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Now on Oprah.com: Spice Up Your Dates With Technology

by Alex on 3/10/2010

I’m thrilled that today marked the publication of my first blog post for Oprah.com, Spice Up Your Dates with Technology. As a contributor to this site, I’ll show how you can use technology to “live your best life”, in Oprah’s words. Keep an eye out for upcoming stories on my profile page, which will highlight different ways to make meaningful use of technology in your life and relationships.

My first post shares six ideas for how technology can make for better dates. One of the tips I share is to create a date night dashboard. Here’s a peek at what mine looks like:Screenshot of iGoogle page set up as date night dashboard

I hope you’ll check out the story on Oprah.com, and share your own ideas for making love with technology.

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