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  Smartphones Aren't Gone Yet, But I Miss Them Already Listen to tech CEOs talk about the future, and it's not uncommon to hear visions of a world where we're no longer carrying around smartphones. I thought I was looking forward to this future, but what they're promising is in many ways worse. Smartphones Are Remarkable Feats of Engineering Modern smartphones get a lot of flak for being boring. They're mature pieces of technology, no longer undergoing the rapid experimentation and change they underwent in their early years. But this complaint glosses over something fundamentally impressive about phones. In the span of less than two decades, we've minimized computers from the size of laptops to tiny slabs less than half a centimeter thick. These devices don't require a keyboard or mouse. Their cameras are good enough even for professional work. They're not impenetrable, but they survive most drops just fine, and they can survive being immersed in water. ...

  7 Steps to Good Digital Parenting Parenting today’s tech savvy kids can seem overwhelming. But you can do it! Take these seven simple, but still challenging steps, to becoming a good digital parent. The 7 Steps to Good Digital Parenting provides parents with seven simple yet challenging ways to become a good digital role model. Each step provides three pieces of advice that parents can use to introduce online safety to their family. Note:  The above comes directly from their website.  Click here to read more.

  What Does a Messy Room Say About Your Personality? Is your mental health or personality the reason for the mess? Organization is big business these days. From books to seminars to organizational systems, everyone seems to want to find some way to perfectly arrange every aspect of their lives. Have you ever walked into a messy house (or contemplated your cluttered abode) and thought, "Why?" There are many reasons a person might not clean their house, including mental health, personality, and stress. Do you ever dream of living in the perfectly clean and organized rooms of a home décor catalog? Or would you rather spend your time in a home cluttered with objects, souvenirs, books, art, and items that make up your daily life? Both of these questions are another way to ask: what causes someone to not clean their house? For some people, a tidy home can be soothing, an orderly retreat in an often disorderly world. For others, such environments can be sterile, bland, and uninspiri...