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Five Practical Tips to Encourage Summer Reading

imgresBy Kari Riedel.

There are many alarming statistics about the learning loss that occurs when kids leave for summer vacation (aka Summer Slump.)

One EASY way to counter this is to encourage your kids to read every day. For some families, that’s easy peasy.  For others, that sounds like a [Read More]

May 20th, 2015|Fam, Life|

June, the Bracelet that Monitors Your Sun Exposure

JuneSunBraceletThere’s no doubt that UV-monitoring wristbands like the UVeBand andUVA+B Sunfriend are a good idea for those spending some time in the sun. But most favor function over fashion, which is why Netatmo, a company known for its range of weather stations, has launched [Read More]

May 19th, 2015|Hot, Stuff, You|

Radio Recap: The Business of Branding

download-sticker-packYou are your own business and like a business in order to complete your core mission to engage, nurture, and convert a potential customer, employee, or even a date nowadays you have to have a solid online reputation. As does any successful and engaging company brand.

But [Read More]

May 14th, 2015|Hot, Job, You|

Only 18% of Computer Science College Grads in 2014 Were Women

Watch the trailer for Code: Debugging the Gender Gap, a documentary film shown at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. The movie explores the stark reality that by 2020, there will be 1.4 million jobs in “computing-related fields”—and of those 1.4 million jobs, less than 29 percent will be filled by Americans, and of those Americans, [Read More]

May 13th, 2015|Hot, You|

How Mobile Devices & Technology are Advancing Fashion

Screen Shot 2015-05-12 at 8.53.55 AMBy Jennifer Thayer

The fashion world has historically been relatively insular, borrowing culture, technology and art to further its own ends. It could do that because it existed on a plane outside of society at large – more art than attire. [Read More]

May 12th, 2015|Hot, Stuff, You|

Should States Allow Online Voter Registration?

imgresCurrently, 20 states allow online voter registration. Two additional states have limited online sign-ups, and five more, along with Washington, D.C., have passed (but not implemented) an online registration system. But now, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) is trying to make digital registration the norm with a universal [Read More]

May 8th, 2015|Hot, You|

Radio Show Recap: Mothers’ Day Tips from “Dot Complicated!”

unnamedWith 4.3 babies born each second, and over 2 billion moms around the world, thankfully motherhood is another thing technology has successfully disrupted.

Here’s a few mommy facts: The average age of modern moms is now 25 whereas the age of new moms was 21 in 1970; [Read More]

May 7th, 2015|Fam, You|

Elizabeth & Clarke’s Unstainable White Shirts

unnamedThere’s a long held rule that if you were a white shirt, you will spill something on it. That’s why we can’t wait to get our hands on an Elizabeth & Clarke blouse–a.k.a. the world’s first unstainable white [Read More]

May 6th, 2015|Life, You|

Radio Show Recap: How to Make it as an Entrepreneur

think-entrepreneurWhether you’re making a plan to go it alone or you’re already deep in the trenches of entrepreneurship, the odds of succeeding as a startup have been said to be one out of every 10. So if it really is a one in 10 chance of [Read More]

April 30th, 2015|Hot, You|

nspHire, the Tinder for Job Searches

the officeTired of sifting through resumes and cover letters? We get it.

Avoid all the corporate back-and-forth and cut to the chase with nspHire (free for iOS and Android). The new job matching app for employers and job seekers makes it simple for employers to hire candidates [Read More]

April 29th, 2015|Hot, Job|