Smartlife

There is an ongoing joke I have with many of my friends and colleagues. They say that I’m fueled solely by two things: coffee and WiFi…and I’ll be the first to admit that I can hardly live without either one of those necessities. While this Android app won’t help in the caffeine department, it can make sure that I’m connected to the web everywhere that I go.

It’s called the Free Wi-Fi Finder, suitably enough, and it’s provided by the good people at JiWire. On the…

There are literally thousands of apps available through the Android Market and they range from silly games to stock tickers. Some are more useful than others, but if you’re actively engaged in social media, one of the best apps to manage your online social activities is HootSuite. This is no ordinary Twitter client.

For starters, it can handle much more than just Twitter. This is a tool designed to handle your social networking from one convenient location. In addition to Twitter, HootSuite can be used for…

Writing is like speaking – everyone thinks they can do it, then does it without thinking, and then wishes they hadn’t. Modern technology means we all work with more words in a year than an ancient scholar would have seen in his entire life, even if he hadn’t died of cholera at age forty (some days that seems like the easier option). We don’t expect every eater in the world to know how to cook; how can we expect every reader to know how to write effectively?

Writing is a…

They say the medium is the message, and with PowerPoint that medium is needed to reach the people who’ve died of boredom. The same simple mistakes have turned a handy tool for arranging information into weaponized monotony. PowerPoint now enjoys the same reputation as a pit of scorpions, which is a pity, because it’s (mis)used all over the world. At least the scorpions would wake people up instead of putting them to sleep.

When you make a powerpoint, you’re trying to make a case, not enemies. So, we’ve gathered some…

The new iPhone 4S is finally out, and if you didn’t know that, thank you for choosing us as the first website you read or thing you did after coming out from under the rock. We’re flattered. With every tech site posting the exact same iPhone 4S pictures and posting the exact same iPhone 4S specifications — under the egocentric delusion that they’re the only website their readers check (or that it matters who has it) — we’ve decided to look at what the iPhone 4S features really mean.

The…

Modern technology puts you in touch with millions of people, which is a problem because many of them are assholes. Telemarketers, scammers, and the inverted royal structure which means that somehow Nigeria has more princes than citizens. The human brain feeds on input, but distractions have the same effect on your mind as rotten eggs has on your stomach – not only are they bad in themselves, but they can destroy the organ’s ability to do anything for hours.

A smart life is all about making the best of your…