by Liz Gumbinner | Photography
If you want to combine what’s satisfying about manual dSLR shooting, with what’s fun about an instant film experience, then add in the unlimited creativity of lomography, you’ve got the new LOMO’INSTANT which is like my new favorite thing. This...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 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,...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Kristen Chase | Best Apps
I’m not even kidding that when I heard the the word Meerkat being tossed around for the past couple of weeks, I thought to myself, Is that Meerkat Manor show back on TV again? But then, when the Periscope live streaming app for Twitter launched this past week, I...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Kristen Chase | Fashion + Accessories
Finding cool geeky jewelry used to be such a rarity for me, but these days, there are so many fun, affordable options (whoo!), like these few I discovered while perusing one of my favorite online shops, ModCloth. Plus they’re all under $15, so they make a great...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Cool Mom Team | Tips and Tricks
If you have a teen in your household, as some of us do, you’ll know that their math homework is getting much more challenging and sometimes (we’ll admit it) frustrating. But that doesn’t mean that there aren’t ways for making math fun in really...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Julie | Internet Safety
Remember when we had to buy magazines like Tiger Beat to get the scoop on our teen crushes? These days, tweens can get up-to-the-minute details on their favorite Instagram and Vine stars, right on their smartphones. (Niall, Harry, Liam, squeal!) But parents should be...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Nicole Blades | Best Apps
When emojis first started popping up in random social media spots, I thought, “Eh, they won’t last.” But then I starting using the funny little graphics myself in iMessages and on Instagram comments, and suddenly emojis sort of became my jam. So I...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Liz Gumbinner | Best Apps
We’ve talked a lot about solutions to the texting and driving issue, from apps to hands-free devices you install in your car. And now ATT is doing more on the third anniversary of their popular It Can Wait campaign, by asking for more lifetime pledges, and...				
					
			
					
											
								
							
					
															
					
					 by Jeana | Random Coolness
Junior high was the only time I used my school-appointed locker and half the time I could never even remember my padlock combination to get to my Trapper Keeper and magnetic mirror. Oh right, and my textbooks. If I only I had a digital padlock like the Master...