Kevin Purdy's posts

Memorial Day marks the start of the serious grilling season, and there’s no better weekend to bolster your…

The right kind of sound can relax your mind, hone your focus, drown out distractions, or get you pumped to kill your…

Some homes, especially homes with teenagers, have more Apple devices than house keys. But you need to be signed into…

Android: There are handy apps to disable your Android password when connected to certain Wi-Fi networks, but this…

You should feel great wearing a good dress shirt you just bought, not like a kid in his dad's work clothes. Use a…

Evernote user bluecockatoo did a lot of thinking about how Evernote could easily and reliably fit into his…

Roger Ebert started at the Chicago Sun-Times in 1966 and worked there until his recent death—itself a pretty big…

You have heard and read by now about the rather terrible impact of sitting all day. You also know that meetings…

Automatic bill payment saves you from paper clutter, fees for forgetfulness, and the drudgery of wading through…

A few years back, in-flight Wi-Fi was something maybe available to the President of the United States. Now it's on…

Facebook is not making its own phone, or a version of Android, because Facebook thinks Android works just fine.…

Canned food, crackers, MREs, beer—it's all fun to eat for a little while when the power's out. Eventually, though,…

Google Drive/Docs is great at working everywhere and offering instantaneous collaboration. Drive is not so great at…

Knowing how much to charge somebody is easy for full-time jobs—it was figured out the day you were hired. What if…

Android (2.2+): For whatever reason, Google can't or won't filter the apps you've installed in your orders & settings

Smartphones have definitely struck a blow against boredom—while traveling, in the checkout aisle, when friends are…

Android (4.0+): Tasker, the Android tool that lets you set up nearly any "If A then do B" scenario on your phone, is…

If you're caught without your reading glasses, or you encounter some terrifically fine print on a box or contract,…

If you live inside Outlook, you might not know that you're already using a pretty good Google Reader replacement.…

Wouldn't it be nice if colleges all used the same terms and language to describe their financial aid packages? Sure…