My wife and I have never been busier than we are now with our two month old son taking up a lot of our attention. We have cut back on a lot of activities that waste time. For example, Grocery Shopping.
There's nothing more annoying than packing up your newborn to trundle around with a baby seat in your cart at the local zoo Grocery store. We decided to try Grocery Gateway.com instead. This service is fantastic! After building an online grocery list(including Diapers) and selecting the time for our delivery, fresh food showed up right on time. No lines, No stress, no problem. Its not that we're lazy. We go out just as much as ever except now we're spending time on more productive things like buying baby safe toys at inflated prices. Technology saved me time.
Another service that saves time and makes use of mobile technology is a new concierge service by Phillips Electronics that provides listings on restaurants and other services to users that send their inquiries by text message. The NY Times carried an interesting article on the service. You can read it here. The program, designed to promote the "removal of clutter from peoples daily lives" is a another example of technology making things simpler for the consumer.
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