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How Tech Can Simplify Your Holidays

Stock PhotoThe holidays are one of the busiest times of the year, filled with parties, ugly sweaters, and watching the ball drop. With the season of giving quickly approaching, we’ve rounded up some unexpected ways a few tried and true sites can make your life easier—from mapping [Read More]

November 17th, 2014|Fam, Hot, Life, You|

Beyond Etsy: How Homemade Products Bring Mass Appeal

imgresThanks to the internet, buying local has never been so easy. People from all over the world are able to sell their handmade items through Facebook and Etsy. Homegrown success generates massive appeal and a personal connection that corporate, factory-made items will always lack. But Etsy isn’t [Read More]

October 28th, 2014|Life, Stuff|

How to Buy Art Online

20x200booooooomNot everyone has the ability to walk into a gallery and buy the work they love right off the walls. But thanks to the internet, you can now find quality pieces from great unknown talents, as well as prints by well-known, established artists. Check out our favorite [Read More]

September 24th, 2014|Fam, Hot, Life|

6 Gadgets That Make Traveling Way Easier

imgresWhether you’re taking a road trip across the state or flying around the world, traveling can be made a whole lot easier (and more comfortable) if you’re equipped with the tools of the trade. Ask any frequent flyer, jet setter, professional athlete or business person whether [Read More]

September 22nd, 2014|Hot, Life, You|

Choose Your Own (Interactive!) Adventure

booksRemember the Choose Your Own Adventure books from the ’80s? Technology now allows for adventures with books far beyond what many of us ever imagined possible. From interactive books for kids to grownup mystery game apps to new ways of channeling classic authors, developers are [Read More]

September 12th, 2014|Hot, Life|

So You’ve Taken the Ice Bucket Challenge. Now What?

money in the handsUnless you’re living under an Internet rock, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has probably monopolized your Facebook feed over the past few weeks. Everyone from Justin Bieber to Ben Affleck to Anna Wintour has taken a cold shower to raise money for [Read More]

August 22nd, 2014|Life, You|

Get Busy Slowing Down

Sitting in front of the beach.By Adrianna G. Bevilaqua

Just last week I was on the road for work shuffling through an airport with my Bluetooth on as I tried to dial into a conference call.  I kept trying to remember that dang access code as I toggled [Read More]

August 8th, 2014|Help, Life, You|

How Starting A Blog Changed My Career Path

LEARN on the keys of a computerBy Holly Rust

Two years ago I read an article in a prominent business magazine discussing the importance of having a blog for anyone with an entrepreneurial spirit. The article expressed how blogging not only builds brand awareness, whatever that [Read More]

August 7th, 2014|Life, You|

6 Ways To Travel Smart With Your Smartphone

Screen Shot 2014-07-15 at 4.24.49 PMBy Ashley Mateo

Before I went to Egypt in 2011, I promised my mom I’d text or call her once a day. She wasn’t just being overprotective; the country had overthrown its government a mere three months earlier and I refused [Read More]

August 6th, 2014|Hot, Life|

An App to Help You Be In the Moment

Screen Shot 2014-06-18 at 4.13.36 PMWhile many of us joke that we’re addicted to our phones, a new app is about to shed light on how true that may be.

Designed to facilitate a healthier balance between real life and digital life, Moment tracks how much [Read More]

July 30th, 2014|Help, Life, You|