How to Parent in a Digital World: Resources
Family Minecraft Policy (Google Docs version here)
Family Support Form Responses (copy this to your Google Drive so you can adapt it to your family’s needs. For help, see How to copy a Google Form)
iOS 12: Getting to Know Screen Time & Stronger Parental Controls (for iPhone/iPad)
The Complete Guide to Setting up Parental Controls in Windows
How to use Parental Controls in Windows 8
How to Use Parental Controls in OS X to Protect Your Kids
4 Ways to Set up Parental Controls on Your Home Network
Parental Control Tools That Cover Every Device In Your Home
How Working From Home Has Changed Employees
Today in The Wall Street Journal, I offer an expert-driven roadmap to managing employees who've been changed by the experience of remote work. As I write in today's story, They have spent over a year adjusting to a radically different rhythm—both in terms of work and...
Today in The New York Times: How to Navigate the Postpandemic Office
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Taking a Break Doesn’t Always Mean Unplugging
While you can and should take breaks by stepping away from your devices and screens, you may not always have the time or the autonomy to do so. But if you choose the right screen-based breaks, they can provide you with similar benefits as the offline variety and help...
How to Protect Your Privacy When Working From Home
Today in the Wall Street Journal, I look at How to Protect Your Privacy When Working From Home: There is, for instance, the loss of privacy when your colleagues overhear you arguing with your children, or see what you read on the bookshelves behind you. Or the loss of...
Today in the WSJ: The key to creating virtual conferences that work
What makes for a great virtual event? Now that all our conferences, workshops and speaking engagements have to take place online, it's a crucial question. In today's Wall Street Journal, I map what it takes to make an online event successful, including: If at all...
How A.I. could change the workplace
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The definitive guide to Google Drive
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What The World’s Most Influential CMOs taught me about remote work
Every year, my experience of remote work changes dramatically from winter to spring. In the fall and winter, I lead a relatively independent existence as a freelance tech writer and researcher. That pace changes when it comes time to rejoin the team at Sprinklr, where...
Remote Work Isn’t Going Away. So Let’s Deal With the Obstacles.
It’s hard to figure out work-life balance when work and life happen in the same place. It’s hard to stay focused on that client document, that PowerPoint deck or even that expense report when you can see your child getting paint all over the coffee table, hear your...
Today in the WSJ: How to network when you can’t meet up with people
Remember the olden days, when business networking meant lunches and cocktail hours? Covid may have hit the pause button on in-person meetups, but that doesn't mean your networking should pause, too. In today's Wall Street Journal, I share some alternative strategies,...