Healthy Alcoholic Drinks For Men

by Michael Kwan - on May 16th 2012 - No Comments
Healthy Alcoholic Drinks For Men

Summer is right around the corner and that means you’ll likely be spending more time on patios and at backyard barbecues. Not that you’d really need either of those excuses to get a drink, but it could mean more alcohol in your future. How do you avoid packing on the pounds, though? You could consume one of these healthy alcoholic drinks...

Healthy Alcoholic Drinks For Women

by Michael Kwan - on May 14th 2012 - No Comments
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Hello, ladies! Might I interest you in a drink? When you’re at the bar, it can sometimes be difficult to find healthy alcoholic drinks for women, since so many of them have a lot of calories. Many of those mixers spike the sugar content too. This can wreak havoc on both your diet plans and your otherwise healthy lifestyle. What...

uTest: Crowdsourced Beta Testing For Web, Mobile, And Desktop Apps

by Michael Kwan - on May 10th 2012 - No Comments
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App development has definitely taken the world by storm, particularly when it comes to web-based and mobile apps. Unfortunately, far too many of these end up being half-baked offerings that are filled with bugs and problems. You don’t want that for your app and that’s why you want some real beta testing under some real-world...

RateMyProfessors: Use Professor Ratings To Filter Out Bad Courses

by Peter North - on May 9th 2012 - 3 Comments
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When it comes to educating yourself at an accredited university, students are met with literally hundreds of thousands of colleges and training programs to choose from. There are new universities and training programs popping up all the time, and they all claim to offer the best value for your time, money, and effort. Tuition costs are...

Google Drive — Everything You Need To Know

by Michael Kwan - on May 3rd 2012 - No Comments
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For better or for worse, Google has come to dominate my online life. I made this statement four years ago and, if anything, it holds even truer today than it did then. I use Gmail. I use YouTube. I have an Android phone. While Google+ hasn’t quite been a runaway success, to put it lightly, Google continues to dominate the online...

40 Y Combinator Startups That Make Your Life Smarter (31-40)

by Michael Kwan - on Apr 23rd 2012 - 1 Comment
40 Y Combinator Startups That Make Your Life Smarter (31-40)

And here is the fourth and final installment in our series (1-10, 11-20, 21-30) on Y Combinator startups that just might help you save some time, save some money, and even save you from some unneeded headache. These Internet startups have all received seed funding and much needed guidance from Y Combinator, allowing them to get off the...

40 Y Combinator Startups That Make Your Life Smarter (21-30)

by Michael Kwan - on Apr 19th 2012 - No Comments
40 Y Combinator Startups That Make Your Life Smarter (21-30)

The great thing about Y Combinator is that it gives small Internet startups the opportunity to get off the ground. They invest a small amount of money twice a year in a handful of startups. These startups move to Silicon Valley for a few months, getting much needed funding and mentorship. From there, they can grow to the size of Dailybooth...

40 Y Combinator Startups That Make Your Life Smarter (11-20)

by Michael Kwan - on Apr 17th 2012 - No Comments
40 Y Combinator Startups That Make Your Life Smarter (11-20)

As I said in the first entry to this series, Y Combinator is a great way for small Internet startups to get seed funding and guidance. Without this funding, the great ideas from the minds of some great Internet entrepreneurs may not have ever come to be. Did you know that both Reddit and OMGPOP received Y Combinator funding? The core...

40 Y Combinator Startups That Make Your Life Smarter (1-10)

by Michael Kwan - on Apr 15th 2012 - No Comments
40 Y Combinator Startups That Make Your Life Smarter (1-10)

Attracting investors in your young startup can be quite challenging, which is why Y Combinator is such a blessing. The company has been set up specifically to help startups get their seed-stage funding, getting these projects out of the idea stage and into the real world. Y Combinator also provides advice and valuable connections. The...

Instapaper vs Read It Later

by Michael Kwan - on Apr 12th 2012 - No Comments
Instapaper vs. Read It Later

I’ve covered both of these time-savers in a series of posts — ‪Save Webpages For Later Offline Reading With Instapaper‬, Instapaper On Your Amazon Kindle E-Reader, Five Instapaper Tips, Tricks, And How-To’s, Read It Later For iPhone And iPad, Read It Later For Chrome And The Web, Get Distracted Later With Read It...

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