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An Open Letter to Children of Screaming Parents
Kenny Bodanis has some sage advice for the parents of that kid who won’t stop screaming.This is a fantastic article explaining the consequences of parents losing their tempers in front of their...
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Changing the Game of Venture Capital – With $37
You probably wouldn’t even get this much!Would you compete with dozens of other innovators for the attention of venture capitalist Maciej Ceglowski, a Yahoo engineer?What if the capital reward was...
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Yahoos Banned from Working at Home: Is Marissa Mayer’s Mandate a Bad Thing?
Scott Behson is concerned about the way in which Yahoo!’s decision to terminate remote employment will affect families. I’ve long believed that businesses would become much more flexible and...
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Bite Me, Marissa Mayer
Luca’s feet, under the cover, and mine, on the rightWorking mom Pauline Gaines is outraged by Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer’s order to send all employees into the office instead of continuing their...
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NASCAR Fines Denny Hamlin for Criticizing Car
Though NASCAR is within its rights to fine Denny Hamlin, Liam Day argues there’s a not so pleasant whiff about all of it.NASCAR fined Denny Hamlin $25,000 after the Sprint Cup Series event at Phoenix...
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Sawyer’s Reaction to Yahoo’s Ban on Telework Misses the Point
Telework expert Scott Behson offers his analysis of the data on telecommuting, employee productivity, and creative office culture.Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer’s recent decision to ban working from home...
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12 Year Old Boy Arrested for Fake School Shooting Call. Can You Suggest Ways...
Yahoo! News is usually my go-to source for light and airy news stories throughout the work day—but today, I was flat out disturbed. When Yahoo reported that a 12-year old boy was arrested for making a...
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Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean In” And Its Lessons For Working Dads
PhotoFour points from the memoir by Facebook’ COO make valuable lessons for fathersIt took me a while, but I finally read Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s book “Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to...
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Yahoo!, Marissa Mayer, Paternity Leave and a Step Forward
Marissa Mayer announced a progressive paternity leave policy at Yahoo! Especially considering recent Yahoo! decisions, these policies represent an important step forward for working dads...
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Major League Baseball’s Paternity Leave In Practice
Jason Kubel, Michael Bourn, and Miguel Gonzalez are the latest players to avail themselves of Major League Baseball’s paternity leave. Scott Behson updates us.Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Jason...
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Million Dollar Baby
Golfer Hunter Mahan walked away from a possible million-dollar payday to be at his daughter’s birth. Scott Behson says the overwhelmingly positive reaction demonstrates society’s attitudes towards...
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Why Can’t Marissa Mayer Choose How She Looks? [OpEd]
We were all excited when a woman became the CEO of Yahoo! Apparently, she’s doing it wrong, though.—-Feminists, activists, and a whole host of other ‘ists’ on the internet are shaken up by this photo....
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What Do We Want for Our Children?
The tragic and untimely death of Philip Seymour Hoffman made a lot of people think. Larry Bernstein thought about the children. —What job would you like for your children? This question, or some...
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Lost Recordings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Add Insight to His Legacy
While Stephen Tull was sorting through his father’s belongings, he came upon an old tape marked “Dr. King Interview” and dated from 1960—3 years before Dr. King delivered one of the most important...
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Renewables Powering the Internet
Companies like Apple, Google, and Facebook are leaders in the movement toward renewable energy.–––Few people would deny that the internet plays an increasingly significant part in our daily lives in...
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Gone So Soon
Recently I gave an interview about one of my favorite career projects, Carmen Sandiego. It was being researched by an archivist! I hadn’t been asked in years about the mysterious thief in the red...
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What You Need to Know About the Value of Directory Submissions in 2019
— Directory submissions historically were used to get backlinks to your website and increase your search engine rankings. However, they no longer serve the same purpose. Some of them can actually hurt...
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Wonder More, Fear Less
— Dare Everyday. You know, my brand is sometimes a lot to live up to. I’m not always daring. I won’t buy a 3D printer until I know I can get projects kiddos create cranked out in a timely fashion or...
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A HuffPo Piece About Being Single at 61 Grabbed Ahold of Readers’ Hearts
Last week, I published an article for The Huffington Post called “At 61, I Am Coming To Terms With the Possibility That I Will Remain Single” In it, I bared it all, the glorious and the gory, the joys...
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This Is Why Financial Planning Is the Most Boring Part of Family Planning
1. You already know the Drill: This stuff is exactly like running drills in elementary school. Everybody hated it; even the Athletes. We would rather dissolve in a pool of our own sweat and...
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