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Tips For Working Moms To Simplify And Organize

As a children’s storybook author and creator of a lifestyle website (Dandelion Moms), I am constantly thinking about ways to stay on top of things so that I can be a good mom, wife and friend to those I care about while doing the work that I enjoy doing.  But the reality is [Read More]

July 23rd, 2013|Stuff|

Kara’s Cupcakes: The Sweet Secrets Of A Cupcake Empire

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We stepped inside Kara’s Cupcakes in Palo Alto, CA to meet Founder and CEO Kara Haspel Lind. The cupcake baker extraordinaire discusses her journey from the world of high fashion to sweet success with a bakery chain.

4 Minutes With [Read More]

July 20th, 2013|Job|

6 Apps That Stream Music For Free

Sometimes you just want to go for a run and listen to great music to relax– without doing the prep work of finding new songs, creating a playlist on your computer and transferring it to your device. Or head out on a road trip sans stacks of mix tapes (and the hours spent burning them).

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July 18th, 2013|Stuff|

The Myth of Work/Life Balance

Work/life balance – the holy grail of a happy and fulfilling life. Or so they tell me.

I wouldn’t know; I threw out the notion of balance years ago.

In fact, it was around the time my daughter screeched, “Why do you always have other things to do?! Don’t you like me, Mummy?”

She was innocently brutal in [Read More]

July 18th, 2013|Life|

Coding And Programming–At Summer Camp?

A counselor called Hashtag. Hours in front of a computer. A room full of silent children.

This doesn’t sound like your typical summer camp. And iD Tech Camps are anything but typical. But after touring the iD Tech Camps held at Stanford, it’s clear that these kids are loving every minute of it.

At the camp, [Read More]

July 18th, 2013|Stuff|

Cut Down On Paper

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Bills, receipts, insurance information, birthday cards, kids’ artwork, magazines, credit card statements, newspaper clippings…the list goes on. Everyone has some degree of paper clutter sitting around their home. You know you shouldn’t throw it out, or can’t bring yourself to, but you don’t [Read More]

July 16th, 2013|Life|

Dot Complicated: Letter From The Editor

Hi, I’m Randi Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Zuckerberg Media. I’m so excited to tell you about Dot Complicated, our brand new twice-weekly newsletter and web community about wired living. We’re aiming to help you untangle your modern and wonderful life.

Things have definitely gotten more fun and efficient (there’s seriously an app for everything!), but [Read More]

July 16th, 2013|You|

Sharing Your Big News On Facebook

You’re a tech savvy person with good manners.  You know that sometimes only a handwritten card will do.  You know what constitutes TMI on Facebook and the right way to use hashtags on Twitter. Then one day, perhaps suddenly or with great anticipation, you realize you’re pregnant.  Or engaged.  Or got a promotion.  Or have [Read More]

July 13th, 2013|Help|

Red Flags On Your Date’s Online Profile

Confession: it’s weird that you wrote a Facebook status about me being “wife material” the day after we met.

The overall population is on the rise, yet finding a mate has never been so challenging. If you manage to have enough time to [Read More]

July 13th, 2013|Help|

Interview With Power Woman: bareMinerals Creator Leslie Blodgett

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A few weeks ago, we hosted Leslie Blodgett, Creator of bareMinerals, in our Dot Complicated studio for a live, televised interview with our CEO, Randi Zuckerberg. We loved meeting Leslie – she’s an extremely warm, genuine woman with a lot of career insights. Here are some key thoughts from [Read More]

July 13th, 2013|Job|