calendars

A few years back, Kate tried out the smart, touchscreen Skylight Calendar to see if it was a helpful way to organize multiple family calendars in ways that benefit the whole family. TLDR; yes, she found it wildly helpful, and worth the p…

I'm always on a quest for the best digital planner for the school year, because I have developed a very bad habit: Every year I get tempted by the beautiful, fun, old-fashioned paper planners I discover on Etsy or in our local stationery…

I'm mom to a busy family of six, so when I saw the Skylight Calendar in my Instagram feed my first thought was, "This could change my life." Here's the thing: I have a job. I homeschool my kids and teach class at a co-op. My oldest two k…

If you've tried to access your Google Calendar on your desktop (or laptop) today, you might have gotten a 404 error. And as people do these days, they took to Twitter to air their grievances about being without a calendar. Though, the Go…

Next up in our Alexa Organization Series, we’re sharing some of our favorite Alexa calendar skills to help you keep your family organized. Whether you want to add events to a joint calendar, keep up with a shared to-do list, or just make…

Even though I've become a strictly digital planner kind of person, but I do find myself missing paper planners . Well, Moleskine, who's my long-time personal favorite source for old-school paper journals, has a brilliant new solution tha…

We love finding the best organizational apps for parents each year because honestly? We need them ourselves! If you're anything like me, all household organization seems to disappear over the summer as we fully embrace our laid-back, cas…

W e are a house divided. My husband is an Android user (but I love him anyway), and I am an iPhone user. We need a calendar app that works with both, allows for the importing of Google calendar an iCal and automatically refreshes it. Is …

As a diehard Google calendar user and an iPhone lover, I've tried out tons of iPhone calendar apps over the years, none of which were actually made by Google. Until now! Once you download the free Google Calendar app for iPhone , you'll …

There's excitement and anxiousness in the air at back to school time, but for many parents, this time of year can also bring about a little dread. As in: Ugh. Here comes the deluge of To-Do lists and classroom paperwork and lunch-packing…

I always love seeing new tech that really benefits parents, and super smart newborn apps are one of those awesome advances I wish had been around 12 years ago when I was getting ready to welcome my first baby. Just out yesterday, the Bab…

First, let me acknowledge that I am an Apple gal and so I'm always looking for a better productivity app for iPhone. Yes, I'm still rocking the 4S -- and likely jinxing myself by speaking of it so boldly -- but I'm routinely impressed wi…

I need a calendar app that is going to make it easy to schedule multiple kids in different sports, clubs, dance classes, and music lessons, not to mention my work commitments. Oh yeah, and I'd like to have some time left over for fun. Or…

My son has told me at least four times today exactly how many days away Christmas is. I think you could say the countdown is officially on. So, I'm going to set the default home screen on our kitchen computer to Google's Santa Tracker —a…

Our latest post in our Holiday Tech Gifts 2013 Guide is a fun one! We love looking for affordable little stocking stuffers to make our lives more fun, more interesting, or just a little more silly. Here are some of our very favorite geek…

With the iPad Air as one of our top tech gifts of the year, if you've got one coming your way--or hey, even an iPad 2, iPhone 5S or iPod--we wanted to help you out with some of our very favorite must-have apps to get you started. Here ar…

I'm not kidding you when I say that every year, I plan to do one of those cool advent calendars with little toys or candies in every counting-­down window, and every year, I don't follow through. (Sad face.) That's why this adorable adve…

We love companies that consistently try to improve their already-pretty-fab products, so we're enthusiastic to tell you that SquareHub , a social networking app made just for families that we love, is branching out to Android families no…

Obsessed with Pinterest as we are? Follow us ! Then check out 5 of our most popular pins from this week. 1. Our favorite TV science guy is back . What an awesome program for kids! 2. Get geeky with your breakfast food . Hilarious. 3. Thi…

I'm a project manager by trade, and my husband has a Master's degree in Logistics, so you'd think we'd have our acts together when it comes to our calendars, right? Unfortunately, we still miss dental appointments, forget who was going t…

I'm the type of person who loves to be organized. It's embarrassing admitting that school supply shopping tops my list of fun stuff to do. But when it comes to calendars, I'm kind of a stick in the mud. I mean, even though we've reviewed…

Years ago, I used to be able to keep my entire schedule in my head--no calendar necessary. Three kids later, a calendar is a must-have for keeping track of family activities and appointments. But what about stuff that you want to remembe…

Yesterday's big Apple announcements included the introduction of the overwhelmingly awesome new iO7 operating system. In our minds, this could be a game changer for those of you on the fence about investing in an Apple phone, with helpfu…

The cold weather and I aren't the best of friends. If I were to draw my expression from the beginning of 2013, the most predominant would probably be of a face with chattering teeth. And with this adorable emoticon calendar I can do just…