How you’re using it: Dropbox
One of the exciting aspects of technology is that there's never just one way to use something. But given our limited time as busy parents, we never seem to have enough of it to dedicate to playing around with applications and gadgets to maximize their capabilities. So...
Locket 2.0
For centuries, people have used lockets to store personal items from paintings to photographs to the hair of dead people (ew!). Now, thanks to a creative mix of art and technology, we've found a locket that can store about 800 photos. Or the entire Oxford English...
Kids’ music download of the week: The Baby Grands II
Atlanta's The Baby Grands have a laid-back sound with a beat that I like so much -- it reminds me a bit of the Barenaked Ladies mixed with Jack Johnson. And now, for a limited time, it's free. The Baby Grands are offering up their second release, The Baby Grands II,...
Take iPhone videos in a snap with Swift
These days, any videos I catch of the kids is with my iPhone 4, which thankfully means I'm catching way more than I ever did before. But if you've filmed kids before, then you know that even the quick tab slide and tap that's required to record with the iPhone can...
Art + technology = Society6
I love necklaces and bags like the next girl, but if you also treat iPhone cases as accessories like I do, then your mind will also be blown when you see this amazing site I just discovered. Welcome to Society6, an artist community that allows designers from around to...
Percolate bubbles the cool stories up to the top of your inbox
The smart folks at Percolate know hard it is to keep up with everything social media, as you Twitteraholics are well aware. There are news aggregators and news aggregator aggregators, and all manners of ways to help you sort your feeds and subscriptions. But now this...
Like wow, Wipeout
Around our place, slapstick will always have a happy home. We fondly refer to America's Funniest Videos as The Bonk Show (because of all the people who get bonked, of course) and when Wipeout first aired, we started calling it the Super Bonk Show. My girls' great...
To the moon! Or at least, the bathroom in the middle of the night.
My kids are squarely in the nightlight stage -- old enough to sleep alone, old enough to hit the bathroom themselves at 3 AM, but not beyond waking me up when they need to go anyway. So I definitely get excited when I find creative nightlight designs like this one,...
Make a statement with your iPad, Jonathan Adler style
It's no secret that we're huge fans of designer Jonathan Adler, from his cool baby gifts that we featured at Cool Mom Picks to his swanky charging dock organizer. So I'm not surprised at how much I'm loving his new iPad cases too. The Jonathan Adler iPad covers are...
Printing with Envy
I love that tech is getting smaller and smaller--especially for those of us apartment dwellers with limited home office space. And for a while now, I've been eying the aptly named HP Envy printer, which has the compact footprint of a DVD player. The HP Envy 100...
iPhone cases so fresh and cool they should be shipped on ice
You can't throw an iPhone without hitting a chic deal site these days -- Gilt and Fab, anyone? Not that you would throw your iPhone, of course. But if you did, you might hit this super-fresh deal site just for ultra-hip iPhone cases. IndieCases brings together artists...
Change your life (or the world) one small challenge at a time
I do what I can to give back and support the causes that are dear to my heart, but with four kids and a busy schedule, I feel limited in how much I can commit. However since discovering this amazing new site, I can take on simple daily challenges that are small steps...
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The ye olde time-y photobooth goes digital
I know I'm not alone when I say I can't get enough of photo apps for my phone like Instagram, Photocopier, and my first love, Hipstamatic. Now there's a fun one I've just added, that's great for taking old fashioned photo strips. Pocketbooth isn't a new app, but it's...
Tripit is making me fall in love with travel again.
With a ton of trips coming up, including the big BlogHer conference in San Diego this week, I feel like I'm losing my mind trying to keep it all organized. In fact, last night I had a brief panic attack as I tried to track down my airline confirmation, and not finding...
Double your power, double your fun
Last week on a business trip, I realized just how many gadgets I'm traveling with: iPad, phone, camera, laptop...wow. Fortunately, Energizer now makes a couple of handy chargers that do double duty when you're on the go. Literally. The Energizer dual USB car charger...
Kids’ music download of the week: Look Both Ways
If the van is rocking, we're probably bouncing in our seats to the ska beats off of kindie-rocker Egg's second CD, the aptly named Hard-boiled which follows their excellent indie-pop debut, Sunny Side Up. Though most of Hard-boiled rocks along with heavy...
Social Media propaganda posters – a.k.a. Join my G+ circle, komrade.
What happens when you merge social media channels, early 20th century propaganda artwork, and the twisted humor of designer Aaron Wood? A series of truly fabulous posters that are going viral as quickly as those LOL cats. I first spotted them on Google+ (which is...
Seat Guru makes traveling a little less stressful. (If such a thing is possible.)
Let's be honest, air travel with kids is not the easiest. Between weather delays, checked baggage fees, and the fear that your toddler will kick the seat in front of you the entire time, I'd say it ranks on the anxiety meter somewhere around preschool interviews....
Cleaning up your social apps: a very good thing
I'm pretty conservative about the amount of digital information I put out there and the level of access I provide. At least I thought I was, until I downloaded Unsubscribe.com. Unsubscribe.com, a site known for reducing spam in your life, just recently launched a...
Membership now has one more privilege – deals on the brands you “like.”
If you're anything like me, then you love scoring an awesome deal, but sometimes getting it is more complicated than it's worth. And too many times, I find the discounts only apply to items that I don't really need. Well a new collaboration between American Express...
Cord intervention to keep your desk clean
Between my laptop, iPhone, iPad, husband's iPod, USB cables and external hard drive, my desk is covered by a maze of cords. Trying to bundle them together with twist ties and hair elastics isn't fooling anyone anymore--it's time to address the problem before things...
Look more erudite with your Kindle than you already are
As much as I love the feel of a crisp paperback book and the smell of a new magazine, I definitely get the appeal of an e-reader. And now there's a cover that lets you show off your affection for David Sedaris, or help you start up a conversation about your favorite...
Piquing our Geek: The XBOX Star Wars Bundle offers the droids you’re looking for
Maybe you've heard about the new Kinect Star Wars game for XBOX that's expected to train up a whole new generation of padawans by getting your kids to jump all over the living room. But have you heard about the wicked cool Star Wars Bundle that's like having your own...
Updater cleans up your mailbox–the real one by your front door.
Aside from Fridays when I receive my US Weekly issues in the mailbox, there isn't much else that I anticipate from the local postal truck. In fact, I've been noticing an increase in the number of odd catalogs, random mailers and junk mail, but fortunately a new site...