Articles and reviews about excellent websites
Websites | being professionally personable on Facebook
When people talk about using social media to advance their careers, they’re usually talking about LinkedIn, Twitter, or maybe their blog. But the reality is that more people use Facebook…
Architecture | “Building Of The Year” awards – showcasing inspiring innovation
From a pool of over 3,000 buildings designed and created in the past year, the folks at Arch Daily reveal the stunning winners.
There are 14 categories which range from houses and housing to educational and healthcare architecture. The competing designs hail from locales as diverse as Chile, Vietnam, Italy, China, Poland and Burundi, imagined by familiar firms like Shigeru Ban Architects, Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Kengo Kuma & Associates and Grimshaw Architects. Whether it’s an iceberg-inspired apartment complex in Denmark or a region’s first library, the stunning creations represent the most boundary-pushing, awe-inspiring buildings popping up all over the world.
Sancaklar Mosque / Emre Arolat Architects :Sancaklar Mosque located in Buyukçekmece, a suburban neighborhood in the outskirts of Istanbul, aims to address the fundamental issues of designing a mosque by distancing itself from the current architectural discussions based on form and focusing solely on the essence of religious space. (more…)
Websites | top 10 inspirational websites
From time to time we can find ourselves out of gas, in a rut or even knocked to the ground, and can use a little inspiration to get going again. These sites could lend a hand.
Top 10 Inspirational Websites
by Rhonda Hale Warren
Sometimes I get blown away with the awesomeness of the regular things in life. The other day I was in the shower (best place to meditate) and was thinking about the Internet.
I rarely think about the Internet in deep ways, yet I use it more in a day that another other object besides my own body. It is SO vast, full of information, and such a great resource for connecting us to others across the globe. I’m thankful for the Internet and its infinite possibilities.
And I’m thankful for the dynamic people whom fill the webisphere with their knowledge, creativity, and inspirational words to help us live a little better each day. I get asked all of the time what websites I go to for inspiration and so I’ve decided to roundup my top 10 fave sites for you (in no particular order).
Elephant Journal
The Journal’s tagline, “dedicated to a mindful life” is spot on. I am a huge fan of any info-hub that brings together multiple sectors of life. EJ is a brilliant resource for wellness, spiritual, and creative inspiration. They publish tons of articles everyday, so there is always new inspiration waiting for you. And the layout just makes me smile quite a bit. Article continued here (more…)
Websites | StillTasty – ultimate food life and scrumptiousness guide
StillTasty.com-great food life, scrumptiousness, prep guide -- Those eggs ok 2 weeks past the use-by date? Get the answers to a plethora of questions about how long foods last & the best way to store them for max tastiness
Websites | wikiHow – learn how to do anything easily
wikiHow is a collaborative effort by knowledge philanthropists who have created the world’s most helpful how-to guides. A goldmine of easily understood articles and videos for free.
I stumbled onto this site because I had a craving for a baked potato but didn’t have the time to make it. I had always baked my baked potatoes but never used the quicker microwave method. I googled my dilemma and wikHow appeared.
A quick, concise article and five video clips showed me how to be an expert at nuking the spuds in a flash. And it tasted quite delicious–rubbing olive oil into the skin was a stupendous suggestion. While I ate, I went back to the site and marveled at the treasure trove of how-to guides contained there. I highly recommend checking out wikiHow and I’ll let the knowledge philanthropists tell ya all about the place…
Imagine a world where anyone can easily learn how to do anything. A world where access to comprehensive step-by-step instructions in multiple languages enables billions of people to improve their lives, in both ordinary and extraordinary ways. That’s the world we want to create.
At wikiHow, a community of knowledge philanthropists are collaborating to create this world. We are driven by a shared passion to create a high-quality collection of how-to guides. We keep improving each article until we think it has become the single most helpful set of step-by-step instructions available on that topic anywhere.
While we recognize that this ambitious goal will take years to accomplish, we take pleasure in knowing that we already help millions of people every day. (more…)
Websites | Animal Wellness Foundation – health care & homes for dogs & cats who need them
Animal Wellness Foundation - Los Angeles animal rescue group Animal Wellness Foundation is an LA based group that provides health care for dogs & cats of low-income families & adoption of lost & abandoned pets in LA.
Websites | Harvard Business Review – informative, thought provoking essays that ain’t boring
Websites | Harvard Business Review-informative, thoughtful essays. The Harvard Business Review site is stuffed with fine articles, breakthrough ideas & commentary from the leading thinkers in business, management & humanity
Websites | SuTree – a knowledge community and aggregator of how-to videos
Websites | SuTree - a knowledge aggregator of how-to videos. SuTree is a great website to increase your knowledge & expertise of almost anything you can think of in an easy way.Watch thousands of free video tutorials.
Websites | What’s Alan Watching – best site for insightful TV commentary
Websites | "What's Alan Watching" - Sepinwall’s site is a great place to go for thought provoking and insightful TV commentary. When I want to know what’s worth watching, I always go to "What's Alan Watching". And whenever I’m confused by something I’ve already seen, my TV pal can always be counted on to fine tune my mind’s screen.
Websites | Funny or Die – The Presidential Reunion is a video featuring Will Ferrell
Video | Funny or Die's Presidential Reunion - featuring Will Ferrell, Chevy Chase, Ron Howard, Jim Carrey, Fred Armisen. This amusing video features Will Ferrell, Chevy Chase, Ron Howard, Jim Carrey, Fred Armisen, Darrell Hammond, Dan Aykroyd, Maya Rudolph and Dana Carvey.
Websites | AllMyFaves – ultimate homepage & one-stop-shop for all your online needs
Websites | AllMyFaves- ultimate homepage for online needs. AllMyFaves is indeed the ultimate home page, offering an innovative visual exploration of the Internet.Whenever I’m stuck or looking for new places to explore,
Websites | Pat’s Papers – carefully edited news collection spanning international news to domestic politics
Pat’s Papers is a carefully edited collection of US news headlines delivered each weekday morning. They cut through the clutter of the news choices on the Web to deliver a summary of stories that span the entire news spectrum from international news to domestic politics to science to gossip.
Essay | Movie Reviews – if you wanna know to which movies you should go–throw out Rotten Tomatoes and grab my fresh choices
I’ve reviewed the movie review sites and got the top two for you--Metacritic and MovieReviewIntelligence. Metacritic also serves up excellent TV, music & gaming guidance.