From Sitting To Standing While Typing: Why You Need To Change Your Working Habit
Writing full-time keeps me sitting at a desk nearly eight hours a day. My office chair is not one of those Lexus ergonomic models designed to take away the pain of sitting, and though I’ve tried using “take a break” apps like Time Out, I often sit way too long for my health. So after reading articles and studies about standing while typing, I decided to try it for myself. This article is about my experiment with changing a habit we take for granted.
How To Create A Google+ Page For A Business, Club, Or Yourself
It should be clear by now that Google+ is definitely not going anywhere. It's gaining in popularity and is a great complement or alternative to Facebook. If you're already set up on Google+, you might want to look into adding a Google+ page for your business, organization, club, or just good old personal self-promotion. Setting up one or more pages is easy, but you should of course put some thought into how to make it distinctive.
Create Your Own Music Video With Video Star [iOS]
When it comes to photography and video apps for the iPhone and other iOS devices, developers keep coming up with amazing fun programs for all ages. Point in case, a popular five-star app called Video Star, which mixes karaoke and music videos for some crazy fun productions.
Tips On Planning & Holding Effective Meetings With Google Hangouts
With today's Internet technology, holding online meetings can be both efficient and cost-effective especially if you pre-plan them and make use of time-saving tools. For the last couple of months I've participated in online meetings using Google Hangouts. Though it has limitations, the voice and video platform is fairly easy to use, and it includes extra features useful for holding meetings.
Design & Lay Out Your iOS App Ideas Using iRise Studio
Even if you don't know any iPhone app development code, it doesn't mean you can't design your idea and find a developer to build it for you. For designing, this where iRise Studio comes in. It is a powerful Mac and PC platform containing graphical tools and assets you need to create your mobile simulated app.
4 Ways To Keep Tabs On Amazon's Daily Deals [Digital Dollar]
One of the best ways I know of to save money is to shop on Amazon.com. Time and time again when I go shopping, Amazon always seems to offer 10-30% off the price of retail store products (not just books) that I typically buy. And on top of regular markdown prices, Amazon also offers daily discounts that can be up to 90% off, or even free.
Setting Up Kindle On Your iPad & Other iOS Devices
The iPad makes for an awesome paperless device, for reading eBooks, webpage articles, PDF documents and the like. Likewise, the Amazon Kindle Store offers probably the widest, relatively affordable selection of eBooks for iOS devices. Amazon has made some significant updates to its e-reader and online Kindle Store. But there are limits and challenges you need to know about.
Going Paperless With These 3 iPad & iPhone Handwriting Apps
Last year I wrote about a few useful handwriting iPad apps for note taking and drawing. Since then other similar apps have been developed that are just as stylish, but contain a few unique features or approaches you might might want to consider if you're looking for such a writing tool.
5 Modern and Stylish Greeting Cards Apps for Your iPhone
Unlike the traditional paper format, digital cards can be customized using a wide range of templates and themes. The iOS App Store has a pretty good set of free or inexpensive greeting card apps containing fresh, modern designs that fit the tastes of different types of users. Let's check out five of them.
Create Awesome Twitter Backgrounds With These Online Tools
Most of us probably access Twitter via a computer or mobile client instead of visiting the actual profile pages of contacts. Nevertheless it's still useful to spruce up the background of your Twitter homepage with a little awesomeness, and nowadays you don't have to turn to Photoshop or InDesign to create your fancy layout.
Tips To Help You Get More Done With Photo Stream [iOS & OS X]
These days, Apple is all about getting your data synced between your Mac and iOS devices. The company realizes that many Apple customers have more than one device and, although they may have a slightly different purpose, we rely on the ability to share data between those devices without the hassle of emailing documents or using some sort of iDisk or Dropbox connection to make it happen.
5 Useful Sites For Journal Writing Ideas And Techniques
Journal writing has a strong tradition of not only helping writers improve their writing skills, but the process of writing your thoughts, worries, and challenges can also be useful. if you're stuck for ideas or wondering about the purpose of journaling, several online sites by experienced journalers might be of help.
Share Your Stories On Cowbird—The Public Library of Human Experience
In the age of social networks, Netflix videos, and YouTube, traditional story telling may be a dying art form, especially for younger generations of Internet users. But a site called Cowbirds, begun last year by Jonathan Harris, seeks to be a platform for storytellers that is designed to be the "public library of human the experience."
Add Song Lyrics To iTunes With TuneTEXT [Mac]
One of the benefits of the Internet is being able to locate song lyrics in a matter of seconds. Who doesn't like singing along with an artist from time to time? Well, with Apple's iTunes, you can paste song lyrics into the information pane of a selected track and retrieve it at any time, even on your iOS device if the song is copied there.
How To Create A Cool Looking Form In Numbers '09 [iOS]
A few weeks ago I wrote an article about how to create a form or survey in Google Documents for the purposes of collecting contact information and other data. But recently I discovered a similar feature in the iOS version of Apple's Numbers '09. In this mobile version of the app, you can use a form to collect data, which automatically fills the rows of an adjoining spreadsheet.
5 More Personal Finance Budget Apps for Your iPhone [Digital Dollar]
If you have an iDevice and need to be tracking how much money you spend, the iTunes App Store has lots of offerings in this category. Below are five budgeting apps, each with something unique in terms of design and/or features. These apps are either free or under $1, so you can give them a try and see which one fits your personal finance needs.
10 More Tips & Apps For Better iPhone Photography & Videography
There are no shortage of tips and applications when it comes to iPhone photography and videography. In this article I would like to share tips for quick shooting paparazzi style, backing up your Instagram photos, taking photos while shooting video, and much more. The iPhone and other similar smartphone cameras are quickly replacing traditional point-and-shoot cameras.
From The Default iPhone Camera To The Better ProCamera For Serious Shutterbugs
For the last several weeks, I've downloaded over a dozen camera and video apps for the iPhone, and though each has something unique to offer, I was particularly interested in finding the most practical camera app that would address the limitations of Apple's built-in camera app. As of this week I think I've found it - Jens Daemgen's ProCamera.
Managing & Processing iPhone Photos: Problems & Solutions
In the release of iOS 5, Apple introduced Photo Stream as a possible solution to managing and sharing iOS camera photos between Apple mobile and computer devices. Indeed, Photo Stream has been helpful, but in this article I share the limitations of Photo Stream and the Camera Roll features for iOS, and how I'm trying to work around those issues.