Last week’s tweet highlights in a nutshell? The 3% Rule for a healthy bottom line; edible landscaping; being eco-friendly at work and play; safe and courteous bike sharing; throwing caution to the wind..and soil…
Here’s a quick summary of tweets posted by @nycework between June 23 through June 28, 2013:
- A quote and reminder by Kahlil Gibran about why you should spend more time with Mother Earth;
- an article listing 52 inexpensive ways you can be Earth-friendlier;
- an article about using The 3% Rule to find and keep clients who enjoy doing business with you;
- a video featuring Pat Warhurst talking about using city landscapes for growing fruits and vegetables instead of inedible plants;
- an article listing 10 eco-friendly tips for your workplace;
- a humorous set of images depicting basic tips and etiquette for users of New York City’s bike sharing program;
- and, @nycework’s previous digest that includes a video post featuring Shawn Achor talking about the happy secret to working better.
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Tagged Citi Bike NYC, CitiBike NYC, CitiBikeNYC, eco, edible landscape, edible landscaping, environmentally friendly, farming, food, frugal, Gibran, identi.ca, Kahlil, Kahlil Gibran, Khalil, Khalil Gibran, landscapes, marketing, microblogging, new york city, Pam, Pam Warhurst, safety, Shawn Achor, small business, smallbiz, social media, sustainability, sustainable farming, The 3 Percent Rule, The 3% Rule, tweet, tweets, twitter, Warhurst
Last week’s tweet highlights in a nutshell? The secret link between happiness and better work; helping someone is helping yourself; using “unclear” words to connect with your audience; noble computing; they summon your apps with light and sound; your gadget is a marketing spy; whoa, they can hack that, too…
Here’s a quick summary of tweets posted by @nycework between June 16 through June 21, 2013:

Internet marketers can track you by “fingerprinting” your devices.
(Image credit: Adaiyaalam via Wikipedia Commons)
- A quote by H. Norman Schwartzkopf about what happens when you help someone meet a goal;
- an article about how crooks use music, lighting and TV frequencies to trigger malicious apps in smartphones and other devices;
- a video in which Shawn Achor shares the secret formula for happiness and better work;
- a list of words that have many meanings, which makes them perfect for “spicing up” your headlines and titles;
- a list article suggesting ways you can compute and be environmentally friendly;
- an article about how Internet marketers are silently and aggressively tracking you by “fingerprinting” the devices you use to access the Internet;
- and, @nycework’s previous digest that includes a video post featuring Avi Rubin talking about how easily hackable all technological devices are.
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Posted in Business, Environment, Health, identi.ca, Internet, Life Skills, Marketing, Mental Health, Music, Product Safety, Psychology, Social Media, Technology, Twitter, Video
Tagged Achor, Avi, Avi Rubin, blogging, cellphones, computing, devices, eco-friendly, fingerprinting technique, gadgets, green, H. Norman Schwartzkopf, headlines, Heather, identi.ca, Internet, Kuhla, malware, marketers, marketing, microblogging, music, networked devices, Norman, Rubin, Schwartzkopf, Shawn, Shawn Achor, smartphones, social media, Starbucks, tech, tips, titles, tweet, tweets, twitter, Wi-Fi, words, writing
Last week’s tweet highlights in a nutshell? Your mental outlook determines your choices; making more money; getting people to spread your ideas; the best day to grocery-shop; gaming to improve your typing; hackable devices you own; a chronically rebellious printer that prints the same words over and over…
Here’s a quick summary of tweets posted by @nycework between June 9 through June 14, 2013:

