Pin it Meet Mari Hi! I’m Mari, (that rhymes with Atari, not Mary) and I manage the kids design blog Small for Big. I’m a mom to my three year old girl, whom we’ve lovingly nicknamed Birdie. We live in Minneapolis, MN with her amazing Daddy-O. I’m also an adjunct professor with the Minneapolis College…
Pin it My husband is a rugby player. Last night we watched Invictus. It was a good movie, we don’t watch movies as much as I’d like. The poem the movie is based on is so powerful: Invictus by William Ernest Henley Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole…
Pin it Published on cphpost.dk – The Copenhagen Post (http://www.cphpost.dk) Home > Toy story! How children have come to ‘play well’ with the bricks of Billund Toy story! How children have come to ‘play well’ with the bricks of Billund [1] January 7, 2012 – 07:38 — jaya Add new tags: Lego [2] Toys…
Pin it I read this article and found it interesting to see the shift from community to collaboration. Why most online communities are failures January 18, 2012: 10:27 AM ET Plenty of smart companies and organizations have put together their own online communities. Some are pulling this off brilliantly; others, not so much. By John…
Pin it I love Google Voice and have been trying out a new idea: Use Google Voice to write a blog post. The theory was that I spend a lot of time driving too and from places and it’s a good time to think. Sometimes I forget my “brilliant blog post idea” while driving or…
Pin it There is a rather silly children’s cartoon, Jungle Junction, where all the characters are animals on wheels. They have an obnoxiously catchy theme song that always makes me think, “Gotta Run, Gotta Run”. This has become my mantra when I need a little help getting out the door. If I don’t work out…
Pin it Here is an interesting article on “Social Moms” and their behavior. Of my friends online, we interact via blog, twitter and facebook far more than an email. I find this article interesting because it talks to the influence of social moms. Mothers make 85% of the household spending decisions and I think they…
Pin it I was doing some research to update my media kit and found this great stat: 81% of moms own a mobile phone and 45% own a smart phone My guess if you’re reading this blog, half of you are reading it on your smart phone, right? Here’s the article in full: http://blog.insightexpress.com/2011/07/smart-moms-smartphones/ Smart…
Pin it Becky is a Utah native and proud of it. She has Swedish blood and married a Norwegian. (Shhh..don’t tellGrandpa Erland.) Whether it’s scoping out a local bakery to try their signature item, attending an art exhibit or joining the nearest CSA, she loves to support local. Becky authors two sweet-centric blogs: Utah Loves Cupcakes and Project…
