Organization

Spring cleaning fever has hit hard at my house and this week I've purged closets, vacuumed under furniture, and checked the expiration date on every canned good and spice in my pantry. Goodbye, can of beans that expired in 2012. Now I'm …

We've been fans of the cord taco ever since we first discovered it awhile back, but they've cleverly whipped them up in gorgeous metallic leather (hello!) and packaged them in Mother's Day bundles for the tech-loving mom. And we're all o…

Do you have some basic tech chore to do -- say, deleting old digital photos -- but you just never seem to find the time to get to it? It's like permanently etched in your to-do list, and every time you scroll through your loaded smartpho…

When the small tech accessory company This is Ground first launched the Cordito and the Cord Taco -- clever little cord taming leather accessories named for Tex-anything-but-Mex fast food favorites, well we knew we liked these guys right…

Sometimes it's the little things that can help a desk feel less cluttered and more pretty, and so I really appreciate the new Belkin MIXIT metallic USB cables . Metallic, as in silver, gold or space gray. As in, matching your iPhone, iPa…

With one of the main complaints about the new Macbook 2015 stemming around the single USB port, it makes perfect sense that technologists and developers are on that issue, stat. Because hello, functionality? Not all of us have all the ti…

If there's one thing that will throw off my whole zen vibe, it's seeing that "you're out of memory" alert pop up on my tech devices when I try to download an app or take a video. I almost want to turn to my gadget and say: You're the sma…

All the typing I do during the day has really built up tension in my arms, and probably other parts too. After studying up on ergonomics, I have some ideas about how to change my workspace, starting with a laptop stand for my MacBook. So…

We rely so much on our tech gadgets that it's no surprise innovative charging solutions are such a hot commodity. We're always looking for a smarter, sleeker way to power up our phones and tablets while keeping our homes organized, and w…

Ever wonder how to unsend an email, say... you hit send on an email, and then realize you had a typo, sent it a little too soon or included the wrong information? Or worse, wrote something and accidentally sent it to the last person you'…

New year, new you. Of course, we've all heard (and probably said) this catchy line each time January 1 rolls around. But instead of promising to completely overhaul our lives with major changes, we're starting small and smart with this r…

One of my New Year's resolutions this year is to get my kids their own homework spaces so that I'm not asking them to clean their notebooks and backpacks off the kitchen table while I'm in the final stages of dinner prep each night. In m…

Let me guess: If you add one more item to your to-do list, it's going to burst into flames and take you with it, right? I know. I'm right there with you. That's why I'm loving the MyTime app and website. MyTime takes a help me help you a…

We can't start the new year without first taking a quick look back at the 2014 posts that were most popular of the year. If you're interested in what caught the attention of our readers for the past 12 months, here are the top ten of the…

Until recently, I thought a good charging station simply needed to keep my devices in one place and get unsightly cords off my small, crowded bedside table. But then I tried the HiRise Deluxe iPhone charging dock from the wonderful Apple…

The holidays are coming—as in, fast —and that means company. While we're always thinking about organization tips like cleaning off the china or straightening the bookshelves, it's easy to forget about what a presence tech is in our homes…

I can keep amazing amounts of information in my poor, overtaxed brain, including practice schedules, appointment times, my wedding anniversary and my own kids' birthdays. But for anything beyond that, I need help. Fortunately EverMinder …

With all my kids very actively involved in sports (hello fellow swim moms!), I'm so glad to find a sports team management app like the RosterBot app and website , which I think is a great resource for coaches, managers, and team parents,…

I rely on my home office to keep everything straight, from school lunches to blog posts, which is why I'd love to have a creative workspace that looks so great that I really want to be there, rather than at my local coffee shop. Let's be…

If like me, your desk is starting to become a tangle of devices and cords and accessories, you'll get the genius of the iSkelter SlatePro Personal Tech Desk right away. Especially now that it's on sale. Handmade in Arizona from premium b…

I have to be honest: Siri and I aren't all that close. I usually only call on her, well, when I need to call someone else. Call home . Call The Folks . Call Yvette, mobile . But this thin rapport is not iPhone's fancy personal assistant'…

Now that we're well into back-to-school mode, the onslaught of paperwork has already started. Between getting-to-know you artwork, getting-to-know you class lists and getting-to-know you teacher handouts, I'm pretending I don't see the f…

With so many of us relying solely on our smartphone cameras, it can become nearly impossible to dig through hundreds--thousands?--of photos and find that one kids' picture from beach two years ago with the awesome sand castle and that pe…

The Artkive app has been one of my back-to-school lifesavers ever since it launched a couple of years ago. And even if you don't have four kids like I do, you're probably swimming in artwork that is oh so painful to toss. The ability to …