Good news for neurotic, Negative Nancys

Good news for neurotic, Negative Nancys

What do Isaac Newton, Vincent van Gogh, Michelangelo, filmmaker Woody Allen — maybe even comic-producer Larry David — have in common? In addition to being textbook neurotics, there is new research that shows their neuroticism could be connected to their creative...

Do you LOL or ‘haha’? What your e-laughter says about you

Facebook observed data for one week on wall posts and comments, and they recently shared a fascinating study about how age, gender and geography play into how we use laughter online. The data revealed that most people ages 13 to 70 are using “haha” or longer...
G is for Google

G is for Google

In an announcement that might inspire you to reevaluate your own approach to things, Larry Page, Google CEO, announced Monday that there were some changes going on around here. In a letter on behalf of himself and Sergey Brin, his fellow Google cofounder, Page...
Keep hope alive

Keep hope alive

Many of us who live in Lafayette, Louisiana — where Shift Key is based — are emotionally exhausted by now. The tragic, senseless events of last Thursday night at our local movie theater continue to crush us as a community and as friends of victims. When tragedies of...
Celebrate a little piece of (drunk) history

Celebrate a little piece of (drunk) history

What’s more American than creating content by telling tales about America — while drunk? Not much. Here’s an American Revolution snippet from Comedy Central’s hit series, “Drunk History,” which is based on the popular web series, Drunk...