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If youre a visual creative, you should probably be onBehance. Creative teams thrive off of the realization that progress is being made. In 2005 I founded Behance, a platform to showcase and discover work. The hardships we endured and the team we gathered helped develop me as a leader. Our first product was actually an organizational product for creative teams called the Action Book. Five years ago this fascination became a book project calledThe Messy Middle, which just launched....

You just invented a group dinner at a restaurant! Large group dinners are great for the person organizing them, and horrible for everyone else. Because theyre often arranged to celebrate special occasions, they are most likely socially mandatory. Here is how to survive them. This is how the ruling classes keep us down, and it is how you get the good seat. Show up early Yes, drag this event out even longer....

Welcome to the firstLifehacker tech-advice columnof 2019! Before I begin, one quick reminder. Thats the best (and only) way to ensure your questions are answered in a future column. Let me help you! Now, on to Mikes dilemma. This is a virtual worldwide business so 95% of employees work from home. We used Skype to communicate and Sharepoint for file sharing - no big deal, everything worked fine. After my contract was complete, I was offered a permanent position (yay!...

The story that follows supposedly happened more than a hundred years ago on the eve of New Year. It spanned two centuries, yet was over in a couple of seconds. The extraordinary event happened during one such trip. Upon hearing the report from the navigator, First Mate Payton noted the interesting nature of their position. The consequences of this bizarre position were many, notedThe Ottawa Journal. The forward part of the ship was in the Southern Hemisphere and in the middle of summer....

Richard Garriott is a robot. Garriott is aSilicon Valleykind of larger-than-life tech godfather. Hes designed a card forMagic: The Gathering. Hes widely known by hisUltima Onlinecharacter name, Lord British. Sometimes I am just there in the flesh, or more often in my robot body. I am one of the earliest developers of computer games that is still producing games. Today my team and I continue the race to create ever deeper experiences for players....

Eleven miles away photographers Keith Ronnholm and Gary Rosenquist hadset up campsat Bear Meadows. Rosenquist picked up his camera and fired a series of photographs in rapid succession. But Robert Landsberg was not so lucky. He was too close to the blast. Landsburg’s body was found buried in the ash with his backpack underneath seventeen days later. The film waspartially damagedby the heat and by light leaks, but otherwise intact....

A piece of crap Kindle Fire. Even the best of us makes mistakes, though. My tech regret for 2018 is simple: I bought an SNES Classic. Dont get me wrong. Lifehacker readers had a few blunders this year, too. May 2019 be ever in your technological favor. Wifi extenders arent always that helpful Not buying a better router. I bought a WiFi extender but the signal barely reaches that. Any one have a suggestion for a decently priced router?...

What is 5G? 5G is shorthand for the fifth generation of cellular connection technology. What does this mean? Basically, much faster mobile networks and lower latency. Besides, most of these companies are ignoring or intentionally obfuscating the current downsides of 5G. In fact, certain wavelengths can even be absorbed by oxygen in the atmosphere. Even if those signal impediments didnt exist, theres still the issue of online grid coverage. (If a manufacturer offers a 4G LTE-only alternative, spring for that....

Im seriously thinking about getting a small dog bed for my toddler. He likes to cuddle pillows and seems to like something against his back. I really think he would love having his own couch in the living room. The feedback came in fast and furious: Genius. Some parents were openly relieved to discover they werent the only ones to have done this or considered it. Others praised the convenience (cheaper than toddler furnitureandmachine washable)....

Were all better, more responsible people now, and doesnt that feel great? Weregetting our spending under control,excelling at our hobbiesand setting upbetter boundaries with technology. With that in mind, heres how to avoid the most common fees in 2019. Bank Account Fees Theres no reason foranyone to pay a bank to hold their money. Your bank will ask you, Are you sure? If that doesnt work, then its time to switch to a new credit union or another bank....

Indeed, he had one in his own backyard at his home in Los Angeles. Naturally, Disney was drawn to trains. Photo credit: www.imagineeringdisney.com It wasnt until Walt Disney was forty-six when he bought his first Lionel train set. Lionel was an American company that made amazingly detailed and fully functional miniature trains. In 1949, Disney purchased a 5-acre-land in Los Angeles for this purpose. In the middle of this layout, completely surrounded by tracks he built his family house....

But take it one step furtherwhydo you want to save money? Are you building up your emergency fund? Saving for a house? Do you simply want to consume less, or see where your money has really been going? You might also consider what youre willing to sacrifice to reach those long-term goals. For these reasons, Im trying to cut down on my expenses and save more now. But Im not that young anymore, and I need to make smarter choices....

I have 470 podcast episodes in my queue right now, after some paring down. Podcast titles link to the shows Apple Podcast page; episode titles link to the episode on Overcast. His voice seems to seep up from the ground, or from a Tom Waits whos tired of rhyming. I prefer to listen to him in the dark. Try it in your car on a long drive through a hot night....