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Media outlets abound with articles and tips to help reduce stress, slow the pace of our increasingly hectic, technologically-saturated lives, and combat our dwindling attention spans.  Your friends’ posts on your Facebook Newsfeed may indicate a refreshing resurgence of some “old fashioned” and purposefully time-consuming recreational pursuits: slow cooking, slow exercise, slow-paced travel, slow relationships, slow money. […]

Recently at TWC, we came across an interesting article on the lack of time given to personal reflection in an increasingly digital world, full of constant distraction. How often are we alone with our thoughts?  How can we hope to realize our significant goals when we leave little or no time to reflect on their importance? Focusing […]

Back in June of this year, the online shopping and publishing giant, Amazon, began a new subscription-based service for e-books called “Amazon Unlimited.”  The service could be described as a “Netflix for Books,” similar to websites like Oyster and Scribd, where a user pays a monthly fee to have access to a vast library of […]

Behold the yawn, a common, contagious, and sometimes embarrassing human function. How often have you sat listening to a presentation, or perhaps been in the midst of a social gathering, and feel the unstoppable urge to yawn (and then keep yawning, as they tend to occur in clusters)? Humans and animals alike display this behavior, but in the […]

Do you have an idea for a mobile app?  Would you love to see this idea become a reality, but don’t know where to start in terms of getting it developed?  Getting your app idea off the ground may be more feasible than you think thanks to [topcoder], the world’s largest crowdsourcing development, design, and […]

Many in our society subscribe to the theory that if we, as individuals, work hard and find success, then we will know happiness.  How often, however, does this formula not lead to happiness?  How often does chasing success actually lead to a feeling of emptiness and dissatisfaction?  These questions, and years of research on the […]