I'm obsessed with tilt-shift photography. If you've never heard of it before, it's a way of manipulating an image either through special lenses or by applying filters that make the objects in the image appear miniature like in the image I shot above. There's just something magical about all things mini that always makes me smile. Perhaps it's the birds eye feel of the style … [Read more...]
Interview With Janet Brent: Digital Nomad And Entrepreneur
I'm excited to present a fun interview today with digital nomad Janet Brent who blogs at Purple Panda. Currently living in the Philippines, Janet is a multidisciplinary designer interested in social responsibility and changing the world. She's a talented graphic designer, web designer, artist, photographer, and writer who believes you should March To Your Own … [Read more...]
How A Liter Of Light Is Changing The World
Have you ever experienced a power failure and had to stumble around in the dark to find a flashlight? It's not too hard to feel your way from one room to another because you've already memorized the layout of your apartment. But if you've forgotten where you last put your flashlight, the simple task to find a temporary light source has suddenly become ten times harder, and … [Read more...]
10 Tips For Helping Family Members With Money Problems
I've never been that great with money and investing, and fortunately I've never been that bad at it either. I have absolutely no interest in buying LV bags or Christian Louboutin shoes, and I think the most I've ever spent on a single piece of clothing was $200 for a winter coat, and even that made me feel guilty. Even though I've always managed to keep my expenses low and … [Read more...]
Top 10 Quotes From The Wear Sunscreen Speech
Remember the graduation speech that turned into a song back in the late 90’s? You know that “Wear Sunscreen” speech, aka “Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)”? Well, it wasn’t actually a real graduation speech. It was an essay written by a woman named Mary Schmich that was published by the Chicago Tribune in 1997. She used her wisdom at the time to write what she would … [Read more...]