The best tips to spring clean your tech: Make your smart devices sparkle like they’ve never encountered a toddler
Ready for the best tips to help you spring clean your tech? Hey, it doesn’t even have to be spring. The way we are constantly putting our hands all over the faces of our smart devices, you would think we were John Travolta at the Oscars. Sticky fingerprints,...
Fantastic products for spring cleaning + organizing your home office
Now that temperatures have finally crept beyond 40 (just barely), I am looking ahead to April when I go into total spring cleaning mode. With my home office and workspace area littered with Post-It notes, pens that don’t work and lots and lots of cords,...
Piquing Our Geek: A robotic window cleaner. Yesssss.
There are household chores that simply must be done, begrudgingly, like laundry, emptying the dishwasher, cleaning the bathrooms…some of which can be a little more automated than others. But what if there was something like a Roomba or an iRobot that can take...
How to clean gadget screens? Reader Q & A
Q: In this cold and flu season, what is the best way to clean/disinfect tablets? My kids have been sneezing and coughing steadily on my iPad as they snuggle watching movies on Netflix on these sick days. -Pam We hear you, Pam. It sounds like the revolving door of...
How to clean your computer screen? Easier than you think.
I have tried any number of screen cleaners, sprays, pre-moistened wipes and home remedies for cleaning my laptop screen and at last I found one that actually uh…cleans. Go figure. When the sigOth showed up with a package of Windex Electronic Wipes for our TV...
iRobot Scooba 390 Floor Cleaning Robot – Now with more clean!
With four kids under seven running around my house, you can imagine what my floors look like. Fortunately, my husband is a little obsessed with keeping it clean, which at times can take up more time and energy than he has to spare. I’ve heard really awesome...
Spring cleaning your tech: The best tips and tricks for cleaning your gadgets
No matter how much I try to follow the “clean hands = clean gadgets” rule, I’m also dealing with four kids who seem to get their smudgy hands on them any chance the get. Now’s the perfect time to get in the habit of cleaning your gadgets, from...
Spring cleaning your tech – Tackling your email inbox
If there’s anything that drives me crazy, it’s an overflowing, disorganized email inbox. I get upwards of 200 emails a day (and that’s just the pitches!), but I do a pretty decent job of keeping everything in order, thanks in part to some of the...
Spring cleaning your tech – 4 ways to tackle cord nests
With iPhones, iPads, e-readers and video games coming out of our ears, my house is being overrun by cords. Aside from labeling them with a Sharpie (Tip: silver works great on black cords), I’ve decided that since I’m cleaning and organizing every other...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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