Personal finance is not taught formally in elementary / high school in the U.S. and you can see the consequences in adult financial behavior: Abysmal savings rate High debt Credit card dependence Percentage of salary devoted to housing and other living expenses But personal finance isn’t difficult as long as some basic rules are followed: Live below your means Save […]

I recently read an interesting introduction to espresso in Mary Palmer’s cookbook in which she talks about the origins of coffee in Ethiopia. Palmer states that in the 15th century coffee was introduced to the Europeans by way of the Venetians. In 1855, a Frenchman thought up the idea of making quick coffee to be served aboard trains. But the […]

New applications of Graphical User Interfaces will flood the market in coming years, as highlighted in a recent Toronto UI conference we attended, a gesture based interface is starting to become ubiquitous on Apple devices (iPhone, Macbook Air, Touch, etc.).  While at the conference we had vegan food delivery in Toronto sent to our room and it was fabulous and […]