Clapway: father's day

Sunday, June 21, 2015

"The first path you can take on your mission to make your space obsessed dad feel special is the listening route. Ask your dad to teach you something new."- http://clapway.com/2015/06/21/make-your-space-obsessed-dad-feel-special-on-fathers-day/

It’s Father’s Day! A day made to show your dad, step-dad, adopted dad, surrogate dad, and pretty much any father figure how much you care. You contemplate for weeks and try to figure out what you should do for the guy that has given you everything. Should you cook him breakfast and buy him some new tools? Should you surprise him with tickets to see his favorite sports team? You definitely shouldn’t be basic and get him a tie or ugly socks. You should take an interest in his interest. Is your dad into asteroids, planetary alignments, and NASA? Here are some ways to make your space obsessed dad feel special on Father’s Day.

Listen To Him

The first path you can take on your mission to make your space obsessed dad feel special is the listening route. Ask your dad to teach you something new. He will be so happy you asked and his entire day will be made. Even if you already know everything he is about to tell you, pretend like you care, because he makes an effort to care what you have to say everyday.

Talk To Him

Look up from your tablet, phone, kindle, or whatever else you have your unappreciative little hands on and talk to your dad. Instead of asking your space obsessed dad to teach you something, spark up a conversation with him because you are just as space obsessed as he is. Share a meal under the stars and chat about the endless possibilities outer space has to offer. Gain a new respect for your old man and soak up the much needed bonding time.

Netflix Marathon

If talking to your dad is just not your thing, then maybe you should enjoy the universally loved Netflix marathon. Binge watch your dad’s favorite TV show with him. Whether it’s Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, or some other space adventure show, pop some popcorn and spend the night invested in one of your dad’s most-liked programs. He will be glad you did and ,who knows, maybe you will actually like the show.

This Father’s Day, make your space obsessed dad feel like the unique, smart, zany, and brilliant guy that he is. Remember that he taught you to always be yourself no matter what anyone says. Laugh a little when you remember how he basically did your science projects for you in middle school. Smile because you know he would do anything for you. Love him more because he is the best day is the world.

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Make Your Space Obsessed Dad Feel Special On Father’s Day

Friday, June 19, 2015

TieFi: The Father’s Day Gift for "Disconnected Families" - http://clapway.com/2015/06/19/tiefi-the-fathers-day-gift-for-disconnected-families756/

A company has created a wearable hotspot called TieFi to encourage children to get closer to their dads on this year’s Father’s Day.

TieFie works by capturing your home WiFi signal and re-routing it through a small transmitter built into a tie. The strength of the signal is just over 10 feet, thus forcing any tech-addicted member of the family to get closer to the hotspot.

BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH ‘SLOW TECH’

It may sound like a paradox, but studies show that families are increasingly disconnected. One of the latest expressions of this fear comes from Joe Kraus, a serial entrepreneur now a partner with Google Ventures.

Kraus warns that, ‘technology tangled’ people are progressively creating a “culture of distraction where we are increasingly disconnected from the people and events around us” – family included. He offers an alternative approach, what he calls “Slow Tech,” to alter the purpose of lifestyle technologies which he believes should focus on making real connections and encouraging kids to be ‘mindful’.

TIEFI: DEVELOPED TO BRING DADS AND CHILDREN CLOSER TOGETHER

In a promotional video for TieFi, the company Grip Limited () asked several fathers about the challenges of spending time with their children.

Many dads pointed to the lack of interaction and ‘face to face communication’. In the video, they discuss how their kids spend most of their time glued to a screen and prefer to send them a text message from the basement, instead of literally voicing their needs.

When asked what they desired for Father’s Day, they all expressed the will to spend time with their families. After listening to such testimonials of fathers feeling that their children were prioritizing their tablet over the person right in front of them, Grip Limited re-imagined a classic gift for the 21st Century.

A TIE FOR THE DIGITAL ERA

TieFi is in fact a mini wireless router integrated into a man’s necktie to encourage children to get close to dad. The company allows you to download instructions and create your own wearable hotspot.

Could TieFi, revert – even if just for a day- what MIT professor Sherry Turkle says about people expecting “more from technology and less from each other”?

Want another great Father’s Day idea? Give your dad the gift of security: the Blink Wireless Home Monitoring System.

TieFi: The Father’s Day Gift for "Disconnected Families"