Let's face it, we could all use a little help getting organized.

It seems like everyone I know is balancing a million things at once, and here's the perfect online tool to keep your life in order.  Whether you're the person who's got multiple tabs up on their browser at once, more than one email account and calendar on that blackberry, or just trying to find a way to balance your social life and work life, springpad is where it's at to get everything together in one shot.  It's still in BETA, so the mobile interface isn't in top form yet, but it's only a matter of time until that is interfaced as well.  

Tech geek or not, this is the perfect tool to put everything together.

Happy St. Patty's Day everybody.

White Lies - Farewell To The Fairground

NCAA Tourney is here, but if you live in NC, you'd think it's been going on since January...

Basketball here is so much bigger than just a sport: it's a religion. Take last Friday for example. Tar Heels are playing in the first round of the ACC tournament. A couple things to note here:

1) it's only the first round game, so it's a big talent mismatch
2) they're guaranteed a #1 seed in the bracket no matter what, so this is a bit of a throw away tourney anyway.

The area comes to pretty much a standstill starting at the 12pm tip off. Schools roll television sets into classrooms to broadcast the games. Employers everywhere see a steep dip in productivity, if there office is still staffed at all, since most of their employees are already at the sports bar in the area knocking back chicken wings and Miller Lite like it's a Sunday in the fall. By the way, those lucky enough to find a seat at their local watering hole were there about 2 hours prior to tip off.

Now it's time for the big dance. I'm expecting the hysteria to be dialed up a few notches... if that's possible.

Twitter

Since I haven't been able to figure out how to get Twitter interfaced into my blog (Blogspot is killing me), I've decided to post up my Twitter info so you can keep up with me.

Follow me @tbsimon

I'm pretty homesick today...

Every year, Hoboken has their annual St. Patrick's Day parade a couple weeks ahead of the real deal.  Some say it's so they won't have to compete with other parades looking for people to perform.  Others say it's because local businesses feel like they get a better shot at making some real money if they assign it to a Saturday every year instead of worrying about it falling on a work day.   

Either way, it's one gigantic, raucous, party filled with people wandering around everywhere in green, carrying solo cups filled with "just diet coke", parties in every building, lines 45 minutes long to get in to a bar that has a 10 minute line inside just to get to the bar and more.  The old school, original Hobokenites, hate it, but every year, at 7am, I was up using a mixture of vodka and orange juice to trick my body into thinking it was ok to have alcohol that early, while knocking down a couple bagels chased by shots of Jameson.

This year, I'm forced to watch it all go on through the posts my friends put up on Facebook, and the occasional Tweet about it: and it's killing me.  I'll miss my green bagel, people coming in and out of my apartment that I've never met nor plan to ever see again, Guitar Hero tournaments, and the list goes on...

Everyone have a great time today, and have a pint for me.  Shout out to my good friend Alex (Happenstance and Serendipity ), I know he's missing it as badly as I am right now.

Have an iPhone and Photoshop? This is your new must have app!

This app is fantastic.  If you dock your iPhone close to your MAC or PC, then this is a great feature to add on to Photoshop.  No delay, all toolbar icons react well, and it's one less thing on the screen while you're working.  

Photokey

New Belgium has arrived!!!

I picked up a 22oz of 'Fat Tire' last night, and tonight it's off to The Flying Saucer to get a pint, and keep the glass!!!

I'm obsessed with this brewery, and totally stoked that they're now covering the Raleigh area.

Ahhh... Jersey...

This might be the most highly posted item on Facebook (next to the "why I now hate Facebook" posts) this week, and if you can afford to spend 6 minutes of your life watching this (best not to do at the office), you'll understand why.  As a proud Jersey native, I can confirm the authenticity of this video, and the people who participated in it.  If you don't believe, take a trip to Jenkinson's Pavilion this summer, and see for yourself.  It's pretty amazing...

Looks like someone broke into the portrait studio at Sears.......

... because there is no other reason I can think of for why these gems would be out on the internet.  Yeah, it might be a "little cruel", but it's still funny.

Shout out to bdotyoung for this one!

Sexy People

Graphic Designers: Get paid for your work!

It's tough out there, no denying it, but there are still ways to help line your pockets and keep your head above the water.  Checkout the link below to a great story on mashables.com that all designers should be looking at.  Yeah, most are probably already your radar, but I doubt all 40+ are, and as long as you're smart about protecting your work, there's no reason not to try and monazite your content in as many locations as possible.  I have my photography up on 10 commercial sites now, but I did my homework on all and made sure there were no hidden fees or what I like to now term "Facebook" rules..

40+ ways to Sell Your Design

Snow??????

Seriously???  It's MARCH!!!!!  Well, I guess it has to happen once in a while, but come on.... I left the Northeast to avoid all this!  According to people that have been here for a long time, snowfall has a local reaction which rivals an impending apocalypse...  Really looking forward to that.  

At least it's going to be 70 degrees at the end of the week.