Haven’t registered for Blogalicious yet? You have only a few more days! Here’s some great news for anyone procrastinating! Blogalicious just announced new admission specials that include: Student Pass– Get $75 off the conference price by presenting current college/university ID at conference check in and have full access to all conference activities. Although you must…
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Blogalicious! Are You Going?
Are you going to Blogalicious? If not, you should register now! Blogalicious is described as the “social gathering for women bloggers of color” but is for all women bloggers to come together (not just mommy bloggers!), celebrate diversity, and a love of blogging in W in Atlanta from October 9-11. The conference is the brainchild…
PBS Parents Helps Parents Cope With Back to School Anxiety
Little Miss Techie will head off to kindergarten in just 13 days. I’m waiting for the anxiety, nervousness, and apprehension to set in but so far she seems fine. We’ve bought our school supplies, packed our school box, and have our backpack ready to go. School could start tomorrow and I swear she would skip…
Tech Savvy Mama Travel Picks (with giveaway!)
Our family is no stranger to traveling. Tech Savvy Daddy goes on tons of business trips and as a family, we have made countless cross-country trips with Little Miss Techie and Captain Computer to visit grandparents in California, trips to Hawaii, and beyond. Even though summer seems to be winding down, I wanted to share…
Websites of the Week: Hide the Cheese & Andrea’s Recipes
What do I do when I’m not in front of the computer? I’ve always loved to cook but recently I’ve developed a love of gardening, especially tending to our home garden. These days happiness is having a fridge full of food from our garden supplemented by our local farmers’ markets. Last year we were constantly…
Clean Sweep’s Peter Walsh Says Back to School Organization is Important for Child AND Family
It’s back to school time again! Suddenly it seems like the summer that was just beginning is now over. There are back to school sales at every turn, PTA members on the hunt for fresh blood for volunteering tasks, and the supply list that came in the back to school packet in today’s mail. Before…
Trend Micro’s Carol Carpenter Shares Online Safety Risks All Kids Face..
Today’s post comes from Carol Carpenter, VP of Marketing for Trend Micro, Inc. As a mother of two tweens, Carol is also known as Trend Micro’s Cyber Mom and is committed to educating parents on how to easily keep kids and teens safe online while they learn, play and explore. Today Carol shares real and…
Maybe Mabel Will Send Me and Jessica to BlogHer 2010!
Jessica, Grover, and Me at BlogHer 2009 Sure, BlogHer was great but it was missing so many of the great people who make up the fabulous blogging community I’m part of. I especially missed Jessica from A Parent in Silver Spring who was my roommate for BlogHer09 and my inspiration for starting my own…
BlogHer Part II- Swag
Photo courtesy of StimeyCapitalizing on the purchasing power of women, companies came out in full force and swag was everywhere. It randomly appeared in our rooms, could be found in suites all over the hotel, in the bags we picked up at registration, and all over the exhibit hall. Swag was nice at first…
The Best of BlogHer Part 1
I wasn’t going to go to BlogHer this year but am glad I did. It certainly lived up to my expectations and provided nice face time with the bloggers that I read, Tweet with, and converse with via e-mail on a daily basis. I also learned about tons of new tech products that I can’t…