Treat Investments Like a Roller Coaster: Don't Get Off Until the End

Most of the time, it’s smart to resist that urge. And when they experience uncomfortable bumps, they want to jump off. Until you actually sell off your investment, you haven’t actually “lost” anything. Investing Fear Factors| Financially Blonde viaRockstar Finance Photo byAustin Kirk.

August 8, 2014 · 1 min · 43 words · Steve Lawson

Use the Wisdom of Crowds to Draft the Best Fantasy Football Team

It’s that time of the yearwhen fantasy football fans take to making their draft picks. The goal was to guess the weight of an ox. “Eight hundred people tried their luck. They were a diverse lot. … “[Galton] turned the competition into an impromptu experiment. That number represented, you could say, the collective wisdom of the Plymouth crowd. … “Galton undoubtedly thought the average guess of the group would be way off the mark....

August 8, 2014 · 4 min · 718 words · Michelle Garcia

WhoHasAccess Shows You Who Still Has Permissions to Your Google Drive

WhoHasAccess is a side project of the folks behindpreviously mentioned Hojoki, and is a pretty simple tool. you might even revoke all of their access rights with a single click right there.

August 8, 2014 · 1 min · 32 words · Nicole James

WikiWand Overhauls Wikipedia, Makes It Easier to Browse

Chrome/Firefox/Safari: Wikipedia has a decidedly simple appearance.

August 8, 2014 · 1 min · 7 words · Margaret Delacruz

52-Minute Work, 17-Minute Break is the Ideal Productivity Schedule

But what’s the ideal time of those bursts? The Daily Muse reckons it’s 52 minutes of work followed by a 17 minute break. However, the blog hasn’t released data on the size and sample of their study. The Daily Muse emphasizes on getting out of your box chair and doing something else during your break.

August 7, 2014 · 1 min · 55 words · Angela Bryant

Ask the Pilot Answers All Your Burning Airline Questions

We’ve all had questions about airlines that we’re too afraid to ask, andAskThePilot.comhas the answers. The author, Patrick Smith, is an airline pilot who aims to answer questions about air travel.

August 7, 2014 · 1 min · 31 words · Jesus Espinoza

Avoid Burnout by Making Sure You Regularly Do What You Love

Burnout isa real problemwhen you’re in a demanding job orare a superachiever. That’s the epiphany web and mobile developer Kent Nguyen had after struggling with burnout for some time. Do not try too hard to find the answer. It’s important to keep the question in mind all the time Makes sense. Put them in your schedule as a way of taking care of yourself. My secret to getting rid of burnout permanently| Kent Nguyen...

August 7, 2014 · 1 min · 76 words · Mrs. Michelle Jones

Be Around Friends with Similar Budgets to Avoid Lifestyle Inflation

To help avoid that, spend time with friends that live on a similar budget. It’s not just activities that can make you feel like spending more either. 9 Ways to Avoid Lifestyle Inflation Spending Less When You Earn More| Money Crashers Photo bytorbakhopper.

August 7, 2014 · 1 min · 43 words · Mr. John Thompson

Consider Your Long-Term Career When Taking Extended Leave Off Work

Consider trying to keep up with your career in some way shape of form. Just because you could’t work full time, it doesn’t mean you could’t work at all. The decision to take long periods off work is not something you should take lightly. Are You Making These Financial Mistakes?| Girls Just Wanna Have Funds

August 7, 2014 · 1 min · 55 words · Angela Reid

Disconnect Completely During "Quiet Hours" to Boost Your Productivity

The idea of multitasking sounds great, but it’s actually highly inefficient. We can’t keep falling prey to ambient work or play. If You’re Always Working, You’re Never Working Well| Harvard Business Review

August 7, 2014 · 1 min · 32 words · John Carney

Fix Office for iPad's Clunky PDF Export with IFTTT

That means you might’t save it locally anywhere (or in the cloud). Macworld figured out a way around this using If This Then That. This way, you’ll have a copy available on all your computers or for sharing with others easily. Office for iPad’s PDF export feature has a big problem. Here’s how to fix it with IFTTT| Macworld

August 7, 2014 · 1 min · 59 words · Jonathan Sanders

How Much Do You Pay for Rent?

Rent prices are all over the map (no pun intended). Some areas are more affordable than others, but in general, rent prices arerising across the country. How much doyoupay in rent? The map above fromForclosureDeals.comis based on 2011 median rental prices. State colors also reflect home listing prices at the time. Or is your pad a bargain?

August 7, 2014 · 1 min · 57 words · Lynn Johnson

How to Get Started DIYing Anything with LittleBits

Here’s how to get started using them. What Are littleBits? LittleBits are small, open source, modular electronics components that snap together to form larger circuits. The company was started byAyah Bdeirwith the goal of making DIY hardware available to everyone. They’re billed as a simple way to learn about electronics hardware and they deliver on that promise. They also just introduced bundles for integratinginternet applicationsandArduino programswith littleBits. If something’s not working out, just unhook the magnets that connect each module and start over....

August 7, 2014 · 2 min · 376 words · Carlos Campbell