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.
Guest Post: 5 awesome apps for new parents (3 that everyone will use and love!)
A post from Manager Molly…. There are a lot of hard things about being a new parent and it’s all trial and error because every baby truly is different. I’m very mindful about technology when it comes to kids, so I’m careful about what I use. But there were a few gems that made life easier on all three of us! …
My Favorite Specialty Image Resources
These stock image and video sites are far from generic. Here’s my curated list of the best curated sites. Most are 100 percent free for personal and commercial use, but you should read the fine print each and every time to see if an artist asks for attribution, a link back or (gasp!) money. Here is a gallery of some …
Get Rid of Junk Mail
You can call it kitchen table spam, birdcage liners or plain old junk mail. But whatever you name the piles of catalogs and mailers that fill up your mailbox, you probably don’t want it in your house. These tools help you dump the junk snail mail and find your kitchen table again. PaperKarma: Junk Mail Eliminator After some ups and …
Learn a New Language Your Way
The best language-learning tool in the world is like the best diet in the world. There are lots of good ones, but the best one is the one that works best for you. Before you choose one, think for a moment about how you like to learn and what you want to do. Do you like a study buddy or …
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