How to Be a Great Mentor (And a Great Mentee)
Do you have a mentor? Ask any successful person this question, and they will surely tell you stories about how their deep, long-standing relationships with their mentors helped inspire, guide,…
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Uncasting the Spell of Productivity
I was toggling back and forth between two open browser tabs when suddenly I realized a trend I had sensed coming, had finally shown up rather blatantly on my screen….
How I Used Airbnb to Fund a Hit iPhone App
Once upon a time, while helping my girlfriend prepare for a trip, I noticed that she took a photo of every outfit before packing it. “What are you doing?” I…
Delicious Takes Its Stacks Feature Social
After a dramatic comeback with new owners, Delicious pushed forward with its “Stacks” feature, which let you put a group of links together in folders of sorts. It really makes…
How to Get Your Plants to Start Tweeting
This morning, San Francisco based blogger Brit Morin caught our attention with this DIY Self-Tweeting Plant Kit. Developed by SparkFun, the Botanicalls Kit connects house plants to Twitter so they can tweet…
Hopper Saves Images and Files to Declutter Your Inbox
It’s easy to be overwhelmed by the amount of content we’re bombarded with on a daily basis. Trying to organize what you actually need is an even worse problem, and…
5 Ways to Get Your Own Copy of WIkipedia
As we reported today, Wikipedia will be shutting down its English version on Wednesday in protest of SOPA and PIPA. It hopes to educate its users on the two proposed…
Being Awesome: How to Become a Better Person
Three months ago, there was a post on Reddit entitled “What is something I can do today that will make me a better person by the time I go to…
How to Make Money Doing What You Love on the Internet
From rags to riches, from trailer parks to white mailboxes, the climb is all part of the “American Dream.” But this dream– the equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity from…
Nerd Fitness: How to Properly Track Your Progress
This is the next installment in a series on The Next Web, in partnership with Steve Kamb from Nerd Fitness. Guides to staying healthy, without giving up your geek lifestyle….
Dropbox Automator Grabs 10k Users in 72 Hours
Just in case you’re not familiar with Dropbox, it’s a service that lets you store your files in the cloud and grab it on any device, including other computers and…
This App Provides Real-Time Language Translation
There’s no shortage of apps that let you chat with your friends on mobile devices. There’s apps like GroupMe, WhatsApp, Kakao Talk, that appeal to people who want to talk…
Click.to: Making Skype Calls Gets Easier
Click.to is a simple but powerful app that makes your computer’s clipboard function far more useful. Now it’s added Skype functionality, allowing you to initiate phone calls from Web pages,…
Hover Zoom for Chrome Will Save You Clicks
When you surf the web, you have to click a thumbnail image to make it larger. But it’s not usually just one click, though. When you’re on a site like…
Start 2012 With Zero Unread Emails
Email. It’s quickly becoming the bane of our existence, even though it’s the biggest social network in the world. Yes, even bigger than Facebook. More people use email than they…