You can get better deals on groceries when you shop on certain days of the week.
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- A quote by Frederick Langbridge about how mental attitude affects the choices you make;
- a video featuring Avi Rubin talking about how all devices are hackable;
- an article explaining why it’s best to shop for groceries on a certain day of the week;
- a web-based, Space Invaders-like game that tests and improves your typing;
- an article with 9 insights to help sharpen your money-making skills;
- a visual example of why it’s important to secure your printer and other wireless devices;
- and, @nycework’s previous digest that includes a video post with Seth Godin talking about how to get people to spread your ideas.
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Tagged Avi, Avi Rubin, bargains, cracked, cracking, devices, entrepreneur, Frederick, frugal, gadgets, gaming, Godin, groceries, grocery, grocery shopping, hacked, hacking, HowTo, ideas, identi.ca, Langbridge, microblogging, mobile phone, money, netsec, printer, Rubin, Seth, Seth Godin, shopping, smallbiz, social media, solopreneur, Space Invaders, tech, TED, TED Talks, ted.com, tweet, tweets, twitter, typing, video, Video game, Wi-Fi, wireless, Z-Type, ZType
Last week’s tweet highlights in a nutshell? Remember always, you *are* good fortune; leadership the clear-headed way; making a good first and last impression with your customers; getting people to spread your ideas; tools to make social-media marketing easier; super-fast phone chargers en route; Wi-Fi routers don’t care much for plant life…
Here’s a quick summary of tweets posted by @nycework between June 2 through June 7, 2013:
- A quote by Walt Whitman reminding you that you are good fortune;
- a video in which Seth Godin discusses meaningful ways to connect with people so they’ll gladly spread your ideas;
- an article by Dave Sheffield that uses an experience he had onboard a plane to illustrate 3 principles that make your customer interactions outstanding;
- an article about how to develop clear-headed leadership strategies that accomplish your goals in less stressful ways;
- an article that lists 30 tools you can use to track, manage and fine-tune your social-media marketing campaign;
- an article about how an experiment to find a link between extended cellphone use and the inability to concentrate led some ninth grade students to the discovery that plants won’t grow near Wi-Fi routers;
- and, @nycework’s previous digest that includes a post about Eesha Khare, an 18-year-old student whose superconductor invention charges phones in seconds.
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Posted in Business, Health, identi.ca, Internet, Life Skills, Marketing, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Psychology, Self-Improvement, Social Media, Technology, Twitter, Video
Tagged business, cell phone, cellphone, customer experience, customer relations, customer service, Dave, Dave Sheffield, Eesha, Eesha Khare, entrepreneurship, Godin, identi.ca, Khare, leadership, management, microblogging, mobile phone, otaku, phone charger, plants, router, science, Seth, Seth Godin, Sheffield, small biz, small business, smallbiz, social media, supercapacitor, TED Talks, ted.com, The Shef, tweet, tweets, twitter, ultracapacitor, Walt, Walt Whitman, Whitman, Wi-Fi, WiFi, Wonder Woman
Last week’s tweet highlights in a nutshell? Slashing big bills; fingerprinting your success; charging mobile phones super-fast; levitating furniture; gadgets that led but weren’t followed; life imitating science fiction; even grandma has a drone…
Here’s a quick summary of tweets posted by @nycework between May 26 and May 31, 2013:
- A quote by Oprah Winfrey on how to truly succeed;
- an article about how publicly- and privately-owned drones are raising serious privacy concerns;
- an article with video about Eesha Khare, an 18-year-old whose supercapacitor invention charges mobile phones in seconds;
- an article about 27 science-fiction concepts that became scientific facts in 2012;
- an article featuring 20 innovative, futuristic-looking pieces of home furnishing ranging from a levitating, cloud-shaped couch to a pod-shaped bathtub with built-in MP3 player;
- an article about 5 gadgets that were commercially unsuccessful because they were too advanced for their time;
- and, @nycework’s previous digest that includes a post about how to quickly cut 5 big household bills.
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Posted in Budgeting, Economy, identi.ca, Nanotechnology, Social Media, Technology, Twitter
Tagged bills, drones, Eesha, Eesha Khare, furniture, futuristic, gadgets, home, household, HowTo, identi.ca, invention, Khare, microblogging, mobile phone, nanotech, nanotechnology, Oprah, Oprah Winfrey, Orpah, phone, privacy, science, science fiction, social media, supercapacitor, tech, tweet, tweets, twitter, ultracapacitor
Last week’s tweet highlights in a nutshell? Peeking into your future using big data; quick, homemade budget cuts; dirty ice in fast food places; you’re harboring moody bacteria; sustainable city farming; gadgets too advanced for their own good; daring to fail greatly…
Here’s a quick summary of tweets posted by @nycework between May 19 and May 24, 2013:
- A quote by Robert F. Kennedy about the achievement ability of people who aren’t afraid to fail;
- an article about scientists’ discovery that our bodies harbor kinds of bacteria that affect our health, our weight and our mood;
- an article about a student’s experiment that found 70 percent of tested fast-food ice was dirtier than toilet water samples taken from the same establishment;
- an article about how vertical farming using skyscraper greenhouses could produce sustainable, city-grown, inexpensive food;
- an article about 5 quick ways to cut household bills; (NOTE: the section on tax savings might be outdated, so consult your accountant or tax specialist for up-to-date tax-saving strategies);
- an article about 5 old gadgets that didn’t become popular because they were ahead of their time;
- and, a link to @nycework’s previous tweet digest that includes a post about how information you share publicly might be used to predict your future.
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Posted in Budgeting, Environment, Health, identi.ca, Lifestyle, Marketing, Motivation, Social Media, Technology, Twitter
Tagged agriculture, bacteria, Budgeting, farming, fast food, food, FYI, gadgets, ice, identi.ca, Kennedy, microblogging, money, RFK, Robert, Robert F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, skyscraper greenhouse, social media, sustainability, sustainable, tweet, tweets, twitter, vertical farming, vertical farms, water
Last week’s tweet highlights in a nutshell? Getting good at being you; healthcare for $60 or less per month; budgeting successfully through thick and thin; big data as the new crystal ball; the dangers of being profiled with eye-tracking technology; what you can do with tiny computers; eco-friendly paper towel etiquette…
Here’s a quick summary of tweets posted by @nycework between May 12 and May 17, 2013:

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln
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- A quote by Abraham Lincoln urging you to be good at being you;
- an article about how information you share publicly can be used to predict your future;
- an article about a doctor who charges $60 or less per month for basic healthcare because he believes the U.S. healthcare system sacrifices patients’ health for profit;
- an article discussing ways to use USB flash drive-sized PCs that run Android or other GNU/Linux-based operating systems;
- an article about how eye-tracking technology could pose serious risks to your privacy;
- a video demonstration of an eco-friendlier way to dry your hands using a small amount of paper towel;
- and, a link to @nycework’s previous tweet digest that includes a post about 5 ways to “make it” regardless of the state of the economy.
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Posted in Budgeting, Economy, Environment, Frugal Living, Health, identi.ca, Social Media, Technology, Twitter, Video
Tagged Abraham, Abraham Lincoln, ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union, Android, Budgeting, flash drive, GNU, GNU/Linux, healthcare, identi.ca, Lincoln, Linux, microblogging, privacy, single board PC, social media, tech, technology, thumb drive, tweet, tweets, twitter, USB