With the introduction of ever more sophisticated smartphones and tablets into the market, and the availability of some of the most amazing apps out there, it should come as no surprise just how dramatically technology has transformed the family. Today, there may actually be more communication between parents and kids, even though much of that communication is via text messages. Televisions have been replaced by streaming Netflix movies on the family computer. Family game night using board games has been replaced by family game night with the Xbox Kinect. Organizing and scheduling a family has been transformed from paper checklists into an ever-growing selection of amazing organizational smartphone apps. These days, women that are running a family are filling more roles than ever before. Women may have to manage a career, survive as a student, manage a household, raise children, or maybe even all of the above. The balancing act that so many women manage is finally made at least a little bit easier by the latest technologies that are available – but just how much have those technologies changed what being a “mom” looks like, especially if that mom is a true tech geek? To explore that question, I went out in search of at least one or two moms within my own social networks, to get a feel for what motherhood looks like in today’s high-technology world. My queries turned up a number of geek moms, and two of them were willing to chat with me about how technol
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