I’m back! Did you miss me? Thanks so much to Karen Waters, Dr. Robert, MizzB, and Tech Savvy Daddy for their fabulous guest posts while I was on vacation. Yes, I truly was on vacation and what a wonderful one it was! Where was I? We may not be Matt Laurer but it’s time to…
Tech Savvy Daddy Chooses Being Green Over Tech Savvy
Digital picture frames seem like a good idea but in reality, they just sit there and waste energy or suck batteries while hoping someone will come by and admire the images. The good people at Gizmodo have come up with what could be a perfect compromise. A non-digital picture frame. I wonder if there will…
Tech Savvy Guest: Reconnect With Your Local Library- Tips from Karen Waters
Today’s guest post is from Karen Waters. Karen is a technical project manager who is passionate about work/life balance. With three kids, a husband, and a full-time job, her life demands technology to maintain equilibrium. She uses her technical skills to help promote efficiencies that allow her to flourish in her career while being the…
Tech Savvy Guest: Glogster’s 21st Century Posters by MizzB
MizzB is a mom to a 10 year-old, a working teacher, and a produced playwright. She teaches in a high poverty elementary in LA, where she tries to keep creatively and technologically afloat in the murky waters of educational bureaucracy and high-stakes testing. My 6th grader came home the first week of school desperate not…
Tech Savvy Daddy’s Inappropriate Use of Technology
Tech Savvy Daddy loves snarky gadget website Gizmodo because it has all the dirt on all the super cool up-and-coming gadgets and technological hilarity. As I blog, he’s often sitting behind me on his separate-but-equal computer in our office snickering at stuff on his screen or in awe of the amazing things he’s found on…
Tech Savvy Guest Karen Waters Shares the Amazing Capabilities of Google
Today’s Tech Savvy guest is Karen Waters. Karen is a technical project manager who is passionate about work/life balance. With three kids, a husband, and a full-time job, her life demands technology to maintain equilibrium. She uses her technical skills to help promote efficiencies that allow her to flourish in her career while being the…
Tech Savvy Guest: Five Tips For Keeping Up With Technology by Dr. Robert Joseph
Today’s Tech Savvy guest is Dr. Robert Joseph. Robert is married with two boys and has degrees from MIT and Carnegie Mellon University. With over 25 years of developing state-of-the-art technology he established GluLIfe, a web development company and CyberNetKids, a company teaching kids how to build websites, do internet research and develop programs. Today…
Ironman Live Tech Savvy Mama Style- Part II
My brother is a triathlete. More specifically, he is an Ironman. He’s someone who routinely competes in a grueling competition consisting of a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike ride, and ends with a 26.2 mile marathon in the course of a day. Today I’ll be watching my brother compete in the 30th Ironman World…
Tech Savvy Guest: Aniboom as Alternative to Computer Games by MizzB
MizzB is a mom to a 10 year-old, a working teacher, and a produced playwright. She teaches in a high poverty elementary in LA, where she tries to keep creatively and technologically afloat in the murky waters of educational bureaucracy and high-stakes testing. There’s no avoiding it. Chances are, if you have a kid older…
Tech Savvy Guest: Karen Waters Explains How Tumblebooks Furthers a Love of Reading
Today’s Tech Savvy guest is Karen Waters. Karen is a technical project manager who is passionate about work/life balance. With three kids, a husband, and a full-time job, her life demands technology to maintain equilibrium. She uses her technical skills to help promote efficiencies that allow her to flourish in her career while being the…
