Coral Von Zumwalt Takes Great Pictures

Coral Von Zumwalt (a.k.a. Coral Thompson) is an AMAZING photographer. She's also Kate's bestest friend ever. Everyone should have a talented professional photographer as a friend. Go to: www.coralvonzumwalt.com photography and see what else she can do!

Mogreet Widget v4.0 - Improved!

This is a test of the Mogreet Widget v4.0. We're hoping to improve on a few glitches with streaming video. One of the tests is to embed the widget into a blog. This embed code comes from clicking on "embed" on the widget.

The 22 Step Social Media Marketing Plan

This article by Mashable has a number of compelling and FREE to use social media ideas. What isn't free: The amount of time it takes to pour content into them and to be actively using all of them. Seriously, we need a shakedown on the number of social media outlets out there so that we can focus traffic into a few key ones.
The 22 Step Social Media Marketing Plan

The best tool mentioned in the article is this one: http://usernamecheck.com/. It allows you to check user name status across a number of top sites.

Mogreet Grabs $5 Million For Mobile Video Messaging Platform

Mogreet Grabs $5 Million For Mobile Video Messaging Platform

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This is such a HUGE announcement for Mogreet! A big THANK YOU to everyone who helped Mogreet get to this milestone. This vote of confidence in our product speaks volumes, especially during a tough financial climate for startups.

I think it's only appropriate to really convey my excitement for this with a mogreet:

Obama: Yes We Can!

Tonight's election is such a huge moment in the history of the United States of America. Congratulations to Barack Obama and all who helped make his campaign a success. In honor of his acceptance speech, send this Mogreet to everyone you know. Use promo code: geoff to send it for free.

35+ Sites Made for Web Savvy Families

This list just came to me via Twitter from Mashable:
35+ Sites Made for Web Savvy Families

I haven't had a chance to click through to all of them yet, but I'm surprised to find that we're not using any of them...yet.

Here's how we do things:
Calendar - Google Calendar
Photos - Picassa & Ofoto
Videos - Nothing yet...pile of DV tapes.
Finances - BofA, Excel
Family Communication - Email, Vonage, Skype
Family Tree - Family Tree Maker

Nothing shocking here...


We did, however, do a stint with: http://www.trixietracker.com/ on our firstborn to track feedings, sleep, bm, etc... It was amazing! Graphs, iPhone App, everything a stathead could want for tracking his baby.

BabyCenter.com is also great! Even for a dad...

Simon Says

Interactive designer Paul Neave of Neave.com brings us an all-time classic game: Simon.

Simon made by Neave Games

I also had a blast staring at his "strobe" installation that does some really tiresome things to the muscles in my eyes. When you look away from the screen, regular objects appear to be melting like an LSD trip. This is especially effective after a long day of halogen tanning in front of a monitor.

Wheeeeeeee

Kate took this photo of me tossing Mary Kate up in the air. It was right after the two kids refused to smile for our very first yuppie family photo session down at the beach. I insisted that we dress up in 100% denim and go out into the waves for the shot, but Kate persuaded me to go with the denim and collared shirt look with the sweet lay down knees crossed reclining look. Jimmy was a total pill and refused to do anything more than glare. Awesome.

Can you spot Jimmy in this photo? I'll give you a hint. Follow Mary Kate's shadow...

Mobile Video Messaging: Halloween Mogreets!

This Halloween, I plan to send my friends a Halloween greeting directly to their mobile phone. Check out Mogreet.com today and do the same!

Lance Bass Mogreet is AWESOME

Mogreet Steve Rudolf Caddy Widget in da House!

Mogreet Mini Widget Testing

Mogreet Mini Widget

Happy Father's Day - Mogreet!

Mary Kate Walks!

Videos of the Family

Breakfast w/the Kids

A few mornings ago, the kids and I started the day in the usual way: Jimmy wakes up saying, "Mommy...Daddy...Moooooommmmmyyyyy....Daaaaaddddddyyy". After a few minutes of this, I usually roll out of bed all groggy and sleepy-eyed. As soon as I open the door, I hear, "Hi Daddy!" from Jimmy. One time he even said, "Party!" out of the clear blue.

After a quick diaper change, we head into the office and get Mary Kate. One thing is constant about Mary Kate's wake-up routine: the smile. She smiles as big as her face will allow when we enter the room to get her. With both kids in my arms, we head for the kitchen, fill up our babas (daddy's is hot...careful) and head for the living room to shake off the cobwebs.

This picture catches up to us after the babas and right as we sit down to eat some oatmeal, chopped up strawberries and blackberries, and possibly some baby food for MK. I setup the shot using lighting from the wooden-slotted windowshades and used the -10 second timer. I can't believe I got both kids to look right at the lens for the shot.

Here's to great wake ups!