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How Veterans Budget for Fun After Service
For many who leave the military, the transition to civilian life comes with a new relationship to money. Gone are the predictable pay periods, the Continue Reading
How gamification is changing digital entertainmentÂ
Here’s a quick question: What does Duolingo, a Domino's Pizza Tracker, GitHub, and your Apple Watch all have in common? Well, on the surface, nothing. Continue Reading
Why Low-Stakes Recreation Can Be an Important Part of Life After Service
image credit Leaving military service means leaving behind a world built on structure, purpose, and constant forward motion. For many who have Continue Reading
Why Veterans Are Working the Convention Floor
Photo by Product School on Unsplash Ask a room full of recently separated service members what they miss most about the uniform, and the answers Continue Reading
Online Poker Sites Ranked by Revenue
Photo by Chris Liverani on Unsplash Ranking online poker rooms by revenue sounds like a straight accounting exercise. It is anything but, because Continue Reading
Zero Data, Zero Risk: Protect Your Privacy via Instant Demo Play
Photo by Niek Doup on Unsplash The cheapest data-security measure available to a private citizen is refusal, declining to create the record in the Continue Reading
Off-Duty Privacy in the Veteran Community
image credit: Sergey Zolkin There is a certain reflex that follows service. After years of accountability formations, chain-of-command sign-offs, Continue Reading
A Veteran’s Guide to Guarding Your Digital Footprint
Photo by Rodion Kutsaiev on Unsplash Consider a common scene. A veteran sits down at the kitchen table to log into VA.gov, phone in one hand, Continue Reading
For Veterans Winding Down, Real-Money Slots Offer Familiar, Low-Pressure Entertainment
Image by Hugo Marchetti For a lot of people who served, the sound of a slot machine is not exotic. It is background noise from a Tuesday night. Off Continue Reading
How Social Media Microtrends Have Changed the Way People Shop for Clothes
Fashion shopping once followed a predictable rhythm, with runway collections, magazines, and store windows introducing ideas months before most people Continue Reading
VA Benefits Bill Stalls in House, Leaving Veterans’ Gains in Doubt
The vote on the Take Care of America's Veterans Act collapsed in the House on Thursday morning after Republican leaders pulled the bill amid mounting Continue Reading