Geek is chic.
Continuing on with our Geeks We Love interview series, I'd like to introduce you to Adam Pash, the editor of one of my all-time favorite blogs, Lifehacker. This past January, Adam took over the helm at Lifehacker when Gina Trapani stepped down from her position, and he's been doing an amazing job ever since. Aside from running a site that's filled with more productivity tips, organizational Read more
I might like to feature male tech titans and their ladies, but I know you're more interested in tech girls! Gina Trapani, whose book, Upgrade Your Life which I mentioned a couple of months ago, is a geek girl role model for us all — as a web developer and programmer and editor of Lifehacker. In an interview with the New York Times, she does a Q&A with advice on what her book and blog is Read more
Geeky girl, Lifehacker founder and editor Gina Trapani has released a new book full of the kind of tips that has made Lifehacker a phenomenal one-stop Internet shop and me a devotee, called Upgrade Your Life. I've always appreciated the way Lifehacker has not only made an impact on the geek community by writing awesome extensions (they're perennially in Download of the Day), but the site also Read more
You've probably been here before: you're cleaning out the fridge and you get to that open jar of mayonnaise. You wonder how long it's been there, and when you opened it. Then you realize that even if you could remember when you opened it, you wouldn't know if it was still any good. The labels, if they're even there, are often confusing. So what do you do? Well luckily I've got the tip and the Read more
I obviously need to go to Japan, or have someone in Japan send me a package (hint hint!), because where else am I going to get Red Bean Kit Kat? - Candyblog Sorry that the rest of you are suffering through winter, but here in San Francisco we've got weather so warm that Shuna's Lemon Sherbet is going to hit the spot. - Bay Area Bites via Eggbeater Sam over at becks & posh, tackles one of Read more
How to cut your grocery bill by $30 — All You The best 10 items to borrow — Wise Bread Men pay more when women are scarce — HuffPost Women The ultimate restaurant tipping guide — Real Simple Office decor: How nice is too nice? — Corporette Behold the $1.5K business card — Newser How to plan a cheap road trip with multiple stops — Money Crashers How to prioritize when everything is Read more
The top four reasons young people divorce — HuffPost Women Five things to do with your coffee beans — Wise Bread How to invest at every age — All You Six worst home fixes for the money — Bankrate How do I build my credit score to buy a house? — Credit Karma Food stamps to $75,000 in seven days — Budgets Are Sexy Spend money where you spend your time — Lifehacker Beware of these Read more
You might favor a particular brand because of nostalgia or because your friends swear by it, but the truth is the generic brands are worth looking at too. Not only are they cheaper, but they usually are of the same quality. Lifehacker advises to treat your brand loyalty as a habit: "In order to get over brand loyalty you shouldn't necessarily have, you need to look at it like a bad habit. We've Read more
Make yourself unforgettable by carrying interactive business cards. Lifehacker found these awesome engaging business cards designed by Saul Wyner, someone who works in the user experience field. When Saul did some initial research, he noticed that people who were able to handle a large volume of business cards had a habit of immediately marking the card soon after the meeting. He knew from past Read more
Dos and don'ts of drugstore shopping — Yahoo! Shine Budget-friendly alternatives to cable TV — Kiplinger 10 things worth paying more for — Bundle Do you really need a warranty? — All You The gluten-free business lunch — Corporette Becoming vegetarian on the cheap — 20 Something Finance Revisiting the bank of dad — Mint How to save money when dining out — Lifehacker Read more
