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People of Walmart; Shop and Awe
By now, you know about the hugely popular website Peopleofwalmart.com, which has received close to a half billion page views since last August. And now, the People of Walmart comes in book form.
If you still read books (or even if you don’t – this one is mostly pictures), this book seems to be a fun choice. Featuring 200 photographs and captions, 70% of the book has never been seen until now. It also features fan-submitted stories about random/crazy/fun/unique experiences at… More »
You Should Read Twitter Marketing for Dummies
If I had to guess, I’d bet a pretty penny that you’re probably a twitter user right at this minute. You’ve been using it for awhile, you realize it’s helpful and more than other people realize it is.
If you’re reading this and you’re not on twitter, I think the next chance is that you may be involved in business and you’re wondering how you can use twitter and all these other social media tools to improve your business, your personal… More »
Book Review: Mind Over Money
Do you have a financial disorder? What can you do to fix it? If you are concerned about your relationship with money, you can get a little help from Mind over Money: Overcoming the Money Disorders that Threaten Our Financial Health. This books is written by Brad Klontz (PSY.D.) and Ted Klontz (Ph.D.), and contains a wealth of insight into why we are the way we are when it comes to money.
Mind over Money takes the reader through the problems… More »
Save Money on Textbooks: Buy Used
This semester is drawing to a close, and that means that we will soon see another semester — and another round of buying textbooks. How well I remember those days! The good news is that we now have a number of options beyond buying new (and likely being gouged) from the bookstore. Here are some great places you can find used textbooks and save money next semester:
Student boards and online book swaps: Many university student centers offer helpful boards where… More »
Stuck Between a Nook and a Kindle
One of the items on my Christmas wish list for last year was an Amazon Kindle. I still don’t have one, and probably for the better because they’ve come out with a larger format version in the Kindle DX. Now there’s another player in the market with Barnes & Noble releasing their eBook reader, the Nook. The images above are not to scale of each other, but the center image is the Kindle DX which you… More »
The Best Computer Books for Learning Something New
I continue to learn something new on a regular basis. My experience has been to grab a book on a topic and try to read through it as much as possible. That’s not always successful because the challenge with computer books is they’re usually huge and not too easy to carry around with you and pull-out whenever you’ve got a couple of minutes. When I was first learning and teaching myself HTML, I always enjoyed the way… More »
Amazon Kindles a Love of Reading
If there’s one technology device that I would love to receive as a gift from someone this Father’s Day it would be the new Kindle DX from Amazon.com. I’m not sure exactly what it is about the device, but I absolutely love it and I haven’t even played with one with my own hands yet. If I had a spare $500 laying around, this would probably be one of the first things I’d purchase myself. I love… More »
Delicious Library
A wiseguy once said that you can judge a man by the applications he keeps on his computer. One such app I’ve come to include in my list of essentials is Delicious Library, which is nothing more than a virtual catalogue of my book, music, DVD and game collection.
What makes Delicious Library an engaging affair is the actual building of your vast library of books and showing it off to your friends. The library allows for tracking of books that… More »