by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
In New Orleans this past week, I happened into a beautiful little stationery shop in the French Quarter called Papier Plume. I was immediately drawn to this line of eco-friendly, modern accessories cases from an Italian company called San Lorenzo. The new iPad case...
by Cool Mom Team | Life and Home
For those of you who want a little more high-tech gardening in your life (and really, who doesn’t?), we’ve been has been a fan of the AeroGarden for years. It’s a boon for those of us apartment dwellers with no outdoor space of our own, sniff, but...
by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps
A few months ago, a reader asked us to find some cool budgeting apps for iPad, and many of you tweeted your love for Mint.com. So we decided to give it a whirl ourselves, and let’s just say it’s confirmed that we do indeed have the smartest readers ever....
by Cool Mom Team | Travel
I am always prepared when embarking on a road trip with my kids–and by road trip, I mean anything longer than an hour. That’s pretty much their threshold for patience before the “when are we gonna be thereeeeeeeeeee?” whines set in. Since our...
by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps
Parents Magazine is one of those periodicals that I end up reading cover to cover and then ripping up and tacking to my bulletin board because there’s just so many useful tidbits. And don’t even try to get me to throw away the back issues that I still find...
by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps, Educational Apps
There’s a lot going on in the world these days. Kids are hearing rumblings about so many countries, many of which are new to them. Depending on their ages, there are some good tools to help initiate conversations about friends and foes overseas, like the clever...
by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
Oh Appy Day! gives you the scoop on the coolest apps from some of the coolest people anywhere. This week, one of our fave fashion designers, maternity concierge and new Bravo! TV star Rosie Pope shares her favorite app. Shape Builder is perfect for your two to...
by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
Now that smart phones have become everything to us, including our video cameras, it seems that Cisco is killing the Flip Camera along with their entire consumer division. Interesting considering just this week, there was a scheduled press event around “a new...
by Cool Mom Team | Link Roundups
Here are some of our favorite picks on Cool Mom Tech from last week. 1. Finding cool new music–the kind that’s more hip and alternative and less Fergielicious–just got easier with this wonderful music app recommended by a Grammy-nominated musician...
by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized
If you’re ready to hook your kids up with their first big-kid desk, it’s definitely worth taking a look at some of IKEA’s latest offerings. The new IKEA Micke Desk is a nice, simple, but very functional desk at a terrific price–just $79. The...
