WeMakeItSafer Blog

Please Meet our Advisors, The Safety Brigade

admin — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:33:27 +0000

WeMakeItSafer is, and always has been, a community effort. From day one, it has been our core belief that the problems surrounding product safety will best be solved when all of the stakeholders work together. The “we” in WeMakeItSafer does not refer to a company; it refers to all of us. “Together, we can make [...]

WeMakeItSafer to be Technology Voice at ICPHSO Symposium

admin — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:18:43 +0000

As a high tech company WeMakeItSafer is focused on building robust, intelligent tools to solve problems, specifically problems related to product safety and recall effectiveness. It was the unnecessary, completely preventable injuries and deaths associated with consumers continuing to use recalled products that led Jennifer and Priyanka to attack this problem in the first place. [...]

The WINNER of our Cute Kids & Safety Tips Contest is….

Jennifer P. Toney — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 02:42:14 +0000

We do a lot of really hard stuff at WeMakeItSafer – statistical analysis, computer programming, writing algorithms and proofs – but I think we all agree that our hardest task yet was choosing the winner of our Cute Kids & Safety Tips Contest. We received DOZENS of entries, many of which you saw on our [...]

Do Your Purchases Meet Your Social, Environmental & Safety Standards?

Jennifer P. Toney — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:02:13 +0000

If you are like me, you have, on more than one occasion, picked up a product in your home and thought, “What’s in this thing anyway?” Or, “Who made this? Were the workers treated fairly?” Animal lovers may also ask, “How was this product tested?” A new tool by GoodGuide called “Purchase Analyzer” helps answer [...]

Last Day for Cute Kid & Safety Tips Contest

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:01:47 +0000

Today is the last day to enter our Cute Kid Cover-Page and Safety Tips Contest, so we want to take a moment to once again thank our prize sponsors. One thing is for sure, our Cute Kid winner will be the envy of the block with all these fabulous gifts! We hand-picked these brands based [...]

Green Resolutions: Tips for Sticking to Them

Citrus Lane — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:15:20 +0000

Editor’s Note: The following post was provided by Marcella Campbell and Ryan Pilat of Citrus Lane. We are thrilled to be working with Citrus Lane to bring you this week’s Safety Points Reward, a three-month subscription to their incredible parent/baby care packages AND their all-organic “Fresh Start” care package designed in collaboration with Healthy Child [...]

WeMakeItSafer Cute Kid Contest PRIZES! (Part 3)

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:39:53 +0000

The deadline is fast approaching for our Cute Kid & Safety Tips contest, so if you have not yet entered, please hurry – get those pics and tips in soon! The deadline is January 31, 2011. Entry is simple, just shoot us a pic and a tip via email to CuteKid@WeMakeItSafer.com. Then, if you choose, upload [...]

Five Major Risk-Reducers for Peace-of-Mind in 2012

admin — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:50:10 +0000

Over the years, we have posted hundreds of safety tips and to-do lists. Frankly, it can be a bit overwhelming, even for us. While any task that reduces your family’s risk of injury is worth doing, especially the simple and inexpensive ones (which most are), there are a few that can dramatically reduce your risk [...]

WeMakeItSafer: 2011 Year in Review, A Time for Thanks!

Jennifer P. Toney — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 12:00:35 +0000

This is our favorite time of the year. It is the time when we get to pause and look back. All year long, we run full speed ahead, working long days, long nights and even longer weekends, to get just one more feature, one more task, one more email and one more blog post completed. [...]

It’s Time to Let the Christmas Tree Go

admin — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:33:05 +0000

If you are like us, saying goodbye to the holidays can elicit a few wistful sighs. It seems one minute we are stressed abut how fast the season is approaching, and the next, we are saddened by how quickly it has passed. For those who celebrate Christmas, the smell of fresh pine and the twinkle [...]