This video is a love story between two Macs. We were playing around with speech recognition and voice commands on the Mac when we made this video. If you watch carefully, you’ll notice that one Mac is controlling the other with it’s “voice.” If you’d like to see an article about how YOU can do [...]
Using a Mac, a guide for Windows users
Step 1: Calm Down. Think about what happens you drive a new car. You have to take a few seconds to find where all of the buttons and switches are located. The windshield wipers, the radio buttons and the seat adjustments might be different than the ones in your car, but they still exist and [...]
A Comparison of 4 Popular Fitness Gadgets
While most gadgets promise to make life easier and save you energy, a new breed of fitness tracking devices want you to get off the couch and get your bootie moving! Worn on your wrist or clipped to your clothing, they will track your every move, sync with your smart phone or computer, show you [...]
Attach photos and videos directly from the Mail app (Quick Tip)
You can now attach photos and videos directly from the Mail app on your iPhone. Touch and hold anywhere in the body of the email, touch the right arrow and select “Insert photo or video”
How to sew a cozy pouch for your iPhone or iPod Touch
You can cover your iPhone or iPod touch with cases and screen protectors, but if you want something to make it feel even cuter and cozier in your purse or pocket, this is for you! I will show you how to sew your own easy and unique iPhone or iPod touch case out of felt [...]
Product Review: Philips In.Sight Cameras
Philips M100/37 Wireless Home Monitor After a string of break-ins in my neighborhood, I purchased this camera to monitor visitors who walk up to my door. We already have a security system so I wasn’t counting on this as the only way to keep my home burglar-free. These particular thieves liked to knock on [...]
Back up your Mac
We keep a lot of precious information on our computers. Photos of our children, videos of their important events, financial records, contacts, calendars, passwords, emails from people who are no longer with us, and many other valuable pieces of information. What would happen if all of that information was destroyed somehow? Or taken from you? [...]
Collecting Money with your SmartPhone
As a mom, you’ve probably been faced with the task of collecting money for something your kids are doing… collecting money for a teacher’s gift from the class, for pizza after the ball game, for the team party, selling crafts for a fundraiser, collecting money from coworkers for a cake, etc. It’s a pain to [...]
An easy way to keep an online backup of ALL of your photos
I don’t know about you, but one of my most prized “possessions” would be my photo collection. I could bear to live without a lot of things, but photos of my family would not be one of them. Because they are so important to me, I am extra vigilant in backing them up. I make [...]
You is kind, you is smart, you can learn stuff… ONLINE!
Just because you are a mom doesn’t mean that you get to stop learning new things. Do you want to learn how to program? Help your child with her algebra homework? Prepare to go back to school? Learn a new subject just for fun? I have a few suggestions for you Khan Academy One of [...]