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Cut Down On Paper

Bills, receipts, insurance information, birthday cards, kids' artwork, magazines, credit card statements, newspaper clippings...the list goes on. Everyone has some degree of paper clutter sitting around their home. You know you shouldn’t throw it out, or can’t bring yourself to, but you don’t know what to do with it. So it accumulates, overflowing from the [Read More]

July 16th, 2013|Categories: Life|Tags: , , , |

Dot Complicated: Letter From The Editor

Hi, I'm Randi Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Zuckerberg Media. I'm so excited to tell you about Dot Complicated, our brand new twice-weekly newsletter and web community about wired living. We're aiming to help you untangle your modern and wonderful life. Things have definitely gotten more fun and efficient (there's seriously an app for everything!), [Read More]

July 16th, 2013|Categories: You|Tags: , |

7 Secrets To Make Summer Last Longer

It’s summer – the kids are out of school, the days are longer, our calendars are less crowded. You might think all this would lead us to feel quite carefree. So why do many of us feel just as frenzied in summer as we do during the rest of the year? Perhaps it’s because we’ve [Read More]

July 13th, 2013|Categories: Life|Tags: , , |

Red Flags On Your Date’s Online Profile

Confession: it’s weird that you wrote a Facebook status about me being “wife material” the day after we met. The overall population is on the rise, yet finding a mate has never been so challenging. If you manage to have enough time to meet actual, living people at some kind of social event, there are [Read More]

July 13th, 2013|Categories: Help|Tags: , , |

Interview With Power Woman: bareMinerals Creator Leslie Blodgett

A few weeks ago, we hosted Leslie Blodgett, Creator of bareMinerals, in our Dot Complicated studio for a live, televised interview with our CEO, Randi Zuckerberg. We loved meeting Leslie – she’s an extremely warm, genuine woman with a lot of career insights. Here are some key thoughts from their discussion. Watch the full video here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCAmzQWIOPQ&feature=share&list=UUFcsYTFPoebg1HFJF9IXtag Randi Zuckerberg: You [Read More]

July 13th, 2013|Categories: Job|Tags: , , |

Sharing Your Big News On Facebook

You’re a tech savvy person with good manners.  You know that sometimes only a handwritten card will do.  You know what constitutes TMI on Facebook and the right way to use hashtags on Twitter. Then one day, perhaps suddenly or with great anticipation, you realize you’re pregnant.  Or engaged.  Or got a promotion.  Or have [Read More]

July 13th, 2013|Categories: Help|Tags: , |

Introducing NeverWet: A New Product That Will Leave You Baffled

NeverWet's new product video has been going viral, and we have a good idea why. It's a near-magical spray-on coating that makes everything - from T-shirts to shoes to even iPhones - waterproof. It will repel water, mud, ice, chocolate sauce... you name it. Take a look, and you'll see what we mean. http://youtu.be/DZrjXSsfxMQ  

July 11th, 2013|Categories: Hot|Tags: |

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 [Read More]

July 9th, 2013|Categories: Help|Tags: , , , , |