Wednesday, November 9, 2011

How it works

How it works


Evernote explains how it works with Siri

Posted: 08 Nov 2011 02:01 PM PST

Evernote has posted a tip today on how to use its note-taking service with Apple's new Siri intelligent voice-assistant feature on the iPhone 4S. Siri is still a beta service at the moment and doesn't integrate with third-party apps, but you can make it work with Evernote for convenient hands-free note dictation and here's how. [...]

How flexible work actually works

Posted: 09 Nov 2011 05:55 AM PST

Imagine unlimited paid vacation and sick leave, with no mandated office hours. Chaos, right? Not according to a handful of award-winning employers profiled in a new report on effective workplaces.

Guest Post: Some Things You Should Know About China

Posted: 09 Nov 2011 09:46 AM PST

Submitted by Charles Hugh Smith from Of Two Minds Some Things You Should Know About China If all you know about China comes from PBoC and Central Government reports and analysts' financial statements, then you know very little about China or how it actually works. I know it's tough to think about anything but the fast-melting ice cream cone that is Europe, but there are some things you should ...

HOW IT WORKS: Solar power

Posted: 04 Nov 2011 08:35 AM PDT

As the Dec. 31 deadline for federal tax incentives on renewable energy projects moves closer, solar and wind projects are popping up all over Massachusetts. In Carver, solar projects are becoming increasingly popular. But how does it work? Glen Berkowitz, the town's renewable energy consultant and owner of Beaufort Windpower, explains how solar panels generate electricity.

Clothes online: If you don't like it, send it back - now

Posted: 08 Nov 2011 05:09 PM PST

We all know how online shopping works, but there are tips and tricks worth bearing in mind if you want to make the most of your lunchtime surf session. If a bargain seems too good to be true, it probably is, writes ROSEMARY MAC CABE

Wednesday links --- Rain in Los Angeles, Kearse's draft stock, and more

Posted: 09 Nov 2011 09:42 AM PST

Depending on how the schedule works out, this could be UW's last trip to Los Angeles until 2014. The Pac-12 schedule rotation calls for UW to play USC home-and-home this year and in 2012 --- meaning the Huskies will come to Seattle next year. Then UW will get UCLA in 2013-14, but it's not stated yet which would be the home game and which would be the away game. (Here's the entire rotation ...

How Advertising Works

Posted: 08 Nov 2011 01:14 PM PST

The psychology of advertising is full of interesting theories investigating what makes advertising successful.

Illusionist fined for copyright infringement after Dutch court hears how trick really works

Posted: 09 Nov 2011 08:18 AM PST

AMSTERDAM — A magician has been fined €12,205 ($16,725) by a Dutch court for putting a rival's trick up his sleeve and trying to pass it off as his own. Hans Klok was sued for copyright infringement over a routine in which he fights with a stubborn butler, first apparently reaching through his body to grab a glass of water off a tray, then smacking off his head momentarily. Read full article >>

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