Advice

Create a Personal FAQ for Friends Who Want Your Advice [Advice]

If you're good at something and your friends know it, it can get boring—and time consuming—to answer the same question over and over again. Blogger Brett Kelly suggests creating a web page that answers the questions you get asked most.Photo by wanderingone.

BetterMe Helps You Give and Receive Honest Feedback Without the Awkwardness [Advice]

It can be awkward asking for honest feedback from the people around you, but knowing how others perceive us is important to self improvement. New service BetterMe helps you solicit advice from others without putting them on the spot.

A Butcher's Tips for Avoiding Cuts in the Kitchen [Tricks Of The Trade]

Having a very sharp knife goes a long way toward preventing disastrous knife slips, but there are oh-so-many ways of cutting yourself with any kind of knife. Tom Mylan, a Brooklyn butcher, shares his hard-earned tips on avoiding bad blade slips.Photo by sfllaw.

Get to Know the Lay of the Land for a Better Chance of Success at Your Job [Career]

Everyone wants to make a good impression on their first day at a new job. Career blog Work Awesome suggests learning the landscape of your workplace like the back of your hand for better chances of success, new job or not.Image by peretzpup.

Look for a Good App Before Buying a New Device [Saving Money]

We live in an era of multi-functional devices. Our phones aren't just phones—they're internet-connected computers, GPS devices, cameras, and more. So before you go buying new gear to fill a need, take blogger Fred Wilson's advice: Look for an app.

Productive Geek Is a Forum for Flexing Your Productivity Muscles [Productivity]

Lifehacker's hashtag forums offer a great way for Lifehacker readers to share tips and chat, but for rich, full-on how-to guides and the like, it's not quite there. If you've felt cramped in our forums, Productive Geek is a solid alternative.

How Do You Explain Computer Concepts to Non-Tech Types? [Ask The Readers]

If you've ever been called on to diagnose, fix, upgrade, or shop for a new computer, you know that hardware and software features can be hard to convey in plain English. We're searching for the best non-geek explanations you've heard.

Avoid Messier Break-Ups by Locking Down Your Web Life [Relationships]

Seeing your just-separated ex with a new fling on Facebook? Painful. Seeing that they've run through your Gmail? Devastating. Ars Technica suggests a well-considered checklist of changes to make to your online accounts in the wake of a severed relationship. Photo by pawpaw67.

Use the Five Whys to Get Comfortable with New Ideas [Decision Making]

New ideas and ways of thinking—or people who think differently than you do, for that matter—aren't always easy to embrace. Instead of sticking with your knee-jerk reactions, better understand your reaction with the Five Whys. Photo by TheBusyBrain.

Fluther Gets the Answers to Your Questions [Webapps]

Whether you're looking for a factual answer a theoretical one (the chicken or the egg comes to mind), or just advice, ask and answer questions up your alley on web site Fluther.

Syndicate content