‘Ike is the Hawaiian word for knowledge, and traditionally, the word Hō‘ike‘ike has been used in Hawai‘i to describe a display of wonderful things one can learn about, such as in a museum or art show. It seemed to be the perfect word to capture the spirit of a yearend blog carnival, and we set our sights on collecting blogger’s bests on management and leadership topics. Happily, many readers agreed this was a tradition worth keeping, and therefore, we recently held our 2nd Annual Hō‘ike‘ike this past week....

But, the noise outside is making you demented and, your plan for a relaxing Sunday at your home’s backyard space has been ruined. It could be the rumbling sound of traffic, the machines generating deafening sound at a construction site near your house, or it could be your neighbour’s children screaming loudly. Think Wisely to Counter the Noise Intrusion The reasons of noise pollution could be countless and you cannot deal with every type of noise intrusion at home....

2013 – A Year in Review from Facebook Stories on Vimeo. During the last twelve months we have experienced fads, disasters, triumphs and true human compassion. We’ve witnessed love, death, incredible television and somewhere between twelve and a million different Harlem Shake Videos. 2013 has been an extraordinary year, how much of it do you remember?

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Some of the comments in there are pretty informative as well – Like a link to Tips and Safe and Healthy Travel site, discussion on what is purell etc. Eating while travelling – [Joi Ito’s Web]

A writer can begin to unstuff a sentence by looking closely at each of its elements and asking if it is needed. Here is an extreme example: “To begin”: Like “to conclude,” this phrase is an unnecessary, empty transition. If a point is coming early (or late) in an essay, trust that a reader can see that. Removing “To begin” involves no loss of meaning. “It is important to note”: Focusing on a point implies that the point is worth writing about, doesn’t it?...

“Do you feel that the baby is kicking you?” “When are you due?” “Did you suffer from morning sickness?” And the most common question among all should be “How much weight do you gain?” Every woman expects to gain weight during pregnancy (after whole life of losing weight). And indeed, gaining the right amount of weight is essential to growing a healthy baby. But how much weight should you put on progressively?...

10 Extremely Useless Things You Need To Let Go of in Your Life

Science of Pricing (Infographic)

If you aren’t quite sure whether you are truly happy with your current life, Dumb Little Man has a useful checklist consisting of five questions to help you determine whether or not you actually feel contented. While you really should read the whole article, perhaps the easiest question to determine if you are happy is also their first: Do you want to get out of bed each morning? Aside from being sleepy or exquisitely comfortable in your warm bed, if you simply dread the thought of pulling yourself from your sheets each and every morning, it’s a good sign that you aren’t looking forward to the rest of the day....

Here’s the question posed in this edition of Ask The Entrepreneurs: “What online software has your technology team benefited from the most in order to track and fix bugs, errors, and other web based issues?” 1. MantisBT – Andrew Schrage, Money Crashers Personal Finance 2. GitHub – Peter Baumgartner, Lincoln Loop 3. JIRA – Robert Castaneda, ServiceRocket 4. Pivotal Tracker – Brandon Wu, Studio Pepwuper 5. Consider UserVoice – Doreen Bloch, Poshly Inc....

1. Have the project near completion. This is a controversial tip, but I stand by it. Backers get antsy when they pay for something that is months or years away from being delivered. To reduce the wait time, you should have as much of your project finished as possible before people start pledging their dollars towards it. The larger the gap between funding and delivery, the more hesitant people will be to back your project, and if you’re a month or two late on delivery, your backers’ impatience will start to rear its ugly head....

– Charlie Brown Perhaps the most poignant thing about Charlie Brown is that no matter how many times Lucy pulls the football from him as he is about to kick, he keeps on expecting her to change her ways — and he gets the ball pulled out from him. He doesn’t seem to learn that it is time to shift his strategy and learn from his errors in judgement rather than repeat the same mistakes over and over....

Now let me ask you another question – what do you see when you open a new tab? Many people don’t customize this, and see the default that comes with their browser. The Google Chrome Default New Tab “Speed Dial” Page is nice, and I personally prefer it to having a blank new tab (which was what I had for a long time with Firefox). However, I wasn’t completely satisfied with it – so I went looking for different options to customize it....

Beer (Infographic)

It is now growing in popularity, but its origins can be traced back to 4,000 years ago. In prehistoric times, beet grew wild in North Africa, and coastal regions of Asia and Europe, and people used to consume its greens, and not the root. It is believed that the ancient Romans were the first to cultivate it and used the root as the part of their diet. Later, during the 19th century, it was realized that sugar can be made from beets....

This social media platform has opened up a whole new realm for individuals to take a photograph, apply copious edits and filters to it, and pinpoint exactly how to design the post to appeal to their audience. Although witnessing a beautifully crafted photo can leave a long-lasting impression on a viewer, the behind-the-scenes work can leave the entire concept looking quite deceiving. Let’s face it, photo editing has allowed us to drastically modify the appearance of both ourselves as well as objects around us — creating a false sense of perfection and beauty to the untrained eye....

1. You create your own schedule. You’d think being a full-time freelancer means you have total control over the hours you work, but that’s not exactly true. Your clients are probably going to want to call you or at least correspond via email, right? Well, they’re likely doing a more typical workday, which means in order to talk with them and to not leave them waiting until the next day for an email, you have to be available to them on their schedule....

“I do think that as the number of single people continues to grow—to well over 100 million adults just in the U.S.—it will be increasingly difficult to maintain the stereotypes and caricatures of single people,” says DePaulo. “There are just too many single people who are happy and healthy and love their single lives, and too many people who know single people who are thriving for the misperceptions to endure....