I’ve completely revamped the handout that I share with attendees. This resource has almost 200 apps and is organized to help you take small tech steps throughout the year.
4 Apps to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Did you promise to stop smoking? Exercise more? Break your smartphone addiction? Choose one of these tools by your personality type. The Bling SeekerHabitica: Gamified Habit-Forming Tool If you’re motivated by gold stars and “winning,” Habitica may be for you. The system is set up like a video game where you conquer little monsters to meet daily goals and establish …
Little Book of Apps Giveaway!
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Apps for Your Holiday Greetings
As always, we want to thank our nerdy community for a great year and wish you a happy holiday season… so why not do it with a video? Or several? Here are some great ways to make holiday videos in a snap for social media or marketing. I have paid versions of all of these tools because they’re worth it. …
Why You Should Stop Sharing Your Cell Number
These days your cell number is almost like your email address. Vendors ask for it all the time so they can connect it to your account for logins, messages and ID. Since many of us don’t have a landline anymore, it makes sense for us to share this on business cards and accounts. Velma and I have one thing to …
An Intro to TikTok
Here is a brief walkthrough of what you’ll find when you open TikTok. Read this for more on the 8 things I’ve learned in 8 weeks on TikTok.
8 Things I Learned from 8 Weeks on TikTok
As I write this, TikTok is #1 on the Apple App Store and #6 on Google Play. The wildly popular social media platform features very short video clips with lipsyncing, original music, musings, comedy, dancing and much more. You can watch for hours or jump in and make your own videos. Watch my quick overview of TikTok here. I don’t …
Five Ways to Save Money on Flights
On your next flight, you could sit next to someone who is paying hundreds of dollars less than you to go to the same place. These tools even the playing field when it comes to finding the best prices for travel. For fun, I put most of these into a quick video. Hopper: Travel Shopping App to Find the Best …
Excerpt: The BIGGER Book of Apps
The first official draft of the new book arrived Wednesday! To celebrate, I asked people on our Facebook page which sections they wanted to see in an excerpt. Everyone chimed in to choose their favorite sections, and I took all the suggestions and put them into one super excerpt. Download and enjoy! NOTE: There. Are. Errors. Plenty of them. We …
Create a Will and Help a Charity: Giving Docs
Giving Docs Online Will Creation for Charity Planned Giving Campaigns While I was working on The BIGGER Book of Apps a couple of weeks ago, I stopped in the middle of a sentence in the section about getting your affairs in order because I was excited to craft my very first Last Will and Testament. It took me two minutes. …
Apps to Get Your Affairs in Order
When Mom died, she had emails in her inbox that went unanswered because we didn’t have any passwords. No one likes to talk about passwords before we pass away, but these tools can help make things easier for your loved ones to manage your digital life. Everplans End-of-Life Document and Information Organizer You’ll be doing your family members a favor …
Nerds in the News: Michigan Works! Annual Conference
Beth had the honor of presenting a keynote to the good people of Michigan Works! A recording is included in the article. An outstanding day! Please click here for link and recording.
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