The Points Guy’s OneWorld MegaDO Seatmate Contest

I love miles and points and my preferred airline is American, so when the OneWorld MegaDO came around you would think it would have been a no brainer for me to attend. The only thing was, I was at work when it launched and it sold out in just over 23 minutes....

Award Wallet Free Upgrade Codes

image by lrargerich If you have been around me for any period of time you have probably heard about my recent obsession with collecting frequent flyer miles, reward points and generating elite status within various programs. Managing all of these can be hard, but I...
What Would Jeremy Cowart Do?

What Would Jeremy Cowart Do?

I have to say I spend quite a bit of time these days consuming content on the interwebs. Between creativeLive Events, Revision3 and KelbyTV, I have my time so parceled up into small digestible web segments you would think I never have time for traditional media. Come...

SXSWi a Practical First Timers Survival Guide

We just returned from Austin for our first SXSW Interactive (SXSWi) experience and we are ready to book our trip for next year. Along the way I learned quite a few things I will use on my trip next year and I thought I would share it with all of you. image by IPBrian...

Change this Facebook Setting NOW!

Back at the end of January, Facebook added secure browsing (https) to the list of security features and you should make the change now. Up until the addition of https your Facebook credentials were passed as clear text to Facebook. This is especially troublesome if...

The Blizzard of 2011

Snowpocalypse! Snowmageddon! The worst winter storm since 1922! The Blizzard of 2011 has come and gone and while we didn’t get historic proportions of show in the Springfield area, they did shut down I-44 for a good period of time. Most areas here in the city...