One camera to go, please

One camera to go, please

I have the terrible habit of dropping my little point-and-shoot camera right into my bag without first putting in the case. Now that I have a camera I love, I’ve gotten better. But there’s nothing like the incentive of a cute new camera bag to keep me...
Twig makes charger cables ultra-portable (and bendy)

Twig makes charger cables ultra-portable (and bendy)

The place where I charge my iPhone is on the desk in our kitchen, where mail, bills, kids’ artwork and trinkets always seem to get placed. And every day or so when I need to juice my phone, I always find myself maneuvering the cable around the papers and pens...
“Mommy, is that a mermaid?”

“Mommy, is that a mermaid?”

This weekend, my daughter took a dip in a pool wearing her cousin’s goggles. She emerged giggly, delighted with the newfound discovery of how cool it is to see underwater. So when I found this swim mask that does even more than help you see, I thought…ooh....
Music at the beach. Hold the sand.

Music at the beach. Hold the sand.

As much as my kids love the beach and the pool, my husband and I tend to forgo any sort of technology for fear that our precious iPhones and music players will end up filled with sand. But after discovering these handy beach-ready speakers, we’re ready to crank...
3 reasons the MacBook Air is perfect for moms

3 reasons the MacBook Air is perfect for moms

After lugging my gigantic MacBook Pro around with me around town for work, and then on a few business trips, I decided that it might be time to look at something smaller. I own several netbooks, but unless I’m just checking email or doing light word processing,...
5 smart tech tips for traveling with kids

5 smart tech tips for traveling with kids

If your family is anything like mine, a vacation means loading up all the tech gadgets to keep the troops entertained for the long trip ahead. With a pilot in the house, we do much more flying than driving, which can make things a little tricky when it comes to...