VolunteerSpot makes volunteering easy as a tap and click

by Jeana | Websites We Love

I love summer for so many reasons. Kids footloose and fancy-free, the fun in the sun, and no deluge of paperwork from all our school events, fundraisers, PTA meetings and volunteer opportunities. I love volunteering in the class and chaperoning field trips, but the...

Ask Dragon Go! and you shall receive

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps

I was definitely intrigued by the Dragon Dictation voice recognition software that we recently featured, so when I heard that they launched an app, you can bet I had to give it a try. And wow, this free app is nothing short of awesome, especially for busy parents....

Zite – your own personalized zine

by Cool Mom Team | Social Media

I recently read some astounding facts about the amount of content on the web. Each day, something like 60,000 new websites are created and 1.5 billion items are uploaded to Facebook alone. Yikes! How to sort through it all? Well for you iPad readers, there’s a...

File this under chartreuse

by Liz Gumbinner | Uncategorized

I am in desperate need of storage around my house, and I’d imagine anyone who has caught a glimpse of the piles teetering over my desk would agree. So I was browsing one of my favorite browsable online catalogs this weekend and ooh, lookie what I found! The...

VideoHunters makes the hunt for kid-friendly videos easy

by Jeana | Entertainment

We’ve all witnessed the hilarity of viral YouTube hits like David at the Dentist and Charlie Bit my Finger. But there are countless others that haven’t gotten nearly the same amount of attention that are just as funny. And here’s how to find them. Or...

PhotoRocket: Photo sharing doesn’t get any easier than this

by Jeana | Best Apps

Maybe I’m just getting older, or maybe it’s the fact that I’m a busy working mom with two kids. But lately, my mantra has been keep it simple. It’s probably the reason we’ve been having one too many breakfast-for-dinner meals lately....

Peel personalizes your TV watching experience

by Jeana | Best Apps

When I was younger, I was only allowed to watch TV on the weekends. I remember scouring the TV Guide that came with the Sunday paper and figuring out which shows I’d watch that week. Boy, have times changed. Peel is a free iOS app that is a virtual TV guide on...

How do you find the very streaming movie you’re looking for? Moki can help.

by Jeana | Websites We Love

Now with movies on demand through my cable provider, streaming movies through Amazon, loads of options from Netflix, Hulu, and a slew of other video services, the choice between watching a new release at home versus in a theater with a loud popcorn-eater behind me and...

10 reasons to love Listgeeks. (Ha. Get it?)

by Cool Mom Team | Websites We Love

I am soooo going to love Listgeeks, a new social site in beta, that lets you read, write, collect, and compare nothing more than user-generated lists. Here’s why: 1. I love lists. 2. I love time-sucking websites. 3. I’m still bitter that McSweeney’s...

Dads Dig This: MyPlate calorie tracker

by Cool Mom Team | Best Apps

Welcome Dads Dig This guest blogger Jim Higley, Chicago Tribune columnist, cancer survivor, and single dad to three kids. His book Bobblehead Dad comes out on June 1. I’m a big fan of LIVESTRONG not just because I’m a cancer survivor, but because I’m...