Confessions of a Start-up Dad: 7 Tips for Happiness at Work and at Home
Just in time for Father's Day weekend, a digital entrepreneur shares his rules for juggling a family and a growing start-up while keeping his sanity intact. By Craig Zingerline 1. Work-life balance is a myth. These days, there aren't clear lines between work and life—at least in terms of when you are “on” one and “off” [Read More]
An App That Makes Sure You Get Home Safely
Ever promised to let your family know you made it somewhere in one piece, only to forget to check in by the time you’ve arrived? Spare your loved ones the worry (and yourself the guilt) with Kitestring, a free—and totally genius—personal-safety service that alerts your emergency contacts if you suddenly go MIA. The web-based service [Read More]
The Best Tech Gifts for Dad
He may protest that he doesn't want a gift, but everyone knows dads secretly love Father's Day. This year, swap the old Hallmark card and tie for one of these cool new gadgets. The handy new Game Golf software ($250) attaches to golf clubs and lets players track relevant stats, including where and how far they hit [Read More]
Get To The Point Or Pay A Painful Price
There are immediate and real risks when you can’t get to the point in today’s attention-starved economy. Delayed decisions, ignored e-mails, endless meetings, harsh performance reviews, stalled sales and being avoided at all costs are among those consequences. Brevity is emerging as a new business staple. Busy professionals expect it and get annoyed when it’s missing. In my new [Read More]
We’re Hiring! Our Parent Company, Zuckerberg Media, Is Hiring For The Following Two Positions
Dot Complicated: Editor & Community Manager This is a part-time position, which could eventually be expanded to full-time. Positioned is based ideally in the San Francisco Bay Area, but we are open to a rock-star working remotely. Job Description: This person will assist Dot Complicated's Editor-In-Chief in writing and editing articles for Dot Complicated, writing [Read More]
Navigating Friendships on LinkedIn
Your browsing through your LinkedIn suggested contacts when *GULP* there she is. Her profile pic is way cuter than yours. It looks like she got it professionally done in a studio and she’s posing for a Cover-Girl ad. She has an MBA. Clearly, she’s way smarter than you are. No, I’m not talking about your ex-boyfriend’s [Read More]
I’m Teaching My Mom A Computer Class And I’m Learning More Than She Is!
To help my Mom combat her electronic anxieties, I volunteered to teach her computer classes. I knew when I raised the idea it would be a big commitment because in order to truly succeed in this pursuit, I would be forced to challenge some of my core Gen Y character traits (or flaws, depending on which generation you’re from). [Read More]
Is Your Money A Mess? Clean Up With These Apps
Whenever I visit my accountant, he makes a point of saying how sharp I am about money. So you can imagine how shocked he was after he asked me for copies of some statements recently and my response was, “Really? You want me to dig through all my files?” Aside from the embarrassment, this incident [Read More]