Let’s Take a Look at Some Life Hacks
I love life hacks.
What are "life hacks?" Well, according to Wikipedia:
Life hacking refers to any trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method that increases productivity and efficiency, in all walks of life. It is arguably a modern appropriation of cutting the Gordian Knot- in other words, anything that solves an everyday problem in an inspired, ingenious manner.
The term is primarily used by computer experts who suffer from information overload or those with a playful curiosity in the ways they can accelerate their workflow in ways other than programming.
The terms hack, hacking, and hacker have a long history of ambiguity in the computing and geek communities, particularly within the free and open source software crowds.
There. Got all that? Breaking it down a little more, life hacks are cool ideas for simplifying everyday tasks. It's really that simple.
Here's a great example in less than 30 seconds:
You get the idea. A few more that you could possibly use:
However...in the unlit corners of the internet, you might get some bad ideas masquerading as life hacks.
Our friend John Green at Mentalfloss has taken some time to do a bit of debunking:
Oh, and as far as the "peel a hard-boiled egg in a glass" life hack, it's been pointed out that you really need to overcook the egg to keep it from flying to pieces in your glass. Not such a useful hack after all, I guess.