This time next week I’ll be at BlogHer with 1000 other blogging women and a few men at the largest blogging conference of the year. If you are coming, please highlight the Room of Your Own on Resource Blogging (August 6, 2:45-4 pm) where I’ll be speaking with Jessica (A Parent in Silver Spring), Amy…
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Tragic Tale of Sexting at Yahoo MotherBoard Summit Serves as Chilling Reminder of Importance of Internet Safety
The Yahoo MotherBoard Summit agenda was jam packed with tons of information but I was most interested in the Online Safety Roundtable featuring Catherine Teitelbaum, Policy Director for Yahoo Safely and Anne Toth who serves as the Vice President and Head of Privacy for Yahoo. After a welcome, Catherine Teitelbaum showed us a video featuring…
Back from Yahoo MotherBoard Summit With So Much to Share!
First of all, let me apologize to my Twitter followers and Facebook friends for the endless tweets and updates about all the fun that me and fellow Yahoo! MotherBoard members (#YMotherBoard) had during our trip. I know what it is like to be the one at home following the hashtag because I’m usually that blogger….
In the Air with our Sony PSP!
From long security lines, cancelled flights, weather delays, to antsy children, traveling can be quite trying but luckily our flight was a dream! Our carry-ons were packed full of gadgets and snacks to keep us entertained and well fed for the cross country flight. As you can see, the PSP was a huge hit! Little…
Tooth Fairy on the Sony PSP for Our Toothless Wonder!
Little Miss Techie’s first tooth fell out last week and just last night she lost another one! See those bottom front teeth coming in? We were calling her Shark Tooth because had a double row of teeth until she lost those baby teeth! Since she’s sporting a sort of toothless grin, I think I’ll let…
Leaving on a Jet Plane with Our Sony PSP
The kids and I are getting ready to embark on a cross country flight to visit my parents in California. Little Miss Techie and Captain Computer are pretty savvy travelers and have racked up a fair amount of miles on their frequent flier cards in their short lifetimes but this trip will be a little…
Little Miss Techie: Motivated Learner and Independent Googler!
Six year old Little Miss Techie has been very curious about which animals see in color. She knows that dogs do not but has been wondering about her grandparents’ sheep. Being the motivated learner that she is, she tried to find the answer in our nonfiction books about animals here at home. We’ve talked about…
DC Readers: Mary Poppins at The Kennedy Center is Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Washington DC’s The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts hosts incredible musical guests, regular performances by The National Symphony Orchestra, and dazzling festivals but for the next month, the stage is home to a fabulous production of Mary Poppins. This charming and classic Broadway musical is based on the book by P.L. Travers,…
If I were a teenage boy…
I’d mow the lawn and complete my summer homework packets or spend all of my hard earned allowance to get my hands on a Limited Edition PSP with Rock Band Unplugged. Me and my band would skip the Quickplay and Training and go right to Tour. I wouldn’t choose anything as uncool as Livin’…
Join BitMoms to Win Software & Handmade Spa Products!
Even though June was Online Safety Month, there is an ongoing need to know what internet tools are being used in your home and for constant conversations about the risks and rewards of being online in order to keep your family safe. Last month I made a big leap when I decided to take a…
