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It's the Weekly What? for Friday, July 6th.
Interesting stuff, boring stuff, useful stuff.We don't know about you all, but summer seems to have finally arrived around these parts. Not "calendar summer" but shorts-and-t-shirt summer. The Writing Room monkeys are restless and already starting to complain about the lack of air conditioning. There's no pleasing those guys. You all are much easier to please, right? Or is it that we're just a convenient excuse to avoid the towering stack of TPS reports in your in-box? In this week's newsletter you'll learn all about setting tabs in Word, mixing fonts without making a mess, and Nutella freezer pops! When you're done reading, head on over to our Facebook page and leave your answer to this week's question: "What's the best piece of advice you've ever received?" 
Post 4th AnalysisSo just why are fireworks all those crazy colors? Special fireworks color powder magical stuff? No, silly! Chemicals! Here's a nice little chart that tells you which chemicals are responsible for which colors in the exploding fireworks you watched a couple of days ago. One thing it can't do, however, is explain just why people with gigantic, double-wide "camp chairs" have to set up right in front of you and mess with their annoyingly bright smartphones during the whole show! "Ooo!" and "Ahhh!" >> The style of Mad Men...So apparently people really did look a lot fancier back in the old "Mad Men" days. Seems like a suit and tie were even de rigueur for mowing the lawn! Wow! Based on the evolution of fashion we figure we'll all be wearing "Slankets" in about 20 years! Check out the sharp-dressed man of 1961! >> Wow! School is awesome!No, we didn't suddenly go bonkers. Once you see the photos of this super cool school, you'll wish you were 9 again. Don't get us wrong, the tans, beiges, light yellows, and all the other lighter earth-tones of the schools we attended were fab, but a rainbow or two would have been nice. Go see >> The best creative advice ever? Ask Basil Fawlty.Jeesh. If we had a nickel for every time the boss stopped by and chewed us out for being "lazy" and "just sitting around" and "procrastinating." Hey, we were being creative! And stuff. Don't believe us? In this article, John Cleese explains some great tactics for nurturing creative processes. So there. Work doesn't always look like "work" >> Question? Comment? Find a typo? Got something you think should be in the newsletter? Talk back to us and let us know! (We need something to do since the monkeys do all the writing.) Become a font mix-meister!We all mix fonts. It's okay, really, but the trick is to not overdo it and trigger a font-pocalypse in your inter-office TPS memo cover sheet. The key is contrast! >> Three myths about what customers wantWe've noticed that one of the toughest myths to dispel that surrounds vendor/customer interaction is the idea that all customers want an espresso and a free puppy. Simply not true. The Harvard Business Review has three other good myths to shatter, too. (Spam seems like it might figure heavily. Just too salty and fatty, we guess.) Sorry, no more free puppies >> A great example of QR code usage and an hilariously bad example of QR code FAILWe're always on the lookout for QR codes in the real world. We recently discovered one really good usage and one spectacularly bad... Read more >> tab-tab-space-space-space-space-space, reduxLast week we tipped you off to using tables to organize text in your documents. This week we'll share with you a tip for using tabs! Tabs are like nacho sliced jalapeņo peppers: It only takes a few to do the job. Want to align a few lines of financial info? Maybe a brief list of collector spoons from around the world? Remember: "Just a tab'll do ya!" >> A summer treat for you:Easy peasy make-'em-yourself Nutella and Cool Whip popsicles! Yeah, really! What can't Nutella do? >> About that FREE trip...If you were suckered...er...enticed into opening this email by the promise of a FREE trip, then welcome! You've won a fabulous all-expenses paid trip to fabulous Paris, France. You'll have absolutely NO travel hassles, no sore feet, and you'll have the best view ever! (From your computer.) And you won't even have to have that awkward discussion with your boss about taking two weeks off! Here we go! >> The Weekly What? is more fun when you share! It's easy, just click the "Forward email" link below... keep going... a little farther down... there it is! Send this newsletter to a friend! Don't worry, we won't hit them up for money. |
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