iPlay’n Learn – They should’ve named it iDistract’n Calm

by Mir | Cool Tech

A few weeks ago I had some friends over to the house, and one of them brought her three-year-old, who immediately commenced leaping around on the furniture like a chimp on crack. Given that my children are past that phase (or can be reigned in with a simple, Knock it...

Trusting your teen? There’s an app for that!

by Mir | Cool Tech

It seems impossible to me that I’ll one day have a teen or two whom I’ll allow to roam the world somewhat freely, but the truth is that teenagerhood will be entering my house very, very soon. Hold me.Vanessa Van Petten has been helping parents communicate...

Scrapbook masterpieces, no skills required

by Mir | Helpful Services

Look, we’ve discussed my SIS (Scrapbook Impairment Syndrome) in the past. I’m okay with it. There are tools available for me to do pretty things with my pictures in other ways.But if I want a genuine photos-affixed-to-beautiful-backgrounds, scrapbook...

A new iPhone App that even the Grinch would love

by Betsy | Cool Tech

I have to admit I’m a bit of an iPhone app addict, but even though the number of smart phone apps are growing into the hundreds of thousands I generally think that there are only a dozen or two that are worthwhile. The Dr. Seuss Camera–Grinch Edition...

Why send an e card? Because it’s easier. Um…we mean, eco-er.

by Stephanie Slate | Uncategorized

The answer to my not enough time during the holidays to breathe let alone send cards prayers has arrived in my inbox just in time for Christmas: Paperless Post. Two words that will forever ring more beautifully than the Christmas bells themselves. I mean it. ...

Shutterfly Photo Books Contest – Keep those entries coming!

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

We’ve been blown away by the awesome entries to the Shutterfly contest so far. We love seeing your families and your amazing books – so keep them coming! You have until tomorrow night to share your own book and win a bunch of great prizes –...

Telegraph UK names the 12 Best Websites for Families and Children (and we’re on it!)

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

Well weren’t we just shocked when we clicked over to the Telegraph UK today to find out that their list of the 12 Best Websites for Families and Kids included Cool Mom Picks.Their feeling was that yes, we do have “cool stuff for parents and kids” and...

Congratulations – you’re a grandparent!

by Mir | Books for Adults

When I told my parents I was expecting, I didn’t tell them I was expecting. I told them we’d done some interesting sightseeing, and did they want to see pictures? And then I gave them my ultrasound photos.If The Grandparents Handbook had been around, back...

Pixorial – Ushering back the return of the Betamax

by Liz Gumbinner | Helpful Services

Some of my favorite memories: Seeing Paris when I was 8. My senior year dance performance. Bungee jumping off a crane over the Hudson River. And they’re all saved on video tape. As in, not DVDs. And since we’ve ditched the VCR, there’s not much...

They grow up so fast. Don’t take bad pictures.

by Christina Refford | Books for Adults

Forget the baby monitor or motorized swing: what I really could have used when my kids were little was photographer and dad Nick Kelsh’s entertaining and smart new DVD, How to Photograph Your Baby, a companion to the classic book by the same name. If you have...