’s Get Organized Month, I’ve asked Geralin Thomas of Metropolitan Organizing in Cary, North Carolina, to share her insights with us on how to hire a professional organizer. For many of us, having someone coach us through the uncluttering process can be very beneficial.
Some call it the side hustle, others call it the side project, but it's been coined as "daylighting" - working jobs on the side while at another one. And for young creative professionals, it's become a way of life. "The slash/slash generation are best described as do-it-all teens and twenty-somethings that undertake multiple careers - often creating brand names for themselves."
Skydeck is a new service that integrates with your cell phone to give you a number of features. It syncs with your textmessages, transcribes your voicemail and lets you call people from your computer using your cell phone as your caller id number. You can then do stuff like search through all of your voice and text messages just like you’d search through your email.
As many of you out there know, I’m pretty politically active in my spare time and I truly enjoy following and studying politics, both national and otherwise. Today, of course, is a momentous day in that arena, as George W. Bush peacefully hands over the presidency to Barack Obama.
Thanks for your support over the past few days. It means a lot to me. The first memorial service for my friend Sparky is tomorrow afternoon, and there will be another one next week.
We’ve written in the past about personal safes and how most of them will not protect digital data in case of fire. A typical consumer-grade safe is only effective at protecting papers for half an hour during a fire. Most safes that would protect a hard drive cost multiple thousands of dollars and are even out of the price range for many small companies.
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Alex Shalman of AlexShalman.com.
Socrates did not leave one shred of writing behind at the end of his life, yet he helped form the foundation of our western philosophy to this very day. The things he taught were so profound, close to truth, and universal, that one could live an awesome life today just by following his fundamental advice.
Whether it is for a pay raise, a promotion, a great reference, or just a cubicle with a window, we all want to impress our boss at work. In tough economic times, we might just be trying to avoid being first in line for a pink slip.
By Philip BrewerAny institution that wants to fund mortgages has a problem. They want to lend the money out for thirty years, but the money they have to lend comes from deposits that can be withdrawn by the depositors at any time. Banks have come up with three bad ways to work around that problem. It turns out, though, that the Danes have come up with what may be a good way.
