If you want to give people a hint that you don't much care about whether your company harms the habitat that we depend upon for our health, happiness and security:
Take a sample of your product that you'd like to give away for free, say a single piece of gum.
Wrap it in packaging made from plastic, which doesn't break down in the landfill and remains on the planet for a few hundred years.
Editor’s note: This post was written by Zen Habits contributor Jonathan Mead.
Most of us have heard something like this before: “You have a lot of potential,” or in school, “You have so much potential, work hard and you might realize it.”
Photo by dhammza.
Sites like Digg, Reddit and Delicious are great for generating ideas. There is no shortage of creative ideas and ways to frame information than what makes to the front page of these sites.
I’ve seen people talk about using gift cards as a way to save for large purchases. Where I live this doesn’t make sense because of the fees that chip away at the value, but some states like California don’t have that limitation. Regardless of where you live, gift cards become pretty much worthless if the company goes bankrupt as people who hold gift cards from Sharper Image a
I have a friend who works in the financial aid department of a large public university. He’s passionate about helping students manage their money, both for academics and for Real Life. Several times he’s complained to me that most students don’t do enough to pursue more financial aid.
Whenever I mention the grocery stores where I tend to shop, someone always asks me about Aldi. I tend to usually avoid that question because the answer makes me uncomfortable, but after several emails following my post yesterday about personal finance recommendations, I realized that it was actually a subject worth digging into.
Written on 9/10/2008 by Abhijeet Mukherjee. You can catch him at Jeet Blog where he blogs about different Web 2.0 apps and online tools and how they can help you become more productive.Photo Credit: Village VoiceIf you ask me to define ego I'd say it's a characteristic in an individual that forces them to consider the 'I' before 'we'.
If there is one thing Ikea is fantastic at, besides making flat pack furniture, it's advertising. For their opening in Kobe, Japan, Ikea decked out trains with Ikea furniture. Rush hour has never looked better.
See more of Ikea train on Pink Tentacle. [Thanks Dale!]
Who among us doesn’t have a special bottle of wine waiting for the right moment to be popped open and enjoyed? If you do have that special bottle, how are you storing it?
Well, it seems the summer hibernation has given birth to some fantastic new adventures around the blogosphere and world, especially those with a bent toward helping others find better lives.
So, I figured I’d share a few of my faves with you this morning…
Wireless speakers for rear surroundThese speakers aren’t going to match the sound quality of a traditional pair of speakers, but if you live in an apartment and you don’t have the option of wiring your den for sound this is definitely an option.
MIT designs clutter detectorVisual clutter is obviously different from physical clutter, but they both serve as a distraction.
Yesterday, I was talking to a close friend about what sort of technological device would actually make our lives easier. I took a look at the things I actually use all the time already - my pocket calendar, my pocket notebook, Wikipedia, my RSS feed reader, and my book collection - and I basically described what, for me, would be the one ultimate technology device that I would buy.
Warren Buffett is the richest man in the world, yet his reputation for frugality, folksy wisdom, and straight talk make him seem like just a regular guy, like he might be the billionaire next door. He’s one of my heroes.
Once again, we’ve asked online social tools guru Stowe Boyd to write for us on digital information management. Thank you, Stowe, for sharing your insights with us!
