Showing posts with label life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label life. Show all posts

7/10/11

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     There is certainly nothing dumb or little about this website, but it is written by a man. A man named Jay White who came up with a great idea and acted on it. 
     "Dumb Little Man" (a title which Mr. White himself says came completely out of nowhere) is a compilation of articles written and submitted by readers of the website. 
     Originally, White included sites, tips, ideas, and resources that he himself found helpful. However, as his sales career began to expand, he found himself having less time to work on his blog. So, he was faced with a tough choice: He could either close DLM, or allow his audience to prove that they have something substantial to share. "I quickly decided that sharing info trumped the ego boost of being the sole writer on DLM", White said. "There simply is no master of everything, so there is no value in claiming to be one." 
     With that, White decided to open the doors and allow anyone to share stories, tips, and advice. And what a great idea it was. At the time of writing the "About" section of his website, over 17 million people had already visited the site! 
     You really can't go wrong here. With a list of categories including DLM's most popular posts, over 1700 articles, and of course, the option of submitting articles yourself, Dumb Little Man has definitely lived up to its potential. 
     As far as my opinion of the site, let's just say I planned on skimming it and ended up spending over an hour browsing through and reading many of the very well-written articles! 
     From "12 Tricks Your Brain Is Playing On You" to "How To Cure The Winter Blues", you are sure to find tons of articles that will keep you busy for as long as your little heart desires. 
     I have learned SO much from this website already. The articles are very interesting - not boring and drawn out. Possibly because White weeds out the bad (e.g. poorly written, poor grammar, etc) articles and only publishes the good. 
     Bottom Line: This website is a wonderful reference and has all the tips for life you've ever wanted to know. But don't take my word for it. Click the link and see for yourself!  

6/20/11



     Want to meet awesome strangers? Then you've come to the right place! BlurryPeople.com lets you do just that by enabling you to use your webcam to meet other people using theirs. The catch is that at first, the other person will look completely blurry to you (and vice versa).

     After you talk to the person for a few minutes, the video feed begins to slowly come into focus. If you're done talking once the image comes into view, you can choose to "say ciao and rate the stranger" as the site says, or of course you can choose to continue your conversation if you like what you see (and read).

     The site really doesn't give out much info besides that, and there isn't an "About" section either. In order to sign up the site requires you to have - and turn on - your webcam. BlurryPeople also points out that if you're looking for the same kind of website without the requirements of a webcam, you can try the website tjetter.com (which I have yet to check out myself).

     BlurryPeople also allows you to rate each other on personality and appearance at the end of the conversation. The site also states that "if people think you're awesome, that'll allow you to filter out non-awesome people."