On Sunday I’ll be heading to Detroit as a guest of Ford Motor Company for their Driving Green Technology Event thanks to a partnership between Clever Girls Collective and Ogilvy PR. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is bringing together 100 green, tech, and lifestyle bloggers from 10 countries around the world and will include time at the North American…
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Predicting Blogging and Tech Trends for 2011
Earlier this week I wrote about the many successful collaborations between bloggers and brands for Mom Blog Magazine and got to look in my crystal ball to predict some of the top parenting trends for 2011 for Parenting.com. Here are some other blogging and tech trends that I envision for the coming year: Hyperlocal…
Workout Wednesday: Wishing My Workouts Exceeded Screen Time Limits on Our Family Timer
I’ve discovered that the best way to ensure that I get my daily YourShape: Fitness Evolved workouts in is to do them in the mornings otherwise, I run the risk of my Kinect time being cut off with the limits I’ve set on the built in Family Timer on our Xbox! The built in Family…
A Better World: Facebook Game Designed for Virtual Good Deeds
Welcome to A Better World! I don’t play Facebook games mainly because I view them as another online time suck and method of harvesting personal information from my account but was curious when contacted to review A Better World, a new game that’s designed around doing good things. Game play earns Positive Points which advance…
Resolve to Use SWAGG in 2011 to Be Rid of Costanza Wallet (w. $50 SWAGGgift giveaway)
If you were one of the 60% of Americans who got a gift card yesterday, make it your New Years’ resolution to resolve to manage gift, loyalty and membership cards on your mobile device in 2011. new free app prevents the George Costanza wallet problem of overabundant plastic cards by allowing you to load gift…
Google Voice Brings You Free Personalized Calls From Santa
This holiday season, Google Voice is providing free calls from Santa on SendACallFromSanta.com that can be customized with the person’s name, gender, toy request, and favorite food. They are the perfect holiday call for the kids who eagerly anticipate the arrival of the man in the red suit, will make the eyes of the non-believers open…
Last Minute Gifts for Work at Home Professionals- My Suggestions on FoxBusiness.com
Earlier this week FoxBusiness.com asked me about the items I have at home to make my life as a work-at-home professional easier. If you are looking for last minute gift ideas or even want to see what your home office might be missing, here are my picks that Make Work Easier and ‘Sweeter’ in 2011….
Workout Wednesday: Ubisoft’s YourShape Fitness for Kinect Helps Curb Holiday Weight Gain
Luckily gingerbread house candy doesn’t tempt me. But homemade cookies do…. And I was quite tempted I was to order one of these while writing up my Mrs. Prindable’s gift guide last night! Thankfully staying faithful to my YourShape Fitness Trainer means my total weight gain for the week is 0! I didn’t lose anything either…
Tassimo T20 BrewBot Brews at the Touch of a Button (w. giveaway)
Congratulations to Adalia who won the Tassimo T20 on Christmas Day! The Bosch Tassimo T20 BrewBot ($129.99) makes it easy to brew a variety of beverages at the touch of a button in the comfort of my home. I received some of the TDiscs along with my brewer as part of the Virtual Holiday Extravaganza but…
SWAGG Mobile Makes Shopping Easy for Everyone Left on Your List (w. giveaway)
With Christmas less than a week away, do you have something for everyone on your list? Last week I introduced SWAGG, a mobile application that allows consumers to give and get gift cards right from their mobile device so if you are still bewildered about what to give those remaining people on your list—give SWAGG!…
