Ah, I remember the days all too well (i.e. ahem, last year). I'd be at work, an hour away from home, buried in legal docs or in a never-ending meeting when I'd get a text message from our nanny that [insert a kid's name here] just took her first step or lost a tooth or [insert other cute thing/milestone here]. It sucked and I never felt so far away from my little guys as I … [Read more...] about Working Parents: Feel Like You’re Always There with Karoo
Apps
Kindle for Android
I've been dying for an e-reader ever since the Kindle came out. I was secretly (ok, openly) hoping for a Nook for Mother's Day, but didn't end up getting one. Then - my life changed - and I got the Motorola Droid smartphone early this year. I adore my Droid - more on that in another post - but Amazon recently made a Kindle app for the Android platform available and of course … [Read more...] about Kindle for Android
An Appetite for Apps
I've been daydreaming lately of developing a smartphone app. One designed specifically for busy moms, aimed at making our lives just a smidge easier. I'm hearing more and more about tools that allow for the average Jane to launch her own app with minimal coding knowledge, and I want in on that game! For example, I totally think that the Drive Thru Grub app is genius. When I … [Read more...] about An Appetite for Apps
Saturday Night, Evernote, and Me
Last year I signed up for an Evernote account as part of my Social Media Maniac kick. I used it that day and...never again. Why? I couldn't figure out how the heck to use it effectively. I chalked it up to one of those apps that was just gonna be over my head and called it a day. Fast forward some months to yesterday when I was talking to my "social media mentor," James, on … [Read more...] about Saturday Night, Evernote, and Me
“As Seen on Twitter!”
Image Credit: Mashable.com By now you've heard about Twitter's roll out of their advertising platform (finally!) that will display sponsored tweets in search results (the plan is for the sponsored tweets to later show up on Twitter.com and 3rd party Twitter app streams). Although I've been hearing some chatter about users reacting negatively to it, I'm not all that bothered by … [Read more...] about “As Seen on Twitter!”
