Organization

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 organiz…

Having a multi-platform, multi-device household can be difficult when all you want to do is transfer an itty bitty song from one device to the other. It's a whirling dervish of cords, USBs, devices, and wandering MPEG files that usually …

If you follow us on Twitter, it's pretty clear from our links that we're completely addicted to Pinterest, a virtual cork board that allows you to "pin" online inspiration and share it with others. We've been using it both for Cool Mom P…

Between work and home, I'm swimming in emails. So if one more person asks me to join an email list, I think I might scream -- even though that's really the best way for many groups, like our neighborhood, to communicate. So when I heard …

As much as I love my iPad, I still use good old paper and pen to jot down notes to myself and make to-do lists, because it's just way faster than me clicking away on a tablet keyboard. But all that has changed since I started using Penul…

I used to use my Netflix queue to keep the list of movies I'd missed, shows I wanted to watch on DVD, etc., but now I'm not sure where to manage this stuff since we canceled our subscription. Is there a way for me to organize my lists fo…

To help you be large and in charge, or at least awake and charging up--here are five electrifying picks you might have missed on Cool Mom Tech from the last week. 1. A pretty bird alarm clock ? Tweet! 2. Is your child ready for a cell ph…

I love digital photography for the ability to take 500 pictures of my daughter eating her first birthday cupcake, knowing that the perfect shot will be in there somewhere. But this also means my computer gets bogged down with tons of pho…

W e have two iPod Touches and two iPhones in our home which results in hanging cords in nearly every outlet in our kitchen. Can you recommend a multiple device docking station that will charge all four devices in one place? - Renee We fe…

I have duplicate photos in my iPhoto libraries. Is there a program that can help me eliminate the dupes? - @SallyHogshead via Twitter Now this is one question that a lot of us have faced ourselves. Duplicate photos are most definitely an…

You love your new DSLR and you want to take it everywhere. But between the diaper bag, your purse and holding the littles' hands while they cross the street, there's just no way you can take along one more bag or one more thing. And let'…

As much as we love shopping, we love it even more thanks to the amazing sites and apps that make our online shopping experience much easier, especially on our wallets. Fab Liz: Because I'm addicted to Fab.com of course I'm addicted to th…

Here, our favorite tech gadgets and apps of the year that to us, are like having another arm. Sometimes we busy moms appreciate productivity-enhancing technology as much as a few hours of extra sleep. iPhone 4S Liz: While of course I put…

Seeing family and friends over the holiday break is wonderful way to round out the year, but sometimes getting to where you need to be involves traffic jams, travel headaches and long delays in airports with really bad food courts. No th…

Being social takes entirely too much effort since becoming a mom. I don't have time for lengthy phone calls and emails with five different recipients using "reply all" too often. Then again, being social is one of the only ways us moms s…

OnStar and I are getting married. Our courtship was brief--a weekend trial period--but know I know he's the one for me. If you're not familiar, OnStar is a mobile concierge connected to your rear view mirror that serves as your copilot w…

If you've ever tried to hold a baby on your lap and change their diaper or breastfeed all from the oh-so inconvenient, uncomfortable, and unsanitary stall of a public bathroom, then this app is for you. Traveling with babies--or doing ho…

For the many of you who have made it a post-Thanksgiving tradition to do all your Christmas shopping on Black Friday thru Cyber Monday weekend, I salute you. I don't even have enough energy after hosting Thanksgiving to pull one side of …

Even though I'm not cooking the turkey this year (hooray, hallelujah, amen!), I'm preparing a few side dishes and desserts. And because I'm not necessarily known for my kitchen skills, you can bet I'm going to be relying heavily on my sm…

The holiday list-making has hit full-force in this house. Yesterday my nine year-old handed me a list not only for the upcoming holidays but a second prioritized list for her birthday. My 7 year-old, who I insanely showed the copy button…

I've tried my fair share of chore charts both low tech and high tech, and I've yet to find something that doesn't involve me always having to remind them to get their jobs done! Well, since trying out this fabulous new app, my kids are t…

Now that we've turned back the clocks (we did, didn't we?) there's one more reason my kids will be waking up too early. And one more reason I'm glad to have come across a decent learning clock made for kids and their sleep-deprived paren…

While I continue to be terribly lame when it comes to managing my own inbox (it's a frightening, frightening place, I tell you) I am so excited about this one little tool I just discovered that helps free up storage space in your Gmail a…

There are lots of products on the market right now that "secretly" monitor your kids, like GPS-tracking their cars or logging their keystrokes on the computer without their knowledge. If you prefer to have a more open and communicative r…