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Don't miss an update below - and a chance to win $100 with your design! If you think of all the Facebook photos you've uploaded in the past couple years, it probably amounts to tens, if not hundreds (maybe thousands for avid Facebookers!…

I had one of those moments recently that falls squarely into the category of "modern life." I was looking for a photograph of my kids that I could visualize in my mind, but couldn't remember if it was on my phone camera, camera-camera, i…

Obsessed with Pinterest like we are? Follow us , then check out our favorite pins from this week that you don't want to miss! 1. An adorable baby gift (and Halloween costume) that will make geeky moms and dads everywhere squeal. 2. A gor…

If you loved the cool notebooks we highlighted last week as part of our 3 Springpad Notebooks that you're going to love series , then hold onto your hats. We've put together more awesome smart notebooks that showcase how powerful this we…

With holiday card season around the corner (eek!), I'm already making my lists and checking them twice to make sure I have everyone's addresses. In between the numerous places I store contact information, there are a lot of addresses tha…

With a new online address management system called conXt , I made be able to solve this problem. ConXt makes it easy to organize contact information in one place on the web. You start by signing up for a free account and then can import …

It's October -- time to stock up on candy, put a big pumpkin on your front step and ...throw a Halloween party? Yes! It might sound strange, but Halloween is the most popular occasion for throwing parties behind Christmas and Chanukah. A…

Once in a while, my husband and I have been known to make wise family decisions and this was one of our best: we took the TV sets out of the entire first floor of our house, wanting to spend a bit more time in conversation (remember that…

Just last week I tried PicMonkey out for the first time myself and let me just say how completely smitten I am. No registration, no editing tools that require manuals -- it's a busy mom's dream. So when I saw that they were launching a f…

When my kids get home from school, they're not always the most forthcoming in describing their days to me. (Although I do know a lot about recess.) I miss their daycare days, when I would get full reports from their caregivers on funny t…

I know it's important to introduce science to your children in a really fun and hands-on way. (Let's call it a parent's antidote to the rote equation memorization called for by current state testing.) If you set the groundwork that scien…

I get pitched a whole lot of "funny videos for moms" here, and while I know humor is wildly subjective, the one thing they all have in common: not so funny. In fact, some are downright painful. (Yes, poop is gross. Very original) So as a…

A new travel search engine that checks first to see if that trip could be free? Yes, please. Enter Superfly , a travel search engine that does what we're entirely too busy to do; namely organizing frequent flier miles and hotel rewards i…

Obsessed with Pinterest like we are? Follow us and check out our 5 favorite techy pins from this week that we just had to share. 1. A gorgeous bag that safely carries your DSLR and your iPad, except you'd never know from looking at it. 2…

Today is my birthday. Which means for the last 10 years, it's the day I refuse to turn on any news media whatsoever and re-experience the hell that I did more than a decade ago on this date. But now that my kids are getting older and ask…

Obsessed with Pinterest like we are? Follow us and check out our 5 faves from this week that we just had to tell you about. 1. One of our kids' fave free coloring apps, now on iPhone. Get it! 2. A food-inspired smart phone case that look…

Obsessed with Pinterest like we are? Follow us on Cool Mom Tech and check out some of our favorite pins from this week that we think are worth sharing. 1. A cool iPhone case from one of our fave diaper bag designers. Want! 2. A hilarious…

Obsessed with Pinterest like we are? Follow us on Cool Mom Tech and check out our 5 favorite pins worth sharing from this week. 1. Keep tech out of the lost and found with this back to school must-have. 2. 4 websites to get you organized…

LEGO has gotten so sophisticated. Whether you're into female scientists or hunting swamp monsters , there's a set for that with all sorts of fascinating accessories. But here's a free online site that takes LEGO back to its roots: claimi…

Obsessed with Pinterest like we are? Here are our 5 favorite pins from this week that we think are worth sharing. Enjoy! 1. A brilliant travel gadget you Mac users should never leave home without. 2. A video gaming family's organizationa…

There are lots of photo sites out there that do a great job of storing and printing all those pictures of yours (in my case, thousands on my iPhone). So when I heard about PicPlum , a photo service that touts great quality and ease-of-us…

When an IKEA opened a few miles from me, I became one of those devotees who believes one can never have enough EXPEDIT bookcases--provided you can figure out how to put them together. Not all of us have that gene (or understanding of Swe…

This past week, I was excited to have a chance to Skype chat with a teacher in Maine about the amazing things she's doing in her classroom thanks to technology. If you take a look at the Skype Education page , you'll be blown away by the…

Planning a road trip? Here's a great way to find out what you might be needing on the way. Including Zombieland. On the Way [ EDITORS NOTE : Now seems to be called Along the Way ] is a free and handy web-based app allows you to plug in y…