There was a time when I considered it a dream job. I was chosen to launch and host a TV talk show in San Francisco. But not just any ordinary talk show – it would be a daily, live interactive program where viewers could [Read More]
Quality over quantity is a good social media mantra these days, I’m finding. In the prehistoric era (i.e. yesterday?), the number of friends and followers you had might have mattered. No more. [Read More]
One of our guest writers, Samantha Sand, explains why she lets her seven-year-old son use email through a new app called Maily:
I let my seven-year-old have email, and it’s a lot of fun! The free Maily app for iPad lets Brian create and send messages to [Read More]
If you’ve read even a small fraction of our Dot Complicated articles, you’ll know that our mission here is to help you use technology to simplify and untangle your life, rather than complicate it further. We want to keep you in the know about the easiest, simplest ways to get things done. And that’s [Read More]
I found my first internship from an actual, physical, mailed newsletter. During my freshman year of college, my high school sent out a mailing that included a list of companies and programs run by fellow alumni that had summer internships available. The list really ran the gamut – from gathering coffee on LA film sets [Read More]
Dot Complicated and Dot are finally hitting bookshelves today, November 5th. We can hardly contain our excitement! We can’t wait to share the book with you and see what you think.
Be sure to pick the book up from your favorite bookstore or [Read More]
Be careful what you get good at.
That’s what someone told me at my graduation, before I set off into the workplace.
What silly advice, I thought. I just graduated from Harvard and I’m a Type-A, firstborn child. Of course I want to be good at everything.
Determining exactly where to take your little ghost or goblin trick-or-treating on Halloween is that last item on the “To Do” list after finally finishing that homemade costume or making sure the candy bowl is impressively stocked.
This year, Next Door (the social network for neighborhoods– We’ve written about it before here) [Read More]
Have you talked to your kids about who they can and can’t talk to online? If not, now is the time to start. When kids are under the age of 17, you should keep an ongoing conversation about “online strangers.”
Over a year ago, I gave in and bought my first iPhone – a huge adjustment after using my old smartphone brand consistently for four years. As a PC user, I was concerned not only with the learning curve, but also had no idea which apps were important to download right away.
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