The ABCiné app develops literacy of the pop culture variety.

by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps

Yes, it’s an ABC app. But unlike other ABC apps we’ve covered here, I don’t know that the new ABCiné app (as in cinéma) from Spanish design studio Atipo for Meikme is going to help kids with the alphabet as much as it will help adults — and a...

A printable Star Wars coloring book made free: Kindness that gives the world a new hope.

by Liz Gumbinner | DIY

Bless the big-hearted Star Wars fans of this world, for on May the Fourth Be With You Day, they are always an extra-giving bunch. Like Jason Yang, the designer and illustrator behind Invisible Element, who just offered up this wonderful free printable Star Wars...

The photo series guaranteed to make you smile from Francois Dourlen

by Liz Gumbinner | Photography

This seems like the kind of weekend after which we all need to smile a little. And I’ve found just the thing. The series of ironically placed iPhone photos over real environments by clever French photographer, professor, and cool dad Francois Dourlen are so...

Designing and printing your own custom 3D jewelry. Without buying a 3D printer.

by Liz Gumbinner | Fashion + Accessories

Just in time for Mother’s Day, I was absolutely thrilled to discover Zazzy, a new platform that allows you to design 3D jewelry, only they take out all the time-consuming stuff…like downloading sometimes complicated software, figuring out how to use it,...

The Geek Baby Book: A memory journal to fill out beside the warm glow of the TARDIS nightlight.

by Liz Gumbinner | Uncategorized

There are any number of baby books and memory journals out there for new parents, but none I couldn’t put down, before it was even filled in. Until I saw The Geek Baby Book by Tim Mucci. Right from the first chapter, in which the author offers a list of possible...

4 incredibly cool parents to follow on Instagram who are actually not posting photos of their kids

by Liz Gumbinner | Social Media

I’m mostly an Instagram purist. I really love following the kinds of accounts in which people share their own individual photography instead of loads of quotes, reshares, or images pulled from magazines. And while I can never resist a gorgeous baby photo, there...

W is for Wookiee, Wearable, and Way Cool.

by Liz Gumbinner | Uncategorized

Our feeling is that it’s never too early to get your kids excited about Star Wars. Even if they’re too young to be freaked out by the bar scene in episode 4 (my kids were a little squidgy with that one for a while) they can still get to know the core...

Cool smart phone cases? It’s simple, people. Or actually, Simple People.

by Kristen Chase | Uncategorized

I have a little thing for pop culture icons but I tend to reserve actual photos on my smart phone case for pictures of my kids. That’s why the cool smart phone cases from Simple People on Casetify I just discovered are perfect, even for someone like me. There...

Whooz iPhone charger stickers: The most fun thing to happen to charger cords since…well, charger cords aren’t usually fun.

by Jeana | Tech Toys

My iPhone and iPad chargers seem to disappear into the same oblivion as loose socks. Between my kids moving them and my husband borrowing them (and then losing them on business trips), I can never keep track of my own. So I love the hilarious Whooz charger stickers,...

99 texting acronyms and phrases that every parent should know

by Liz Gumbinner | Tips and Tricks

By now, texting acronyms like LOL and OMG are pretty pervasive in pop culture; my daughter knew them in preschool, you hear them from the least hip anchors on TV morning shows, and heck, your own parents probably have texted you an LOL at some point. But when...