About.me is Your Web Calling Card

My friends Ryan and Tony were part of the team that recently launched a beta for About.me, an online calling card that lets you collect all your identities and content streams. I spent a few minutes making a profile for myself, and I think the concept is smart. Such a simple idea, I can’t believe it doesn’t already exist.

If you’d like your own about.me profile, sign up here to stake your claim, and they’ll send you a note when the service is open to everyone.

Lifescoop: Pimp My Messenger Bag

Everyone gets their favorite graduate something for the dorm — a mini coffee pot, a travel-sized iron. And while the travel iron might make a mean grilled cheese, it probably won’t make it out of the box. Students take their lives to go, stuffing gym clothes in their backpacks and carrying toothbrushes around campus. Here are five go-anywhere gadgets that make life on the run a little more comfortable. You won’t leave the dorm without them. Read more…