Archive for the 'Advice' Category

Clean Your Heaters

My psychic powers are a bit drained tonight, so I’m not able to tell where you are reading this from, but heaters are starting to become necessary where I am. I noticed that the main heater in my apartment turns on if I put it anywhere past 50 degrees Fahrenheit (10 degrees Celcius). The apartment [...]

Resume Tips And Advice

Note: I’ve chosen to write “résumé” as “resume” throughout this article. I don’t know if I should feel bad for those who have to read resumes regularly or if I should be envious. The process is simultaneously painful and humorous. Apparently, the majority of schools (high schools and colleges/universities) do not teach anything about resumes [...]

Design Basics: CRAP

There are a huge number of ways that people tend to break up the different elements of design, and most are overly complicated. This leaves people to believe that some people are born with a “designer’s eye” and others aren’t. Fortunately, it takes just a little bit of training to start to understand the basics, [...]

When I was in the library, I noticed that there was a rather large section on interviewing books. All these books about interviewing techniques, what could they be saying? Some of them were several hundred pages! I can’t imagine reading that much just to learn how to not sound like an idiot at an interview, [...]

Driving Tips

There are countless tips for driving, but I felt like pointing out a few, because I’m sure the highways in the US will be crowded in the next few days due to Thanksgiving. The best way to drive safely is to be aware of your surroundings, don’t become angry (often leads to aggressive driving), and [...]