Spare a tree by carving your Valentine’s initials virtually
Oh, Valentine’s Day. The holiday that either elicits heart flutters of anticipation or dread around trying to find something romantic to do. (Yes honey! These red and pink peanut MnMs are for you!) If you’d like to explore something different this year,...
PhotoCopier – Making your lame iPhone snapshots look like works of art
I am so reliant on my iPhone for snapshots lately, that I’m becoming slowly addicted to all the great photo filter apps out there that make up for the quality of the photos. No doubt that’s partly why Hipstamatic and now Instagram are so popular–not...
An app that makes running errands almost enjoyable. I said almost
**Please see our editors’ note below You know the drill: school drop off, supermarket, dry cleaner, bank, drugstore, repeat. Yes, it’s tedious, but at least now you can get a little credit for it. Literally. Checkpoints is a free app that gives you...
Scrapbooking goes mobile
I was once at a scrapbooking party where each of us had the simple (or not so simple) task of creating a page for my friend’s baby book. There were piles of paper, letters, shapes, designs, and it took me a long time to figure out what to pick and choose. It...
Chore charts 2.0
Adding a fourth kid into the mix has meant I’ve really needed to streamline as much as I can around my house. But fortunately, that hasn’t necessarily meant a bunch of new gadget purchases. Just my handy smart phone that I already own, and making use of...
Dads Dig This – SplashID
Here’s the lastest installment of Dads Dig This from Kevin Burke, a dad, marketer, social media fan, and founder of MomsWhoBlog.com. I prefer to move through life as unencumbered as possible. That means being efficient, tossing paper, and going digital. Granted,...
Instagram for insta-photo sharing goodness
If you’re on Twitter or Facebook, you may be seeing some friends posting and sharing their photos through a service called Instagram and wondering what exactly it is. And why their photos look so awesome. Instagram is a free iPhone app that is essentially a...
Attention travelers: Word Lens app es muy bueno
It’s not often that I come across an iPhone app that makes me stop and marvel. Of the hundreds I’ve had the opportunity of reviewing, I can count a handful that I continue to be amazed by. I just found one more to add to the list. It’s called Word...
Make those midnight new year calls with Skype. On your cell phone. In full video.
For so many of us, it’s a tradition to pick up the phone at midnight on New Year’s–okay, maybe 12:03 after we’ve done our kissing a those with us in person and made fun of Snooki–and wish our loved ones a happy New Year. Obviously Skype...
SpeakSake is like an audio scrapbook of awesomeness
Previously posted on Cool Mom Picks Ever been the person in charge of a group gift, and discovered that special circle of purgatory that involves trying to contact large numbers of people and keep track of who’s done what and who still needs to contribute? Yeah....
The Hipstamatic app is a photography blast from the past
I’m far from a photography expert, and admittedly, the only camera I use anymore is my iPhone. While every now and then I get a great picture with it, I often feel bad that the only pictures of my kids are taken with the sub-par quality of a camera phone. That...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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