Over the weekend, the Associated Press announced some 250 additions to their 2016 AP Stylebook during the American Copy Editors Society’s national conference in Portland. Some updates are minor, and some are blowing up the Internet — well, at least in writer and...
If video killed the radio star, what have smart phones and texting done to the English language? Like the telephone at the turn of the century, email’s rise to popularity in the mid 1990s blurred the lines between business and personal communication. Written...
Leap Day is exceptional. According to traditions of old, because of the day’s lack of legal status, it was a day that everything was turned on its head. Specifically, tradition holds that women were allowed to propose to men on Leap Day, rather than vice versa. Irish...
We’ve recently shared a series on how to break through organizational bottlenecks to save companies time and money. You’ve heard how Pixelbrush, a web development agency, flips traditional timelines on their head with their new Daysite service, and how...
In part two of our three-part series on how to break through organizational bottlenecks, learn how project management software can make the invisible visible — decreasing production times and saving companies money. Q&A with John Thompson, Co-Founder &...
If you could save your company money, complete projects ahead of time and increase profits, where would you need to focus? Do you know where your biggest bottlenecks or pain points are occurring — and better yet, how do you fix them? According to the Project...
The folks at Estately decided to try and figure out what people state-by-state were searching for Valentine’s gifts. And they’ve produced an interesting map to show for their efforts. Check out their original story...
The dust is just starting to settle on those well-intentioned New Year’s resolutions. Book reading lists have commenced (thanks for the lovely Amazon gift card, Secret Santa!). More parking spaces have opened up at the gym, with more to come by the end of the month....
by Jan Risher Lessons I’ve learned through traveling have largely defined my adulthood. For two weeks in November, eight other ladies and I have traipsed around India and Nepal. I was reminded of old lessons I thought I had down pat — and learned new ones that I...
by Jan Risher In celebration of Shift Key’s one-year anniversary earlier this month, we’d like to share some tips that have helped make us better people — these are also tips that should come in handy during the busiest time of year for social and holiday gatherings....
