Hone your techorating sense in the New Year with tips from Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan
With the influx of devices that we all seem to be accumulating, our homes have started to be overrun with wires, cords, chargers and the like. Not a good problem to have when you’ve got kids running around. As such, design guru to all of us, Maxwell...
The Neato robotic vacuum sucks. In a good way.
For the past two Christmases, my mother has given me vacuums, a gift I try not to take as judgment on the state of my house. And while the Dyson was–and still is–great, my little robotic Roomba continues to make me positively giddy as it whirls around my...
Quirky.com: Why didn’t I think of that?
As I was looking around the website Quirky, I kept using words like Genius! and Awesome! This web site helps people develop and produce super interesting product ideas. And better–lets those of us who simply appreciate super interesting product ideas, buy them....
Cocoon Grid-it: Transforming you into an organizational butterfly
I’m one of those moms who could reallllly use one of those purse organizers and would get one then never actually use it; mostly because they contain a set number of pockets of specific sizes, which just doesn’t fly for this free spirit. (That’s code...
You’ve got me feeling emoticons
So I know I can’t be the only one who’s sent a snarky email or left a cheeky Facebook comment and ended it with a smiley emoticon. I guess it’s sort of like starting a sentence with “no offense but… only nicer, right? Related: The new...NEW: The podcast that helps you be a savvier digital parent in under 15 minutes a week
Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
We started Cool Mom Tech in 2010 to help make our increasingly digital lives easier, more organized, more meaningful, and more fun, however old your kids may be.
We love that it's grown to become the go-to source for millions of parents who want commonsense info about tech delivered with a smile.
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