Sep 22, 2012 | Advertising, Marketing
Unless you were off the grid last week, you know that Apple launched its new iPhone. You can't do much more with the new model than the previous one. And bigger screens have been around for a couple of years now. So why the big hoopla? To paraphrase a cliche, it's the...
Aug 22, 2012 | Productivity, Research
Are you still hopping from one website to another to read news and opinion pieces at your favorite sites? You don't have to. Most news and blog sites publish "feeds" of new content via RSS (Really Simple Syndication). Instead of going to individual websites you can...
Aug 12, 2012 | Productivity
For just about every commercial productivity tool there is a free counterpart. Instead of paying up to $350 for Microsoft Office you can use LibreOffice or Google Docs for free. Both have word processing, spreadsheets and slideshow creators, which look very similar to...
Jul 29, 2012 | Ideas, therapy
In my work with clients in psychotherapy I like to weave current events into our discussions when appropriate. I've found that it helps give people a point of reference in understanding their own situation and their coping skills. None of my current clients is a...
Jul 21, 2012 | Critical thinking
I recently returned from The Amazing Meeting (TAM 2012) in Las Vegas. TAM is a gathering of skeptics who come from several countries to address critical thinking in social and physical sciences, medicine, public policy and more. Social Psychologist Carol Tavris, Ph.D....
