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– Real Simple tells us how to assess quality in blazers.
– Temptalia has a good discussion on their “holy grail” makeup products under $10.
– SheFinds brainstorms ways to update your look for spring without buying a thing.
– Ask a Manager (via US News) has good advice on how to follow up on job openings, applications, and interviews.
– Forbes Woman lists nine ways being “nice” is holding you back.
– PopSugar Living ponders how to stay grounded when you're super busy.
– Inc. Magazine reviews some new space-saving luggage.
– Finally: Lifehacker rounds up five good alternatives to Google Reader. (I've used Netvibes for the past 2 or 3 years, ever since Bloglines went bust.)
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hoola hoopa
Thanks for the Lifehacker link.
Google Reader and other RSS-feed users: Do you share your feed finds? I’ve noticed that discussions of suitable replacements focus heavily on the sharing aspect. I don’t share. No one I know who uses a reader (which is very few) shares. I have pinterest or facebook for sharing. My reader is for me to conveniently see the blogs I watch and follow a couple of news feeds.
Am I the sole selfish reader out there?
TO Lawyer
Nope I don’t particularly want to share my feeds either. If I find something really great, I’ll post it on FB or something but I read a lot of random topics on my reader and have no desire to share that eclectic mix with anyone
Lily-Student
I don’t share what I read either – and I’ve switched over to BlogLovin’, if that helps.
hoola hoopa
Thanks!
momentsofabsurdity
I am a selfish (and/or ashamed since some of my reading choices are kind of lame) Reader user in that I virtually never share and my Reader experience is not at all social. I also use it to compile and quickly scan all the things I’m interested in reading.
I *do* share articles or blog posts of interest with others, but use the more Luddite method of copying the link into FB/Twitter/This Site/email/whatever. Mostly, this is due to privacy- I’d rather manually do it and ensure I’m not sharing more than intended to.
Kerrycontrary
I share my feeds but that’s because we use it for work (compiling daily news letters). This is super important for us so we’ll need to investigate the best reader.
Apple Pie
Re the SheFinds article – is wearing your clothes backwards an actual thing? I don’t think I’ve seen anyone rocking that look since kindergarten.
Senior Attorney
I’ve been known to wear a cardigan backwards as a top, but at least I have the sense to button it up all the way in back. I think the photo accompanying the article just looks like the model did indeed get dressed in the dark!
Sydney Bristow
Kris Kross will make you jump! Jump!
Monday
She’s the miggity miggity miggity miggity mac
AIMS
Haha, I was just thinking this!
I do like to wear my cardigans backwards but I always button them and I don’t think anyone’s thinking, “that’s backwards!” when they see it.
TBK
I do. Frankly I think the cardigan backward thing is weird. Doesn’t the neck come up too high in the front? I’m baffled by the people I see walking around in backward sweaters and tops. As for backward dresses, um, my front side is shaped way different from my backside, and my dresses are fitted to take that into account. (Wouldn’t you have weird poochy places in back where your b@@bs were supposed to go and a weird crotchal pooch where your bum would have been?)
Susie
I didn’t even know this (backwards cardigan) was a thing. The closest example I can think of is the Celene Dion backwards white suit, and I thought that looked stupid. Thankfully it has not spread to my neighborhood yet!
hoola hoopa
The backwards cardigan always looks like a backwards cardigan.
This week, I happened to have ‘created my own color blocking’ and ‘used a belt to give last year’s dress a new look’, but I’m not going to be adding my own studding (so terribly, even!) any time soon.
Anonymous
I thought many of her suggestions were off base, FWIW. There actually is a limit on how much “arm candy” looks good. And JCrew’s beloved half-tuck is quite hated on this site.
A Nonny Moose
This was me.
Mountain Girl
That was really a strange article. I don’t think I’ll try any of those ideas.
Em
Wasn’t that a trend among high school girls in the ’50s? I guess everything comes around again.