Smartlife

There are some cars that just seem to need plenty of attention. From maintenance to car washes, owning a car does require you to spend quite a bit of time on your vehicle, assuming that you want to keep it in good working condition. That may be time you don’t have to spare, though, making it worth your while to outsource car-related tasks. If you’re willing to spend the money, there are plenty of professionals willing to take on your projects.

Unlike everything else made of paper, business cards still make sense for the modern worker. Technology might be killing the newspaper, murdering the magazine, and forcing the evolution of pretty much every media into faster forms, but until we start implanting it into our heads, we’ll still need to tell people how to find us later. Even the flashiest web developer might meet the meat version of potential clients, and a business card speaks volumes of professionalism — while scrabbling for pens and paper in pocket lint shouts “amateur” in every language.…

The number of internship opportunities seems to be constantly rising: just in the area of social media, it seems like every company has an opportunity for a student with a good working knowledge of Facebook and other social networking sites. However, hiring an intern requires a lot more than simply putting an ad up. If you want to make sure that you can hire the right intern for your business, there are some factors you need to consider.

There’s more to Google than just searching the web, even though that’s what the company is best known for. We previously wrote about seven of Google’s Gmail Labs features that can improve your messaging productivity. In addition to email, Google has a long (and growing) list of services, most of which are free, that you can use to become a lot more productive in areas such as health record management and investment portfolio management.

Living a smartlife doesn’t just mean making things easier for yourself — it means learning how to deal with all the cavemen who refuse to join the future. Or as you might have to call them: “co-workers.” Even when you understand that technology is in an incredibly labor-saving array of options, you’ll be working with people who think a “YouTube” is something perverted you have to pay for in red light districts.

How can you keep your business connected without sacrificing your slick systems?