If you're anything like me you probably think about taxes once a year, when it comes time to file in the spring. But this summer the IRS is trying to get us to think about taxes a little more...

Seven years ago today, most of my coworkers and I huddled around the office television, trying to make sense of what we pentagon flag were seeing on the screen: New York City. The World Trade Center. Gone.

First and foremost, a great big THANK YOU to all our veterans, their families, and to all of those who have served our great country in one way or another. Today is Veterans Day, and as the child of parents who both served in the military, I am...

I was shocked last week when I heard the report that a cat in the U.S. was sick with the H1N1 (swine) flu. Poor kitty. The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) website confirms that there was a cat with H1N1, and the kitty required medical...

</a /> In honor of World Usability Day, which will be celebrated Thursday, our guest blogger today is Whitney Quesenbery, a user researcher, user experience practitioner, and usability expert with a passion for clear communication. Between...

My husband and I were visiting my 80-year-old mother-in-law, Eileen, in the hospital the other day after her open-heart surgery. She showed me the incision running down her chest and looked at me ruefully. She said, “I guess I need to throw out all...

We've already changed the clocks and soon that winter chill is going to start creeping into the air (unless maybe you live in Florida, in which case, I'm a little jealous). Winter usually means a spike in the cost of your energy bills from having to...