And vice versa! I've always been an early adopter and an anything-but-apple advocate, liked fiddling and customizing, but... in the last few years, I was voted in as President-Elect of my professional association, and by the time my Presidency rolled around, I had made a decision to change careers, so I was taking…

I love having a smartphone for two reasons.

I think it partly depends on your schedule where you are and your normal flexibility arund eating. I am in NYC and am a major night-owl. I don't see any problem with eating at 9pm. On the other hand, I'll go to an 8pm Broadway show on a weeknight, and then I'll eat dinner before so I'm not going to bed on a full…

There are a ton of free Kindle books from works in the public domain. I've caught up on a lot of classics that I either should have read in high school and never did, or did read and didn't entirely appreciate.

My husband and I do his/hers/family accounts. These are the steps we took for figuring out our "family" contributions:

I need a lot of time alone to be able to function. My husband and I have developed the concept of "alone time". He enjoys things with lots of crowds and loud noises, while I hate them. So on weekends, often he will do something like go to a street fair, and we will communicate about the best time for him to do that so…

Meditating. I leave it out because it seems indulgent and selfish. And it's incredibly stupid that I leave it out because if I meditate for 10 minutes daily, consistently, I remember things better, stay more focused, and am just more productive in general.

For brief exposures, since I am a woman, I feel like my make-up primer and foundation both have SPF so I'm good, and a few minutes a day of having your arms unprotected is necessary for Vitamin D.

Some of that is genetic. I am in great shape and have never, even as a child, been able to do backbends or touch my toes. It's never gotten any worse, but stretching exercises have no effect on making it better, they just make me sore.

*not. (I am a lousy typist and proofreader.)

People have always made fun of me for wearing earplugs on the subway, at concerts, etc., and for nt listening to music on mp3 players on the train (if I can hear it over the noise of the train, I figure it is too loud to listen to safely for long periods of time). I also put up with hearing the crappy music at the gym…

To be honest, I resisted the iPhone because of the walled garden, and also the lack of ability to have SwiftKey or a physical keyboard. I got it mainly because I am 5'2", and the iPhone 5 is about the largest phone I can operate with one hand. In fact, holding it horizontally, I need both hands.

One of the positive things about learning the basics of something in 20 hours is at that point, you can really make a decision about whether you actually want to master it.

It depends on how literally you are taking "risk". You may know that a certain task is stupid and useless and has absolutely no value, and failure to do it would carry no inherent risk whatsoever, but if you have a boss or a client who is emotionally wedded to the idea that you must perform that task, then failure to…

This probably sounds like a stupid question, but if I do this, will I have issues staying logged in on my mobile device itself? Also, will it cause glitches with ifttt actions?

I feel your pain. I grew up in Oildale, CA. It's the lower class part of Bakersfield. Seriously. I haven't been there since my mother's funeral 13 years ago. No firm plans to return.

It's luck of the draw. First of all, nobody will give you an upgrade if none are available. Second, I never refused anyone an upgrade due to color or nationality, but I had co-workers who did, one in particular who ranted about "Jewesses".If you come up to the front desk with an attitude that everyone is trying to rip…

Yep...you were nice about it, a suite was available, and since they owed you a little something for your inconvenience, you would have top priority for an upgrade.

When I worked at a hotel, those were the only bookings I had no discretion to upgrade to a better room. If people were nice, I'd throw in drink coupons, breakfast coupons, anything else. Sometimes I felt bad because they also seemed to be there for special occasions like an anniversary, and not have a lot of money, so…

Ask for a complimentary upgrade.