productivity
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How to get rid of that unread email count badge on iPhone. Because we have enough stress these days!
Read Essay →: How to get rid of that unread email count badge on iPhone. Because we have enough stress these days!I know I’m not the only one who wants to get rid of the unread email count badge on my…
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Is the new iOS 15 Focus Mode feature helpful for parents? I tried it to find out.
Read Essay →: Is the new iOS 15 Focus Mode feature helpful for parents? I tried it to find out.Lately I’ve heard some mixed opinions about the Focus feature on the latest iOS 15. If you haven’t updated your…
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44 cool things you can do with the Amazon Echo: From productive time-savers to just plain fun.
Read Essay →: 44 cool things you can do with the Amazon Echo: From productive time-savers to just plain fun.There are so many things you can do with an Amazon Echo, something I quickly learned after getting an Amazon…
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4 clever tech solutions that turn handwriting into digital text
Read Essay →: 4 clever tech solutions that turn handwriting into digital textWe recently had a mom reach out on our Out Tech Your Kids group on Facebook, asking for the best…
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Why Todoist is the first to-do list app I have actually stuck with for an entire year
Read Essay →: Why Todoist is the first to-do list app I have actually stuck with for an entire yearEvery year I swear, this is the year I get organized! This is the year I find the best ever…
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The Grammarly keyboard app is a fast typer’s BFF
Read Essay →: The Grammarly keyboard app is a fast typer’s BFFOne of the many reasons I love my smart phone is that it allows me to untether myself from a…
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Our Alexa organization series: The best Alexa calendar skills
Read Essay →: Our Alexa organization series: The best Alexa calendar skillsNext up in our Alexa Organization Series, we’re sharing some of our favorite Alexa calendar skills to help you keep…
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Our Alexa organization series: The best Alexa finance skills
Read Essay →: Our Alexa organization series: The best Alexa finance skillsNext up in our Alexa Organization Series, we’re sharing some of our favorite Alexa finance skills to help you keep…
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Our Alexa organization series: The best Alexa meal planning skills
Read Essay →: Our Alexa organization series: The best Alexa meal planning skillsWith the new year starting up, if you’re like me, you’ve got organization on your mind. I’ve found that using…
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Kill News Feed: In case you need a little break from your Facebook feed
Read Essay →: Kill News Feed: In case you need a little break from your Facebook feedIf you’re needing a little break from your Facebook feed, but still would like to be able to post, check…
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iPhone trick: How to lock and password-protect notes in your Notes app.
Read Essay →: iPhone trick: How to lock and password-protect notes in your Notes app.Raise your hand if you know how to lock your notes on the Notes app on your iPhone. And now…here’s…
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Carpooling just got way easier, thanks to the Figure8 carpooling app
Read Essay →: Carpooling just got way easier, thanks to the Figure8 carpooling appManaging my kids activities — and the time it takes me to get them there — is one of the…
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A cool time-saving emoji keyboard trick for iPhone (courtesy of my 10 year old)
Read Essay →: A cool time-saving emoji keyboard trick for iPhone (courtesy of my 10 year old)Leave it to the kids to figure out cool iPhone tricks before we do, especially where emoji are concerned. Turns…
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4 helpful meal planning apps for families that really work.
Read Essay →: 4 helpful meal planning apps for families that really work.One of my biggest new year’s resolutions is to stay organized, and getting my meals planned is key. Because the…
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The world’s easiest iPhone time-saving trick I never knew. D’oh.
Read Essay →: The world’s easiest iPhone time-saving trick I never knew. D’oh.Okay, so please tell me I’m not the only iPhone owner who’s had an iPhone for literally years…and never knew…
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The new hi-tech paper planner that’s blowing our minds
Read Essay →: The new hi-tech paper planner that’s blowing our mindsEven though I’ve become a strictly digital planner kind of person, but I do find myself missing paper planners. Well, Moleskine, who’s…
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Inbox Pause: The new amazing new Gmail feature that can get you more work-life balance.
Read Essay →: Inbox Pause: The new amazing new Gmail feature that can get you more work-life balance.For ages now I’ve touted the wonderful benefits of Boomerang for Gmail to help me better manage my incoming and outgoing…
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Addicted to your iPhone? Try this one easy trick to seriously curb your screen time.
Read Essay →: Addicted to your iPhone? Try this one easy trick to seriously curb your screen time.I’ve been seeing a lot of research lately that seems to find a correlation between how much time we spend…
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Is Unroll.me safe to use?
Read Essay →: Is Unroll.me safe to use?In a recent New York Times article, one of our favorite organizational apps Unroll.me was mentioned as selling user data…
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Pocket: The Pinterest alternative to help save all those articles, recipes, tweets and more.
Read Essay →: Pocket: The Pinterest alternative to help save all those articles, recipes, tweets and more.If you’ve become more of a news junkie over the past year like I have, you’ve probably realized that your standard…