10 Sites That Will Teach You How To Draw Well via MakeUseOf.com by Saikat Basu on 7/9/10 They say that there are two skills that most humans wish they were born with. The first – to sing and play in tune; the second – to draw with ease. Unfortunately, most of us can only stare [...]

How to Avoid Loneliness When Working From Home via Dumb Little Man – Tips for Life by Abhijeet Mukherjee on 7/9/10 I think web workers (or anyone that works at home) would agree that the biggest problem they face, after a few months of working from home, is a strange feeling of loneliness. Agreed, not [...]

Get Wildcard Suggestions with a Google Autocomplete Trick [Google School] via Lifehacker by scantorscantor on 7/9/10 Google’s autocomplete is a handy tool for both saving time and getting a feel for what people are searching. Reader scantorscantor points out a cool trick for getting a bit more from the autocomplete. Normally, Google only autocompletes the [...]

Use a Daily Log to Keep Yourself Focused on Productivity [Productivity] via Lifehacker by The How-To Geek on 7/8/10 Everybody wants to be more productive, and you can find loads of tools and systems designed to help you do just that. But how do you measure your productivity in any given day? That’s where a [...]

10 Ways to Visualize Time Zones around the World & Be On Time via MakeUseOf.com by Saikat Basu on 6/28/10 If you are a Phileas Fogg, then you would really need to be savvy about time zones around the world. Going around the world in eighty days surely must have been befuddling for him as [...]

Learn About and Prepare for a Behavioral Job Interview [Job Interviews] via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on 7/2/10 Typical job interview questions—like "What are your strengths?"—are relatively easy to answer. The behavioral job interview takes a different approach, requiring, for example, concrete answers exemplifying your strengths. Without the right preparation, they can catch you off [...]

Test Your Password Strength at How Secure Is My Password [Passwords] via Lifehacker by Jason Fitzpatrick on 7/1/10 How Secure Is My Password is a no-frills password checker that dishes the dirt on your password strength or lack there of. How Secure Is My Password is a simple site with a singular focus, forcing you [...]

40 Superb Photoshop Tutorials For Attractive Photo Effects via Noupe by vitaly on 6/22/10    By Obaid ur Rehman Photoshop is the basic requirement of a designer and that’s why designers all around the world regularly look for the tutorials that can help them in polishing their Photoshop skills. Since the demand for Photoshop tutorials [...]

Having Enough Energy to Chase Your Passions – Outside Your Day Job via Dumb Little Man – Tips for Life by Ali on 6/29/10 You might dream of quitting your day job. Perhaps you want to be an artist, or a musician, or travel the world, or do volunteer work, or any number of other [...]

How To Stay Organized When Life Throws You a Curveball via Stepcase Lifehack by Debbie Bowie on 6/29/10 “Things went downhill when we had three family crises in a year,” said a new client who was explaining how her lovely home had evolved into a cluttered, chaotic mess. It is very common for people to [...]

Using Email Effectively via Ian's Messy Desk by Ian McKenzie on 6/18/10 For most organizations, e-mail has become the preferred means of communication, both formal and informal. Here are some tips to make your e-mail as effective and efficient as possible: Avoid all caps – E-MAIL MESSAGES THAT ARE WRITTEN IN UPPERCASE ARE CONSIDERED TO BE [...]

9 Ways To Manage People Who Bother You via Stepcase Lifehack by celestine on 6/28/10 Ever faced people who bother you? I’m sure all of us have faced such people before. It’s okay when we have to face them just once or twice, but there are times when these people emerge in facets of our [...]

Decoding Microsoft’s Fantastic Passive-Agressive Numbers Post via TechCrunch by MG Siegler on 6/26/10 Yesterday, Microsoft communications head Frank Shaw put up a post on The Official Microsoft Blog rattling off some numbers regarding many of Microsoft’s products. The intention was obviously to lend some perspective to some of the negative coverage Microsoft has been getting [...]

Use Wolfram Alpha to Figure Out Confusing Family Relationships [Relationships] via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on 6/24/10 What do you call the son of your mom's cousin? How about the husband of your mother's uncle's daughter? Type how you're related into Wolfram Alpha's computation engine, and it returns the relationship—first cousin once removed, in that [...]

Working Hard Is not Enough. Here's 18 Ways to Work Smart via Dumb Little Man – Tips for Life by DLM Writers on 6/24/10 All of us work hard in life – there is no doubt about it. We work hard in our jobs so we can excel at work. We work hard to maintain [...]