There it is in your inbox. Another event invitation.
The excitement of receiving an invitation and the anticipation of attending an event can be tantalizing.
As an entertainment writer for my city, it’s not uncommon for my staff and I to receive dozens of invitations a month to happenings we may have written about [Read More]
We’re all familiar with the question we’re asked whenever we download a new app: “This app would like to send you “push notifications” – “allow” or “don’t allow.” Every time I have to answer this question, I carefully consider what I’ll do. I usually select “don’t allow” because I don’t like having my concentration [Read More]
Facebook was developed by teenagers, for teenagers and I wonder if it, and its cousins Pinterest, Twitter, Reddit and Google+, are not turning us all into adolescents. Adults conduct their social interactions differently than teens and young adults but social media invites us to sound like our youthful selves. Social media [Read More]
I really don’t think it’s that people mean to create their ideal self for the world on Instagram (or Facebook or Pinterest or Twitter, for that matter). It’s just that people tend to want to share the good stuff. The I-grew-12-tomatoes-and-made-them-into-fresh-marinara-before-they-rotted-on-the-counter kind of stuff. The my-kid-wrote-me-a-love-note-instead-of-biting-me-today kind of stuff. The watch-this-old-piece-of-junk-become-a-beautifully-upcycled-changing-table-in-just-12-painstaking-weekends kind of stuff. [Read More]
In today’s tech-centric age, “taking a vacation” has taken on a whole new meaning. It’s not just about escaping your daily routine, home and office. It has become about taking a trip away from our technology.
(A crazy thought, right? Not really.)
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There are phrases we use today that simply didn’t exist 10+ years ago. Technology, and the way we use it, has changed the way we interact with our families. From setting boundaries to how much screen time kids get to threatening them with spyware, it’s a new digital age. [Read More]
8 Great Back to School Tips for Parents on Pinterest:
“Is Daddy coming home tonight?” my daughter often asks.
She usually chooses to loudly ask this question at the worst possible time – when we’re in a crowded location like a mall or grocery store – the kind of places that elicit stares as people wonder why a four year-old would have to ask [Read More]
Is your calendar fully marked up with work meetings, appointments, and deadlines? Do you feel like sometimes there just isn’t enough time in the day to get everything done?
Whether you’re running a business or simply running a household, staying up to date with emails, paperwork and schedules can be downright exhausting.
That’s why [Read More]
Hey, it’s perfectly ok to periodically go through your Facebook friend list and unfriend those you don’t keep in touch with anymore. We all have that random acquaintance who friended us after one brief interaction, or that friend of a friend we vaguely remember. We’re not designed to keep in touch with every single person [Read More]
