Apparently, teens have a lot to say about cell phone use – at least a bunch of kids interviewed on the street in Tampa, Florida. The bottom line: mobile phones have to be drop proof: (1) they must be durable when dropped, which is a common teen mishap, and (2) the service provider better be [...]
Entries from November 30th, 2008
Take it from Teens: Drop Proof Cell Phones
November 30th, 2008 by Tara Cousineau, PhD · No Comments · Tech Talk, Teen Talk
Tags: mobile phone·Teen Talk
Thought for Food
November 27th, 2008 by Tara Cousineau, PhD · No Comments · Parent Talk
Here’s some food for thought, or thought for food. Human beings are not designed to keep track of how much they eat. Or so says Brian Wansink, PhD, author of Mindless Eating. He writes, “Our stomachs are bad at math, and what’s more, we get no help from our attention or our memory.” This might [...]
Tags: food·portion size
We Twitter—Do You?
November 22nd, 2008 by Cindy Atoji · No Comments · Tech Talk
So, a bunch of us here at BodiMojo just signed up for Twitter, per the recommendation of our head Mojo-er, Tara. It’s a real-time communication tool that asks, “What are you doing?” I’m not sure how to Twitter, or what to even say. Or how to stalk, or, er, I mean, “follow” fellow Twitters. But [...]
Tags: blog·bodimojo·social networking·twitter
Move to the Music
November 22nd, 2008 by Karen Feldscher · No Comments · Teen Talk
If I had to pick some fun workout music, here’s what I’d go for: “Somebody Told Me” by the Killers. “Troublemaker” by Weezer. “American Idiot” by Green Day. If you don’t like those, there’s plenty more out there to get you moving. Do a Google search for “workout music” and you’ll get nearly 7.9 [...]
Tags: Add new tag·motivation·music·physical activity·wellness
One Mom’s Thoughts on Exercise: Wii or not to Wii?
November 12th, 2008 by Karen Feldscher · No Comments · Tech Talk, Teen Health Talk
Does it make sense to hurl a pretend bowling ball toward some pins on a screen in front of you? That’s what I watched my six-year-old do the other day, for the first time — and she was having a good old time. “I guess even though she’s in front of a screen, this is [...]
Tags: childhood obesity·children·fitness·Nintendo·video games·Wii Fit
Gen Y Totally Wired: A Ypulse Digest
November 10th, 2008 by Tara Cousineau, PhD · No Comments · Tech Talk
“Brain blur” is one of the consequences of kids growing up with technology, a term coined by Gary Rudman of GTR Consulting (see my other blog, www.teensinbalance.com). And brain blur is what I have after two days at the Ypulse Youth Mashup East. I’m still digesting all the information from a stellar group of speakers, [...]
BodiMojo: Finding Your Mojo!
November 7th, 2008 by Kim Keough · No Comments · All Things BodiMojo, Teen Health Talk
What is a “mojo” anyway? To Austin Powers, it was the thing that made him so unique and fascinating. For us, the best place to discover the meaning is in our name, BodiMojo. To our team, Body + Motivation + Journey = BodiMojo. We believe these three ingredients are all equally important in the search [...]
Tags: bodimojo·health·mojo·motivation
Obama—and Teens—Elect To Use Technology
November 5th, 2008 by Cindy Atoji · No Comments · All Things BodiMojo, Tech Talk
The votes are in: cyberspace rules. If there is any doubt about the alchemy of social networking, just take a look at Obama’s supersized victory yesterday in the presidential election. His technology-based campaign will go down in the history books as a new model for campaigning and fund-raising, with a transformative effect on both national [...]
Tags: new voters·Obama·Tech Talk·Teen Talk·voting
Plugging into Healthcare Innovations for Teens and Beyond
November 1st, 2008 by Cindy Atoji · No Comments · Tech Talk
As a BodiMojowriter who also frequently covers healthcare technology, I was curious to see what a recent seminar on wireless and mobile services would say—if anything—about how teens play into this ever-changing arena. Quite a bit, it turns out. The session, which was part of the Center for Connected Health’s conference this week at Harvard [...]
Tags: biosensor·healthcare·Tech Talk·texting·web-based wellness