Let's Not Lose Mentorship: What the Entrepreneurial Spirit Might Be Missing
Is there enough mentorship in business? I worry that there isn't. In the course of my career, I've had very few professional relationships that I would put in the mentorship category. Very early in my...
View ArticleBirding and Surfing
Birding, or bird-watching as it's called by those of us who don't do it, has long been the hobby I've decided to take up once I get a little older. Why? Birders travel the world, spending loads of...
View ArticleOn Writing Negative Reviews
I'm a product reviewer. The primary output of my job as a writer is product reviews. Despite what you might believe, it's not at all fun to write a negative review. The majority of products I review...
View ArticleShould Pandora Be Shaking in its Boots Over Apple's Acquisition of Beats Music?
Apple recently announced it was acquiring Beats, which includes the Beats Music streaming service. CNBC asked for my opinion about how this acquisition and future moves by Apple could hurt music...
View ArticleFit Kids Are Better at Reading and Have Better Language Skills Than Unfit...
Psychology Today posted a summary of a study showing the aerobically fit kids are, essentially, smarter than unfit kids. "Smarter" (my word, not the researchers' or article author's) here means...
View Article'Millennials' is the Worst Name Possible for the Young Generation
Image from Jigsaw. "Generation Y" was coined first. Then someone, possibly Williams Strauss and Neil Howe in a 1991 book called Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584-2069, came up with...
View ArticleWhat I Do: Keep it Simple
Get Organized (2013). My friend let out a deep sigh and looked at me with a pained face. "My computer is so old, and I need a new one, but I first have to clean up all my old files and put them on a...
View ArticleEverybody Hates Chris is One of the Most Underrated Shows of the Last 10 Years
If you've listen to my views on either television shows or being poor in America, you've heard me talk about Everybody Hates Chris. Everybody Hates Chris was a brilliant sit-com that aired from...
View ArticleWhat Would Happen If We Replaced Memory With Recordings?
Rob May of Backupify thinks technology could enable us to record every moment of our lives, and find information from those recordings effortlessly. Imagine being able to look up, rather effortlessly,...
View ArticleAlert But Not Thinking: What I Love About Bicycling In New York
1980s Strawberry Shortcake bike. Some of my fondest childhood memories are of being on my bike, and being alone. I rode a lot as a kid. I had a Strawberry Shortcake bike with a banana seat, then...
View ArticleEven the Cop Did Nothing: A Story of Street Harassment
Street Harassment: Sidewalk Sleazebags and Metro Molesters The video above was created by an organization called Vocativ. I don't want to nit-pick the video, or the thousands of ignorant and hurtful...
View ArticleIf Someone Changed Your Life, Tell Them... Then Again, Maybe Not
Drew Dudley tells a sweet story about how he changed a young woman's life but has no recollection of ever doing so. The point of his story is that we, all of us, have moments of leadership that go...
View Article60 Minutes a Day: How to Find Time for All Your Goals (Part I)
Think about all the long-term accomplishments and goals you'd like to do or improve on that take only minutes a day. They might include: learning or studying a language exercising working on creative...
View Article60 Minutes a Day: Is an Hour for Your Goals Unrealistic? (Part II)
I've just started an experiment to see if I can find time each day work toward on goals. My list is short, with just three things I want to do more: study Spanish read stretch. The idea is that each of...
View Article60 Minutes a Day: Strategies and Rationale, Failures and Successes Toward...
Let me be straight. I'm highly organized, and I spend a lot of time reading about and consider principles and practices related to productivity and efficiency. I'm good at this stuff. It's enjoyable....
View Article60 Minutes a Day: Know What to Give Up (Part IV)
In trying to squeeze a little bit more out of each day, you might ask yourself whether 60 minutes is enough. Say you're trying to make headway on some long-term goals, and they all require you to spend...
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Apps for the Poor
Over the summer, I decided to write a long-form feature article about a topic that really mattered to me. One of the topics I bring up all the time is that poor people, and what it means to be poor, is...
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10,000 Steps a Day: Where Did That Number Originate?
Image by Giovanni. Creative Commons. Ten thousand steps a day.If you've used a modern activity tracker from companies like Fitbit or Jawbone, you probably noticed that the default goal is 10,000 steps...
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Connected Homes Will One Day Affect Our Health
Image from Samsung Tomorrow. Creative Commons.You arrive home after a brutal day at work. Your heart rate is elevated, and your heart rate variability is low. The watch or bracelet on your wrist senses...
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Habit Hacks: Sardines for Breakfast
You could say it started with eating sardines for breakfast.I've been trying to change a lot of habits and routines, from what I eat to how I workout. Earlier this year, I learned first-hand that...
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A Game of Whatchyamacallit With Apps
I spoke at a conference today at Rutgers and fielded a couple of great audience questions about different apps that can make you more productive.When people outside the tech industry ask for...
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What's Wrong With Wearable Fitness Trackers
I test a lot of fitness trackers, everything from runner's watches to Fitbit smart pedometers. And I spend a lot of time picking apart what makes them great and what makes them duds. Here are a few...
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Recipe: Italian Country Pork Ribs
By far, hands-down, my favorite recipe of all time is Italian country pork ribs braised in red wine with orange peel. I got it from Lidia Bastianich, who has multiple variations on this recipe herself....
View ArticleWriters Get to Be Whatever They Want
When people ask me why I love my job so much, I always say, "because I learn. I learn every day. It never stops."I think of myself as a writer first, and a writer covering technology second. The...
View Article'Twitter DMs Can Be the Hand on the Knee,' a Destructive and Ridiculous Remark
Direct messages from a man to a woman on Twitter are the social media equivalent of a hand on the knee. That's the statement that had me worked up in anger for a week.Let me back up.Vivek Wadhwa is a...
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