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20 Things I Realize Now That I’m About To Turn 40

A major milestone birthday is right around the corner for me. I often hear others ask, “How did I get here?” I know exactly how I got here. I made decisions! Some great (like moving to NYC on a whim); Some downright awful (will protect the innocent and not mention these – it’s a LONG [Read More]

February 27th, 2014|You|

I Wish My Phone Couldn’t Do So Much Cool Stuff

Last week during a cleaning blitz of my apartment, I discovered something that totally took my breath away. It was a heritage cell phone – a Nokia 6230.

Usually, when I see people using prehistoric, brick-heavy, smartphone predecessors, they make me feel physically sick – especially flip phones –ew. But this was different. The discovery of this old-school [Read More]

February 27th, 2014|Life|

How To Take The Perfect Selfie (And Then Edit It To Make It Even Better)

This week, Randi appeared on the KATIE show to discuss photo-editing apps and tips for taking the perfect selfie. See the clips below:

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February 26th, 2014|Help|

If You Post And Nobody Likes It, Did It Really Happen?

The other day, I posted a picture on Facebook (…and Twitter…and Instagram). I had captured a magical moment. A miracle made up of pixels, really. My three kids and I took a quadruple selfie. And, honestly? It was kind of awesome. So obviously it was my duty to share it with the universe. (Because let’s be real, MY [Read More]

February 25th, 2014|Life|

Why The Bat Kid Mania Still Matters

Four months ago I was on a plane flying home to San Francisco from LA. I just spent $6 to access internet for what was a less than an hour flight. Normally I use my flight time as an exercise in unplugging so I can catch up on the books that I don’t usually have time to [Read More]

February 25th, 2014|Hot|

Quick And Easy Tech Solutions To Help Squash Marital Squabbles

Marriage produces its share of happiness, but it also supplies its share of arguments, as well – and very often the same ones. Whether you and your spouse don’t agree on how much to set aside in savings, where to cut back to save on bills, who does more housework, or sincere ways to boost [Read More]

February 24th, 2014|You|

Are All Your ‘Friends’ Keeping You From Getting Anything Done?

Ever notice how we’ve become good at building connected technology and broadcasting status updates but we struggle staying connected to the people and goals that matter most to us in life?

Looking back it’s easy to see how this happened.

Three hundred years ago, if you decided to be adventurous and build a startup in the Wild West, you said [Read More]

February 22nd, 2014|Life|

10 Mini-Challenges for Unplugging This Weekend

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Weekends are always a great opportunity to practice some mindfulness around how we use technology. People often ask us for easy tips on unplugging, so we listed are few mini challenges you can try over the weekend. [Read More]

February 21st, 2014|Life|

Sometimes, Being A Good Mom Means Giving Up A Little Control

Before I was a mom, I thought I could control most everything in my life, and for the most part I did. I was the lead in the school play, the president of student council, and the girlfriend to the dreamy boy who sat in front of me in math. But “luck is the residue of design,” as [Read More]

February 20th, 2014|Fam|

What I Saw When I Finally Looked Up From My Phone

I only have a handful of pictures from our family vacation last week. We escaped the “Snowmageddon” that dumped more than seventeen inches on the Northeast for what is now our annual trek to Florida in February. The weather was as close to perfect as we could have hoped for, the sunsets were spectacular, both of my children [Read More]

February 19th, 2014|Fam|