The 9 to 5 Alternative

Think you’re in shape? Imagine this: it’s three in the morning and you’re plodding through knee-high puddles. You’re hungry. The last time you slept was twenty six hours ago, and that was only for twenty minutes. The pre-dawn air is heavy. Lengths ahead, past a patch of Alaskan fireweed, you hear distant ruffling, darting your [...]

Note: Today’s post—along with 7,500+ 8,500+ others throughout the blogosphere—is part of Blog Action Day ’09: Climate Change. Check it out at www.blogactionday.org. Maroon Bells Wilderness, Colorado (summer 2006) I could care less where you stand when it comes to climate change. You might think that certain scientific opinions are rubbish. You might find it [...]

Greetings from Djibouti, Djibouti! Since most businesses are closed from 12p-4:30p, I’m taking the afternoon to play Internet catchup. Coming up, images from Addis Ababa! For now, enjoy this amusing forum post I rediscovered, What You Should Know Before Going to America. Great travel humor from a U.S. expat currently living in Japan. I’m going [...]

This post is a collaboration between Mashable’s Summer of Social Good charitable fundraiser and Max Gladwell‘s “10 Ways” series. The post is being simultaneously published across more than 100 blogs. Social media is about connecting people and providing the tools necessary to have a conversation. That global conversation is an extremely powerful platform for spreading [...]

Did you hear the one about the ostrich-riding, bungee-jumping Brit that’s getting paid £69,000 to explore the islands of the Great Barrier Reef? Ooh, or what about the Californian winery looking for a hip, social media wiz to teach people about winemaking–that 6-month gig pays $60,000. Well, there’s a new contest sweeping the Interwebs, geared [...]