Great Business App: MileIQ
Get MileIQ — a free mobile app that helps you track your business mileage. It’s a free app and will track business mileage automatically using the GPS on your iPhone or Android device.
Periscope: Social Media in Real Time
Have you used Periscope? It’s a relatively new app that lets you “broadcast” (their term) what’s going on in your world. It’s real time, and your followers can indicate that they like your video by touching the screen, which produces tiny hearts that flow up from the bottom of the screen.
IFTTT (If This, Then That): Your Personal Geek
If You’re Not Using IFTTT, Then You Should Be If this, then that (IFTTT) is one of my favorite services on the Internet. It’s like having an uber-geeky personal assistant you don’t have to pay. Let’s say, for example, that you’d like to...
The Latest Technology — Through the Years
I’m a sucker for the technology, even when it’s analog. Here’s a look at the latest technology through the years. 1980s: DayTimer I was one of DayTimer’s best customers. It started in the mid-80s. It was the calendar/organizer I’d been...
10 Things I Don’t Need Anymore Because of iPhone/iPad
Just about any smart phone user will tell you that they are addicted, that they couldn’t live without their phone. Especially if you’re waiting for an important email or call or are waiting in a long line. I’ve used an iPhone since 2007 and cannot...
Social Media Does Not Disconnect Us.
I don’t usually rant, but I do reserve the right to. So here it is. I’m really sick of hearing people say social media causes us to be disconnected. I’ll answer that with two words: Bull. Crap. Obviously there are times when we become engrossed in...
Five Ways to Be a Better Coach
I get technology. I love beta software, am all over Google Plus and am way more likely to blow too much money in the App Store than in a shoe store. Things that are part of my everyday routine, like RSS feeds, Evernote and the HTML interface in WordPress, make other...
Killed by Tech
Tech has made some familiar items obsolete I remember my parents shelling out big bucks for Encyclopedia Brittanica. I used to travel for business and had a huge atlas I depended on daily. Phone book — I throw them away now. I’m not sure my kids (19 and 23) have...
What in the World is a QR Code and Why Do I Need to Know?
It’s a two-dimensional code that carries information such as text, URLs or other data. The codes must be read by a special Quick Response (QR) reader, which are now widely available on smartphones. This one is printed on the back of my business cards and takes...
Pottery Barn and the QR Code: Great Idea, Execution FAIL
While thumbing through the latest Pottery Barn catalog, I saw this page and thought it was a fantastic idea. The layout featured a beautiful leather chair (WANT!) with this QR code that links directly to a video. How cool! But wait! Not cool at all. I used Paperlinks,...