July 12th, 2011
In a former life I was a bargain shopper.
That was my job. I would write about and appear on TV to talk about sales. My bestselling guide was called The Joy of Outlet Shopping.
And it was a joy. Shopping. Saving money.
Then I had kids. I have never over-spent so much in my life.
But things are changing. With the advent of smart phones a bargain is right on my phone. How great is that? Continue… »
By Dawn Yun
September 11th, 2009
A few months ago I came across a shoe box full of floppy disks on a shelf in our garage. Describing the disks as ‘old’ is as unnecessary as explaining prehistoric times as ‘long ago.’ In an era of technology advancing at warp speed, these disks are Mesopotamian archives.
But intriguing archives at that.
A few were labeled with obscure titles such as “creative 1996” or simply my initials, or those of my husband’s. What information they held varied from worthless to invaluable depending on my sentimental mood in the moment. Continue… »
By Maija Threlkeld
December 31st, 2008
Dear Steve,
I am writing to profess my love. No, not in a carnal way, you are nice looking and all, but are not my type. I am also happily married, or as happily married as any 40-ish mother of two small children can be. This also isn’t one of those Mac vs. PC things. I must apologize in advance when I tell you that apart from the fact that my MacBook has no right click and the key to the universe is not CTRL-ALT-DELETE, I do not have the foggiest idea about the difference between the two. As long as the screen comes on and my documents are where I left them, I am happy.
No, I love you because you invented the iPhone. And not because I talk on my cell very much, or listen to music, watch videos, or play games (although I do admit that light saber applet is way cool!). I love you because the iPhone is helping me lose weight, and before you even ask the question, yes, for every 40-ish mother of two it all boils down to the muffin top.
With a few swipes and taps I can track calories, exercise, and chart my progress (oh yes, there has been progress!). Sure, I am the one lugging my ass out of bed three mornings a week to hit the gym, but until you came along my efforts at tracking food consumption usually ended around 10 am. I have known all along that journaling is one of the keys to weight loss, but those little pieces of paper were so conveniently easy to loose. Studies (and I am a doctor, so I read the studies) show dieters consume 1,000 more calories a day when they don’t write everything down; it is easy to eyeball incorrectly (sure, that’s only a half a cup of pasta) and “forget” the handful of chocolate kisses. However, my iPhone not only demands precision, but entering the data is easy, and trust me, I am not going to loose it.
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By Jennifer Gunter
In a former life I was a bargain shopper.
A few months ago I came across a shoe box full of floppy disks on a shelf in our garage. Describing the disks as ‘old’ is as unnecessary as explaining prehistoric times as ‘long ago.’ In an era of technology advancing at warp speed, these disks are Mesopotamian archives.
