Monday, March 29, 2010

Special Edition of Cast of Dads (Video) Podcast – “Live from SxSW 2010″

by Michael Sheehan on March 29, 2010

in Cast of Dads, General, Opinion, parenting, PodCast, video

Even though South by Southwest (SxSW) is long over, the memory lives on. 3 of the 5 dads from Cast of Dads were there for this great conference which takes place in Austin, Texas and we decided to do something a bit different. The Cast of Dads that were at SxSW ventured over to the Dad Labs studio and we recorded our first ever video podcast, using the miracles of broadband connections, webcams and Skype.

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In this episode, the “locals” were Daddy Brad (from DadLabs.com), CC Chapman (from DigitalDads) and Jeff Sass (from Dad-O-Matic) while Max Kalehoff (from AttentionMax) and I were remotely hooked in. It was actually a pretty fun episode to record and while we normally focus on doing audio podcasts, we have proven to ourselves (and hopefully to you) that video is a great way to have conversations as well.

Our full video podcast is below:

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SchlageLINK Gives You Security & Access, Even When You Aren’t Home

by Michael Sheehan on March 29, 2010

in Consumer Electronics, Gadgets, General, Hardware, how to, iPhone, Mobile, Review, Safety, Security, video

Keys are a pain! I have so many keys on my keychain that I feel like a locksmith and I’m not even sure what keys go to what lock. But you can’t just throw them away, right? And, keys get lost. To top it off, they are simply and completely low tech. Also, the more people you have in the family, the more keys you have to make and as soon as someone loses one, you might have to change all of your locks. The SchlageLINK not only eliminates the need for keys, it also lets you assign codes to every member of your family, track locks and unlocks and control other components in your house.

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If you have an active family, people go in and out of your house all of the time. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to get notified when people come and go? What about setting up notifications that are uniquely tied to particular members of the family, the house cleaners or your neighbors? With the SchlageLINK, you can. And, you can do a whole lot more. And I have some hands-on experience to prove it. Schlage provided me with a complimentary starter kit deadbolt system to evaluate and document not only the installation processes but also how it works.

The SchlageLINK starter kit consists of the following:

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