After twenty years of marriage, Stanford economist Paul Oyer found himself newly single, and waiting at a café for his first “first date” in decades—a match that was made over the Internet. As he went on more dates over time, Oyer found himself drawing comparisons between the online dating market and the business markets [Read More]
2013 flew by, and already blogs and sites are reporting on what’s new for 2014: new technology, new trends and new apps. But let’s take a step back and review some of the awesome apps and online services from 2013 that you might have missed.
1) Peek.com is the innovative one-stop shop for travelers and locals [Read More]
Minecraft has taken the world by storm, and kids can remain obsessed with it for months or even years. If you have already successfully navigated the first few months of Minecraft with your kids, your children might be ready to take advantage of some of the more advanced opportunities and features of Minecraft.
An amazing thing is [Read More]
The first Monday after the holiday break is always hard. Going back to work, school, your routine, carpooling, and doing all that laundry you’ve let accumulate while you spent a few days in pajamas really isn’t a fun start to the New Year. There is no smooth way to ease into it. You are quickly thrust into the [Read More]
It’s 7:15 on Saturday morning. Sounds are coming out of the computer room in my house where my 7 and 9 year old children are playing. “Hey-Snebmi- /tp me! You’re an op, teleport me to the castle!”
“Look, Atti just logged on.” Then there’s the familiar sound of an incoming Skype call. “Frank, let me show you the [Read More]
As the world gears up for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics and the accompanying TV-watching spectacle/patriotism/ice-dancing fever, a new competition is taking center stage. No, I don’t mean female ski-jumping, snowboard parallel special slalom, or snowboard slope style (although all these new winter sports should be a blast to watch). It’s the selfie Olympics, and the Internet [Read More]
Over dinner, my second grader announced that tomorrow was going to be “Bring a Game to School” day. I recall as a kid enjoying these break-the-norm events in elementary school, especially when it was close to the Holidays, Spring Break, or the end of the year. Likewise, if I were a teacher, I too would want to shake [Read More]
“The fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the privacy of the individual.” – Earl Warren (14th United States and 30th Chief Justice of the Governor of California. 1891-1974)
If only Mr. Warren knew then what has come to be true now. Those advances in “electronic communication” have propelled our society into a world that [Read More]
As much as I try to convince myself (and others) that I have this whole time- management thing down, there are certainly occasions when plans go wrong and I’m scrambling for dinner, a gift, or a bite to eat on the run. Being a working, often- traveling mom certainly doesn’t help with my organization [Read More]
A picture is worth a thousand words, but a presidential selfie? Priceless.
You’re selfie-ing…
I bet you think this moment’s about you
You’re selfie-ing
I bet you think this moment’s about you, don’t you #dontyou?
It’s truly the year of the “selfie,” the self portrait of today’s wired world. Ranging from silly to narcissistic to contemplative, the selfie is changing [Read More]
