Hot Trend Alert: Playdate apps for smartphones

Hot Trend Alert: Playdate apps for smartphones

The more developers realize that moms are devouring phone apps, the more they’re creating awesome apps just for us. Last week alone, we learned about a whole ton of new FourSquare-style apps just for parents, that help you connect with your social circle for...
The ultimate must-have power strip for parents

The ultimate must-have power strip for parents

Most parents would agree that with each progressive child that enters a family, parenting gets a little more lax. (Watch as the three second rule becomes the 20 second rule.) The one area that has remained unchanged in our household, though, is child safety. I may not...
Doodle 4 Google 4 oodles of cash

Doodle 4 Google 4 oodles of cash

My kids love to doodle. Pen, pencil, crayon, whatever the writing implement and whatever the paper surface (yes, even mortgage statements). If they were just a tad older, I’d put that doodling talent to good use for the annual doodle contest put on by Google....
Reduce, reuse, resell your old cell phones with ReCellular

Reduce, reuse, resell your old cell phones with ReCellular

I have always been a gadget girl. When I got my Motorola Razr more than a decade ago, the “it” phone of the early 2000s mind you, I thought I was pretty hot stuff. But as with everything else, technology advances, and the once cutting-edge Razr is now the...
Turn the teaching around and get your parents up-to-speed

Turn the teaching around and get your parents up-to-speed

In addition to being a mom, wife, career woman, sister, daughter, and more lately, I’ve found myself serving as tech support for the litany of tech-related questions my parents have been asking me. Of all the mini projects I’ve helped them out with, I...
Music to your ears

Music to your ears

It’s very rare in the car with my kids to be able to listen to a song I like the whole way through without interruptions. Whether there are relentless questions like, “Mommy, what’s this song called?” or “Mommy, what is the name of the...
Send your holiday greetings 2.0-style this year

Send your holiday greetings 2.0-style this year

The holiday cards are starting to trickle in and it’s always such a treat to receive greetings from dear family and friends from near and far. With each one, I’m reminded that we need to get moving on ours as well (as opposed to our Happy New Year card in...
5 of our favorite designer sale site apps

5 of our favorite designer sale site apps

Ever tried to go clothes shopping for yourself with kid(s) in tow? Between toting a toddler while carrying unwieldy hangers, and then attempting to catch a mannequin in mid-air because your little one has pulled its skirt down therefore making it fall over (yes, it...