LifeSnips

Are Offsite Data Backups Really Neccesary ?

I’ve had some bad luck lately with technology, but thankfully back-ups saved me from any data loss. If there is one thing I can’t say enough to friends, family and even co-workers, it is “backup your important data”. These days, with double-digit megapixel digital cameras on the market, video cameras being attached to nearly every phone, [...]

10 Cheap Ways to Get Healthy

Did you know that, according to Psychology Today, most people who make New Year’s resolutions tend to fail? 22% fail after the first week, while 40% often fail after the first month! While those statistics are discouraging, there are steps you can take to make sure you don’t become one of them. If you’ve made [...]

10 Ways Social Media Is Changing Our Lives

Social media is a force, a huge force and the wave is only just beginning. From Facebook, to Twitter there are millions of people across the world speaking to each other in a way that couldn’t have been contemplated 10 years ago. The world is a social place, and the world has just reduced in size [...]

Keys To Finding And Getting College Scholarships

Those who work hardest, win. From preparing for college throughout high school, to searching, applying and competing for scholarships, hard work is the key to success. Being more efficient in using the tools available kicks that hard work up a notch above your competition. Here are resources and advice on how to [...]

Modern Productivity Inspired by Classic Life Hacks from the Past

You may think that Life Hacks were invented around the same time computers and the Internet hit the scene, but this isn’t the case. In fact, putting on your time goggles, you can look back and see that Life Hacks have been a part of human history since … well, the very beginning, or at [...]

Design Inspiration: MIX Online

One thing that is very interesting to me is the idea of inspiration, and as a writer, I take my inspiration from a variety of different sources. Today, I wanted to show off a design that I thought was uniquely beautiful. I always tend to lean towards the more simple looking designs, but looking closely [...]

Top Life Hack Blogs Status

With another month behind us, and the first month of a new year over, how have life hack blogs faired? We’ve got an update on the top twenty-five life hack blogs we track on our Top Life Hack Blogs list. If you are looking for the top blogs related to lifestyle optimization, then check out any [...]

Documentary Worth Watching: Life After People

We assume we are the masters of this planet, but despite all of our great engineering achievements, the world would fairly quickly revert back to its old self if we vanished in an instant. That’s the premise behind Life After People, a documentary that explores how fast mother nature would reclaim the planet. This documentary [...]

Productivity Tip: Turn Off Instant Messaging

It seems so simple, so innocuous, but in reality instant messaging is one of the most evil sinkholes of productivity. I have a few different programs and websites, to manage the different lists of people I talk to, as everyone seems to have a different preference. I’ve even worked at jobs that had its own [...]

Documentary Worth Watching: Sicko

While a bit older, and definitely skewed (I live in Canada and enjoyed the slightly incorrect portrayal of my home country), I am a big fan of the message behind Sicko: everyone should have health care. If you haven’t watched this 2007 documentary by Michael Moore, it is definitely worth watching. Details: After exploring the [...]