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Unclutter Your Closet

This Week’s Challenge: Unclutter Your Closet

Our mission here at Dot Complicated is helping people untangle their lives. This summer, every Wednesday we’ll feature a mini-challenge to help simplify your life and reduce the clutter – be it physical clutter, emotional clutter, or digital clutter.

Last week, we challenged readers to sort through their digital photos and organize them [Read More]

July 9th, 2013|Help|

How To Take Great Pictures Of Your Kids

Between the first fleeting moments of a newborn baby’s crying scream to the excited cheers of high school graduation, there are numerous cherished moments that parents hope to capture for their family photo albums.  But how do you take quick and awesome shots of your kids without the impatient eye rolling or if they have [Read More]

July 6th, 2013|Fam, Help|

How To Declutter Your Digital Photos

Our mission with Dot Complicated is to help people untangle their lives. In our online lives today, we have limitless access to information, megaphones to broadcast our thoughts to the world, and the ability to reach and be reached 24 hours a day. This abundance of communication has introduced all sorts of new complications. The same [Read More]

July 3rd, 2013|Help|

How To Have “The Talk” With Your Kids (On Internet Safety, That Is)

When I was growing up, one of the most difficult talks for a parent to have with their child was about the “birds and the bees.” Today, since kids access the Internet and connect with peers through more devices and apps than ever before, Internet safety has become the new “sex talk” that parents need [Read More]

June 25th, 2013|Fam, Help|

6 Tips For Protecting Your Online Reputation

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Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to appear on the TODAY Show with Kathy Lee and Hoda to discuss protecting your online reputation. Those two women are a riot and I had such a fun time on the show with them. [Read More]

June 22nd, 2013|Help|

Warning: Stop Googling Your Symptoms Before Heading To The Doctor

Posted on 6/16/2013

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]

June 15th, 2013|Help|

Sell Your House Without A Realtor

Posted on 6/12/2013

A real estate agent takes a 5 to 6% commission of your home’s value. For many homeowners, this results in a loss of thousands and thousands of dollars. Luckily for you, technology makes it easier than ever to sell your house yourself, using these websites as resources. For Sale By Owner never sounded [Read More]

June 11th, 2013|Help|

How To Make Sure You Have A Grown-Up Facebook

Posted on 6/9/2013

Written by Liz Wassmann

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For many of us, Facebook has been part of our lives for almost a decade. And a lot can happen in a decade. As the digital age advances, even the most incompetent HR manager can find and [Read More]

June 5th, 2013|Help|

The Best Places To Find Kids’ DIY Ideas

Posted on 6/5/2013

Written by Liz Wassmann

Whether you’re a parent, babysitter, aunt, or caretaker, you know that kids have a super short attention span. As soon as you get them started on one activity, it seems like they lose interest and want to move onto something else. And after awhile, even the most creative parents [Read More]

June 4th, 2013|Help|

5 Things You’re Posting Online That You Probably Shouldn’t

Posted on 6/5/2013

Written by Ashmi Pathela

We all know the obvious information you should never post on Facebook. Your address, social security number, and credit card info – and the list goes on. However, some photos and statuses may seem harmless at first glance, yet can be unintentionally damaging.

Think twice before posting:

1. Your vacation plans. [Read More]

June 4th, 2013|Help|