@nycework tweet digest: 04/07-12/2013

Last week’s tweet highlights in a nutshell? Your data or your cash, please; o sweet trickery; over-the-air blood testing; get to the point first, get more responses; electric transportation weighing less than a bicycle; your habit for excellence; the waste-not, want-not life…

Here’s a quick summary of the tweets posted by @nycework between April 7 and April 12, 2013:

Aristotle, a 4th-century-BCE philosopher, portrayed in 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle as a 15th-century-CE scholar
(Photo credit: Wikipedia)

• A quote by Aristotle about how repetition, repetition, repetition is your path to excellence;
• a video about inexpensive, portable, electric transportation that weighs less than a bicycle;
• an article about how cyber-crooks use malicious software–ransomware–to encrypt and ransom a person’s digital data for money;
• an article about what it means to live an environmentally conscious, sustainable, zero-waste lifestyle;
• an infographic showing why social engineering works;
• an article about a tiny, blood-testing implant that sends data to computers wirelessly;
• and a link to @nycework’s previous tweet digest with a link to an article that explains why writing your e-mail’s conclusion first will get you more favorable responses…and more.

Enjoy!

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@nycework tweet digest: 03/31 – 04/05/2013

Last week’s tweet highlights in a nutshell? Success on easy and doable terms; 3D printing powered by your mind; break old writing rules, get more responses to your e-mail; restoring self-confidence, naturally; a farewell to local and network HDTV; weird, WEIRD North Americans; toxic water supplies…

Posted by @nycework between March 31 and April 5, 2013, the noteworthy tweets include:

3D-printed blue tree frogs in different layer thicknesses
(Photo credit: Creative Tools)

• A quote by Maya Angelou defining ‘success’ in a clear and personally achievable way;
• an article explaining why writing your e-mail’s conclusion first will get you more favorable responses;
• an article about an FCC ruling that allows cable companies to scramble or encrypt local HDTV and network broadcasts. The ruling, which takes effect on April 10, 2013, means you’ll need a cable company-provided set-top box to watch HDTV broadcasts;
• an infographic describing what 3D printing is, how it could forever change lives, and why big business might not want you anywhere near a 3D printer;
• an article about North American culture and its weird effects on the way North Americans relate to self, other inhabitants of the planet, and the environment;
• an article with pointers on how to rekindle self-confidence…naturally;
• and, @nycework’s previous tweet digest with an article about a 2011 environmental study that found toxic water supplies in 43 US states…and more.

Enjoy!