This is a summary of the weigh-loss diet in the Tim Ferris‘ book: The Four Hour Body. I am NOT a nutritionist nor a doctor – Consult with a doctor before following anything mentioned here. The Basics 1. Forbidden Foods — Do not eat No Liquid Calories No juice, pop, beer, alcohol, etc… No Sugar No … Continue reading »
Over the past few years, we’ve made it a tradition at Fresh Air Educators of giving unique Christmas gifts to our staff for the holidays (this is in addition to a great Christmas party and 2-3 additional days off between Christmas and New Year’s). Here is a run-down of some of the gifts we’ve given … Continue reading »
Last year my company Fresh Air Educators performed an HR experiment: We offered all our full time salaried employees the option to pick between 2 work schedules: Status quo: 5 days @ 7.5hrs at current pay 4-day work week: Work 20% less but take a 10% pay cut (4 days @ 7.5hrs – Every friday … Continue reading »
Here are some actionable insights and take-aways that I felt were most significant at this year’s Business of Software conference (2012, Boston) Make your Customers Awesome (aka Badass) To encourage your customers to spread your product via word-of-mouth, your product should make your customers “badass”. Don’t focus on making your product awesome, focus instead on … Continue reading »
(Note: There is a Tow Truck Finder app for iPhone, but it doesn’t locate actual tow trucks, only tow truck “offices”. This idea is slightly different) Will locate the nearest available actual tow truck (not the tow truck office) Will “order” nearest tow truck with a click of a button. Charged directly to your credit … Continue reading »
I’m sure most of you have heard and are aware of the millions of people around the world that lack access to clean water. It turns out the fix to this problem is AMAZINGLY SIMPLY: Take an empty transparent bottle Fill it with water Leave it out in the sun for 6 hours Drink the … Continue reading »
Polyphasic sleep refers to the practice of sleeping multiple times in a 24-hour period (vs monophasic once per 24-hour sleep). There are some that use polyphasic sleep and alternative sleeping schedules to try to achieve more time awake each day (in the most extreme case – The Uberman – you sleep only 20 minutes every … Continue reading »
If you are like me and don’t have a tone of Twitter followers, make sure you leverage hashtags when tweeting out to maximize the reach of your tweet. In the post below, notice how I added the #analytics #usability and #ux hashtags. This will increase the chances of having your tweet seen by users following … Continue reading »
If you are feeling bummed out because you missed out on this year’s MozCon Conference (or if you DID attend and are now suffering withdrawal) do not dispair because Distilled’s SearchLove Boston conference is just around the corner: SearchLove Boston – 5th & 6th of November, 2012 Here are 3 reasons why you should be JUST … Continue reading »
Lately, I’ve been getting a lot tweets with links to supposedly awesome resources. But when I click on these links, I get a big disappointment: A long and overly complicated lead generation form. Example #1: HubSpot Clicking on the link brings up the lead generation form below: Maybe it’s just me, but when someone tells me “Click here to … Continue reading »
