Nicole Blades

Sometimes you just want pump up your jams and listen out loud for the world to hear instead of keeping it contained to your headphones, which why you need to meet the Tadpole mini Bluetooth Speaker , the mini-est ( let's make this a word…

Someone once said: The organized life is the best life . Actually, maybe it was one of those dubious, curly-font quotes posted on Pinterest that make you feel totally guilty about your life. But still, there's still some truth in there, …

Have you been hit with the jump-action shot photo craze? It's that thing where you or a group of people jump into the air and someone tries to capture the this is the good life , split-second moment with everyone virtually gravity-free. …

Whenever Jim Henson's name is attached to something, I generally know I'm in good hands. Even though he's no longer with us himself. So when I saw that Hulu's first original series developed for Hulu Kids was officially called Jim Henson…

With all the photos we take at kids' parties, sports events, vacations, and this week, Mother's Day celebrations, I'm so glad to have found Adobe's brand new GroupPix app , which lets you round-up, store, and share everyone's photos with…

I still can't believe how small and smart Kii is, a compact charger that fits right on your keychain. Hence the name. Get it? Now we've loved Bluelounge ever since we featured their CableBox awhile back, and their new Kii falls right in …

If you're looking for a fun gift for a photographer, and maybe a DSLR isn't in your budget, check out the Etsy shop IceCreamTees which puts the focus (pun alert) on your camera with photography tees like this fun aperture chart tee. Ther…

I'm thinking we might need to get with the new POWERQUBE charger pronto, and I'll tell you why. Because I have a feeling I'm not alone here. See, there's this one spot in our kitchen that somehow became plug-in central. It's where my hus…

The Sesame Workshop just always gets it right, striking a wonderful balance between education and entertainment while keeping it family-friendly. So I've been eager to check out Sesame Street S’More , the new interactive digital magazine…

Every time I think I'm an official adult whose electronic devices are not tech toys, but actual serious gadgetry, the internet comes along showing off some accessory like this travel charger kit, which makes me instantly revert to high s…

So much of social media relies on storytelling. Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, even YouTube and Vine -- they are all platforms for sharing our stories with each other. Pubsoft recognized this need we have to capture and share our memories, an…

One of the best Christmas gifts I ever received was this slim portable radio and cassette player. It wasn't quite official, heavy-duty "boom box" level, but it was red, super-cute and had -- ahem -- a double tape deck. You couldn't tell …

Most parents, especially those with toddlers, look at traditional night table alarm clocks and laugh. Alarms? We don't need no stinkin' alarms . No, we typically rely on our tiny humans, with their high energy and low tolerance for "slee…

Ever walk into a friend's finely decorated home and think: Yeah, I'm not leaving this place. Nope. Moving. In. Or, if you're not working the stowaway angle, you basically press them for intel on how you, too, can get skilled at creating …

First, let me acknowledge that I am an Apple gal and so I'm always looking for a better productivity app for iPhone. Yes, I'm still rocking the 4S -- and likely jinxing myself by speaking of it so boldly -- but I'm routinely impressed wi…

Full disclosure before talking about the new Ken Burns app: I’m a big Ken Burns fan. For nearly 40 years, the award-winning historical documentarian has been telling beautiful, expansive, influential stories on film about everything from…

As if the post-holidays blahs weren’t bad enough, now we have to contend with this Polar Vortex business too? (Not a word out of you, SoCal and Miami readers.) School cancellations have all but depleted most of our shallow buckets of ide…

Remember your trusty View-Master from back in the day? Oh, the places you’d go as a kid, the hunk of red plastic pressed to your face, eyes wide as you click through the reels. Now you can have your childhood 3D optic adventures all over…