Everyone gets stung at some point. Some more than others. And for some, it does much more damage. How can you protect yourself whilst shopping online? Here are some tips and some stories that help build the picture. I have recently been stung twice in a matter of weeks. Before I tell you this, I have shopped online for 15 years. One of those people who said who cares, this is cool, all those years ago. In that 15 years I have been...

I personally find Photoshop daunting. I use it a lot in web design and so forth. But I find it a little overwhelming. There is just so much available and so much to forget. My problem is that I will use it a lot for a month then not at all for two months. By the time month four comes, I stare blankly for ten minutes.  Except for the basics, the only way I sometimes get through it is by using specific guides. MakeUseOf have great...

Want to join the polyglot set but don’t have the time for foreign language immersion, world travel, or academic courses? One Minute Languages offers basic instructions in a dozen languages for English speakers including German, Russian and Japanese that will help get you started. The short lessons are released weekly as a podcast you can subscribe to via iTunes, or you can just visit the site to play back archived tips in...