May 2010

Mother’s Day & More from the Dads’ Perspective – “Mother’s Day Grossout” – Cast of Dads Podcast #18

May 13, 2010

Yes, we pro-actively recorded a special Mother’s Day podcast (#18) on Cast of Dads, but of course, being men, we are a bit behind on getting it out for everyone to listen to and enjoy. No matter! It’s the thought that counts, right? Happy belated Mother’s Day! We, as always, had a lively discussion about [...]

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iPhone App “Am I Done?” Answers THAT Exact Question When Your Kids Ask You It

May 12, 2010

Part of a parent’s role is to ensure that your kids brush their teeth well, take a shower or bath, clean their rooms, or just simply wash their hands. Most of the time, when you ask your kids to do these tasks, they wave a toothbrush within a few inches of their teeth, splash some [...]

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Social Media for the Rest of Us

May 11, 2010

I heard an interesting statistic today that the smartphone sales accounted for only about 20% of all of the cell phones sold this past quarter. I was actually a bit surprised with that number. I would have thought that the percentage would have been a lot higher. Of course, I live in a technology bubble. [...]

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New GelaSkins Give your iPad Protection as well as Personality

May 7, 2010

Putting a skin on your electronic device is nothing new. Just go to a mall or an electronics store and you can find a bunch of different products that wrap around your device. But there are several drawbacks to those run of the mill skins. They have boring designs, the don’t fit your device quite [...]

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“Lose The Laptop” in 140 Characters or Less!

May 6, 2010

The next AT&T Lose The Laptop Challenge is upon me and it is all about Social Media. #LoseTheLaptop [99] For my first article for the Challenge, I’m going to try something different, use only 140 or fewer characters at a time. [121] While this 140 character requirement is only for Twitter, it actually can help [...]

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Altec Lansing’s inMotion Compact – An Innovative, Portable Speaker Solution for Mom

May 5, 2010

With Mother’s Day just around the corner, I thought that I would do a quick review of the Altec Lansing inMotion Compact (iMT320) portable speaker as one of those great tech gifts for Mom. But before you rush out and get one of these (and I do recommend that you do), here is a strategy [...]

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A Service Fee for Printed Statements? That’s Extortion!

May 4, 2010

Yesterday I received my wife’s New York & Co credit card statement and I noticed a charge that caught my attention. It was for $1 and had “Processing Fee” for the Transaction Description. I was a bit confused by the charge so I started reading the bill a bit more carefully to find out what [...]

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What Makes Men Cry & Other Things – “Crying & Candy Cigarettes” – Cast of Dads Podcast #17

May 3, 2010

Even though it seems that we took a week off from our regular podcast (really, we try our best to make these weekly), we were still able to pick up right where we left off with the usual daddy and parenting banter that has become a regular feature of our Cast of Dads podcast. I [...]

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