Moms' Corner
Hey Mom, There's an App for That!
Phenomenal mobile applications that make Mom's day a little easier.
Recently, my six year old saw a pay phone on a corner. She looked at me, eyes full of innocence and asked, "Mommy, what's that?" With all of the control I could muster, and in my very best serious voice I replied, "That, my dear, is a telephone." "Oh" she replied, looking at the wretched metal box covered in graffiti as if it were a part of the dinosaur exhibit at the Fernbank. And then she returned to watching a movie on my iPhone. If I didn't feel old before...... Last year, the American Dialect Society voted the word "app" as the word of the year for 2010. Although the society says that the word has been around for many years, new marketing pushes from cell phone carriers along with innovative apps from designers has launched the …
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