Jeana Tahnk

Every year when Earth Day comes around, I have this sudden urge to recycle everything in my house and start wearing hemp clothing. OK, maybe not that extreme, but there are many things I could be doing to be a little more energy efficien…

Whenever I plan a vacation or any kind of day trip with my family, I tend to shy away from the big travel sites of all the typical "must sees" and instead like to dig to find lesser known spots that the locals know about. Rather than spe…

I took the cutest video of my daughter at her piano lesson last week playing Beethoven Sonatas, jazz riffs and Billy Joel covers. It was amazing! OK, fine, it was a run-through of "Do Not Sneeze" accompanied by her piano teacher, but I s…

Listening to the Hits One station on Sirius Radio in the car may keep me somewhat up with the latest pop hits (even though my kids always know the lyrics before I do), but I still find myself saying "who?" to every new up-and-comer that …

I have taken so many pictures of my kids on my iPhone that I tend to group them into "series." There's the Florida series, the winter snowstorm series, the soccer game series, and so on. So I'm excited to have found a new app called Pice…

Can you recommend any preschool foreign language apps for Android for my kids? -Kathy Hi Kathy, thanks for your question! You didn't mention if there's a specific language you're interested in, but here are a few picks that offer great a…

Now that spring has finally sprung (fingers crossed!), our dark iPhone covers are in desperate need of a spring overhaul. Move over chevrons , we've got 4 of the hottest new spring Fashion trends worth looking at, in the form of new iPho…

It seems like there is a big Apple announcement every other month, which is fine by me, because it's pretty clear what an Apple devotee I am. Its most recent design revelation, the new iMac, just released, is yet another product I need t…

With a second grader in the house who is increasingly reliant on the computer for homework and projects, I'm finding myself becoming much more vigilant about what he's doing when online, and researching ways to be better about monitoring…

Even though I'm on the Do-Not-Call registry, I sometimes get the one-off unwanted cell phone call from a telemarketer that I wish I could block, because it always seems to call the moment we sit down for dinner. While I have come to acce…

The Honest Company , Jessica Alba and Christopher Gavigan's awesomely pure baby company we've loved featuring on Cool Mom Picks has gone from organic to high-tech with its new mobile app. And it is as good as we expected. The new HonestB…

As parents, we're huge proponents, obviously, of Internet safety and the many tools and services to help us out in that arena. We've recommended the Net Nanny software previously, and phew, we are finally glad to see that it has caught u…

Now that temperatures have finally crept beyond 40 (just barely), I am looking ahead to April when I go into total spring cleaning mode. With my home office and workspace area littered with Post-It notes, pens that don't work and lots an…

Since it has been five years since the last time I was pregnant, this time around feels like my first again, even though it's my third! Now, everything pregnancy, baby care and newborn-related I come across seems to be motorized, digitiz…

I'm always telling my kids that I wish I could harness their energy and put it to use around the house. While that kind of tech innovation may be years away, I just came across the unlikeliest of objects that is taking that very idea and…

As a sentimental parent and one who loves to remember all the little things, I've been turning more towards my phone for digital assistance so I don't miss a thing. Which is why I love checking out apps that are designed to record memori…

When my son was younger, one of our favorite activities together was his Snap Circuits set. It gave him an opportunity to explore his creative side and gave me a chance to think that I was a whiz at electricity and physics. It's these ty…

You may have heard the unfortunate news that Google Reader will be shutting down after July 1. Like so many of you, were shocked to hear that this popular RSS reader is getting the axe, especially after building a loyal fan base over the…

Most of my TV watching is done on the weekends and I love using the downtime to catch up on all the high-quality programming I DVR through the week. (And by high-quality, I may possibly mean Bravo). While we are not planning to replace o…

In my camera roll, I'd say the proportion of photos to videos is about 90/10. The videos are fun keepsakes, but I find that with my videos, they're not quite ready for prime time--they're either too shaky, too short, too long, or my voic…

I'm all about saving money, but don't really have time to scour through the Sunday circulars for coupons. And while there are a slew of coupon/deal apps out there for finding local savings, I found another one that you might want to add …

My Facebook activity has dropped off lately because I realized how much time I was spending on it--but also in part because of the confusing Facebook privacy changes that they seem to be making continually, sometimes unbeknownst to their…

If your fridge is like mine, it's covered with artwork, kids' papers from school and class lists that I'm just too busy to input into my address book, computer or phone. Well how about an app that can do it all for you? Really. Lo and be…

I have 12-year-old and 3-year-old daughters who I'd like to find some good educational websites for. Any suggestions? - Michelle Thanks for your question, Michelle! There are a huge number of educational websites out there geared towards…