Today, Kim Vallee twittered us (feel free to follow us) that she mentioned us in her presentation on “Updated Look at Women and Social Media” at Podcamp Toronto 2009. You can find us at around the 6:51 min mark.
Thanks Kim!
While doing some early spring cleaning, I stumbled upon some press clippings that we never posted up. They don’t really talk about Kidmondo and are really about parenting in general. Some are definitely quite useful. In no particular order…
Simple ways to make your child feel special – Babycenter
Bedtime is a perfect time to make your child feel special. Daniel Hallac, cofounder of Kidmondo, says that he and his wife started a bedtime routine six years ago with their son called “relax.”
After teeth brushing and a story, it’s time for “the relax,” which “is really just hanging out in his bed with the lights out,” says Hallac. “We just talk about anything he wants to talk about. Like many parents, we are very busy and pulled in a million directions. But during ‘relax’ time, we focus 100 percent on him.”
When their son was younger and guests were over, he insisted the guests do “the relax,” too.
Beware the Know It Alls: How to Handle Unsolicited Baby Advice – WebMD
“With the first one, we got a ton of unsolicited advice about everything under the sun,” says Daniel Hallac, a New York City dad of two. Hallac is also co-founder of kidmondo.com, a website that lets parents journal, store first photos, and keep growth charts. “It really freaked us out trying to deal with all of it.”
“In the end,” Hallac tells WebMD, “we figured out two responses that seemed to fit our every need. The first was, ‘We will check with his doctor,’ because no one questions the doctor; and the second was ‘Great! Thanks!’ and then we just went ahead and ignored it.”
Working Dads Make Time for Family – Calgary Sun
Until a few months ago, Daniel Hallac was Global Head of eBusiness for HSBC Private Bank. He says “like many who work for large multinational corporations, my job was quite demanding: long hours, lack of flexibility, frequent travel, early and late conference calls, etc. I often had to miss school events and came home after the kids were already asleep.”
So he left HSBC and launched his own Internet start-up, Kidmondo.com. “Now I set my schedule around my kids,” says Daniel. “I can attend all their school functions, birthday parties and doctor visits.”
Finding the Email Program That’s Right for Your Family – MyFox Chicago
Daniel Hallac, owner of Kidmondo, an online baby journal website, says he set up his 5-year-old son on Apple Mail because of its parental approval features. “Apple’s mail program is really useful because you can put limits on the emails your child can send or receive,” Hallac says. “I haven’t found a web-based mail service that lets me do this. It makes me feel very safe that he can’t receive any errant spam.”
Kidmondo has been featured again on Springwise on a post entitled ‘Online baby blogs to printed baby books‘. We think the article really touched on something important: the integration of both on and off line.
We love the web (we really do), nothing beats its convenience. That said, there is is something timeless about a printed book. When we started Kidmondo our goal was really to offer parents the best of both worlds: a safe and easy way to record your babies’ precious moments through the website and the option to print these memories into a wonderful book that they can keep forever.
Kidmondo was featured in the New York Times in a wonderful article by Camille Sweeney, which stared our littlest member of the Kidmondo family, Shaun.
Lot’s of press this week.
The week started with an article by BabyLuxe {daily} on Monday.
Tuesday saw us featured on Cookie Magazine’s email newsletter.
On Wednesday we were written up on Springwise.
The quote of the week? Easy…
“The Easiest Way to Keep a Baby Book”
- Cookie Magazine
We tend to agree.
Kidmondo appeared on UrbanBaby Buzz, today!
Our favorite line of the post:
Your newborn has 300 Facebook friends, but the people who really care about her progress (Grandma and Grandpa, your social network-fearing sis) aren’t on the list.
They really captured why we built it.
We are big fan’s of 37 Signals and their book ‘Getting Real‘. We used two of their products, Backpack and Basecamp in the building Kidmondo. We really respect their work and most importantly how they work. In fact, when we were stomped on how to get a particular feature working on our site, we often asked ourselves, “what would 37signals do?”
Well, 37signals profiled us on their product blog. It will give you a good insight on us and how we went about building Kidmondo.
Italy
Kidmondo – Noimamme.it
Diario per bebè – Mamme del ParcoPagano
Bimbi online – Daily Luxury (Maggio 2008)
Kidmondo, il diario online del tuo bebé – DGmag.it
Kidmondo – Viva le mamme
France
Kidmondo, un journal en ligne pour vos enfants… – Fredzone.org
kidmondo : jeunes parents 2.0 [nouveaux usages] – Tapahont.info
Spain
Kidmondo – El mundo de tu bebé – Conpeques.com
Crear álbum de bebes gratis con Kidmondo – Guiapeques.com
Japan
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Kidmondo Offers Robust Baby Journals – CenterNetworks.com
“parents will want to return to it over time and share it with other family and friends.”
Blog Your Toddler’s Every Step [The Startup Review] – Mashable.com
“if we may say so ourselves, it’s a real pleasure to use.”
Kidmondo.com – Online Baby Journals – KillerStartups.com
“The site is easy-to-use and the baby journals created are attractive, look professional, and are very easily personalized.”
kidmondo – Una de las más completas opciones para tu bebé – wwwhat’snew.com
“Kidmondo es la que me ha parecido más completa.”
Cool Link – Kidmondo – Kris Abel’s Blog on CTV.ca
“the best feature is the interactive timeline where you can record important milestones and really visualize your child’s early life and accomplishments.”
Keep a Baby Journal Online With Kidmondo – Rotorblog.com
“In human terms, Kidmondo is just a tot. And like any good Web youngster, this kid’s parents are willing to listen to your feedback.”
Kidmondo Is Kool! – They Might Be Curly Giants!
“I really like is the cute little growth and dental charts.”
