I have a confession to make. I sat down to write this an hour ago. But you know what? I just now — this very minute — opened a new document to start writing. That means I spent 60 unplanned minutes lost in cyber space. It’s not that they weren’t productive minutes. It’s just [Read More]
Going to the movies is becoming more and more of a production as movies get longer and more expensive. Forget a spontaneous decision to catch a flick between appointments; instead, it’s an evening well worth planning in advance.
With helpful sites like Rotten Tomato and Fandango, you can do your research ahead of [Read More]
Happy Father’s Day! This week, we asked our readers to share their favorite memory with their dad. Here are some of the touching responses we received:
Childhood Memories
Dancing on his feet – him teaching me to waltz when I was 5 – Shelley [Read More]
Last weekend I was visiting Coronado Island in California with two of my brothers. During a live, interesting lecture on the history of the gorgeous Hotel del Coronado, I found myself letting my mind wander a moment. I startled myself back into the present and wondered what I’d missed the speaker say. For a moment [Read More]
Today, if you ask someone how they’re doing, it’s common for them to respond, “I’m tired.” Tired has become our new normal – but that doesn’t mean it’s healthy for us.
A recent poll done by the National Sleep Foundation found that 95% of Americans use some kind of technology an hour before they go to [Read More]
Written by Shari Flowers
Until recent years, it was standard practice for doctors to tell patients ‘what they needed to do.’ Patients were expected to accept this plan without question. Around the mid-eighties, the paradigm shifted. Doctors began to educate patients on their conditions and offer them a choice of treatments. If patients wanted [Read More]
Written by Randi Zuckerberg
My 2-year-old son Asher already knows how to navigate multiple apps and games on an iPad. As a parent, one of the questions I struggle with most in this increasingly digital world is how I can raise him with the right balance of tech in his life, while still showing [Read More]
Written by Abbie Schiller and Samantha Kurtzman-Counter
Once a month I do my best to get together with the “girls” to go out, have some dinner and catch up on our busy lives. What promises to be a night of culinary delights (hooray for not [Read More]
We all know a Dad who is into technology but is still nostalgic for ‘the good old days.’ For Father’s Day or just because, here are a few thoughtful gifts to bring back some classic retro touches into his life.
This unique SONY Walkman clock ($55.72, Etsy) is made from a recycled [Read More]
Written by Glen Tripp
For many years, everyone from President Obama to CEOs to author Thomas Friedman has been calling for the development of a new generation of innovators. Indeed, our world needs innovators to build our economies, strengthen our democracies, solve big problems and pursue new opportunities.
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