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Life Lessons From Kara Goldin, CEO Of Hint Water

Posted on 6/5/2013

Go out and start a business based on your passion. Good advice, but for most of us that’s easier said than done. But that’s exactly what Kara Goldin did when she launched her beverage company Hint Water, Inc. in 2004. Sick of looking for a flavored bottled water with zero calories, [Read More]

June 8th, 2013|Life|

You Are Your Child’s Tech Role Model

Being a parent is an awesome responsibility.

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Kids, in particular, are strongly influenced by what they see and experience. As the wise saying goes, “Children learn what they live.”

Because we want efficient tools that help us manage our [Read More]

June 1st, 2013|Fam, Life|

Technology Is Your Worst Enemy Post-Breakup

Posted on 6/2/2013

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Written by Jo Piazza

In my new novel, Love Rehab: A Novel in Twelve Steps, a group of women form a support group to help them get over bad breakups and shitty behavior in relationships. One of the hard and fast rules of Love Rehab is [Read More]

June 1st, 2013|Life|

New Trend: Laughter Yoga

Posted on 5/29/2013

Written by Liz Wassmann

yogaMy boyfriend’s hands clench the steering wheel. We’ve gotten lost twice already as we try to find the Akiyama Wellness Center in downtown San Jose and our new class in “laughter yoga.”

Troy is coming with me [Read More]

May 28th, 2013|Life|

The 5 Most Common Online Dating Mistakes

Posted on 5/26/2013

Written by Dawoon Kang

datingAs a founder of online dating site Coffee Meets Bagel (CMB), I spend a lot of time on the Internet looking through dating profiles.  One of the most common misconceptions about online dating I’ve noticed is the [Read More]

May 25th, 2013|Help, Life|

Let’s All Simplify Our Internet

Posted on 5/22/2013

Written By Leo Babauta

rockstacksThe Internet is overwhelming for many people — it never ends, and our connection to it is consuming more and more of our time.

When things get overwhelming, my advice is always the same: simplify.

But how do you simplify such a complicated [Read More]

May 21st, 2013|Life|

Why I Will Never Get Sucked Into My iPhone

Posted on 5/22/2013

Written by Cody Matera, Arizona State University Journalism Student

It’s a Glowface world. That’s the term my author father coined to describe people who always have their faces buried in a computer screen.

A decade ago, there was only a trace of the revealing blue glow as people embraced their desktop computers from a reasonable distance. As time passed and [Read More]

May 21st, 2013|Life|

Heading Back To The (Virtual) Classroom

As college costs rise and the Internet grows, online courses are an increasingly attractive option for people looking to learn new skills without breaking the bank. Over the years, the breadth and speed of virtual educational systems has exploded.

The 1970s brought significant changes to remote learning as computers began to replace televisions as the most [Read More]

May 7th, 2013|Life, Stuff|

My Son Wears Pink: To Share Or Not To Share?

Posted on 5/1/2013

Written By Randi Zuckerberg

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Recently, my sister forwarded me an article about a mom that posted pictures of her six-year-old cross-dressing son on Facebook. “What do you think of this article?” my sister asked.

Well, this one’s certainly Dot Complicated.

I absolutely applaud this [Read More]

May 2nd, 2013|Fam, Life|

The Time I Accidentally Created a New Instagram Filter

(AKA – “Walgreens! WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME?!”)

Posted on February 24, 2013

Written by Randi Zuckerberg (#RandiRants)

My son started preschool last week, a big milestone for everyone in our house. Naturally, I was a wreck the night before. To top it off, at roughly 7:30 p.m., I realized that his teacher had asked for [Read More]

February 23rd, 2013|Fam, Life|