How to set up a kitchen tablet as a family hub
Turn an old iPad or Android tablet into a family hub for the kitchen: calendar, meal plan and shopping list, in about ten minutes. Here’s how.
Co-founder of My Tomte, and the person who turned Rowena’s spreadsheet into an app.
By day, I’m a group product manager. I’ve spent my career building software for builders, architects, engineers and lawyers: people who really don’t have time for software that doesn’t work. By night, I’m a dad to Leo, a writer, and a lover of stories, fables and mystical creatures of every kind (hence the tomte).
I can cook a bit. But, admittedly, I mostly prefer to eat whatever Rowena makes.
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