Earlier this week, I allowed a bunch of Android applications to update, including Samsung’s SmartThings app for my home automation. After the SmartThings app had updated, I launched it, only to find that it had forgotten my login. I entered my username and password and was essentially treated as a new customer. After answering some…
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Mac Users: Have You Previewed Office 2016 for Mac? Here’s What You Can Expect
This post was written as part of a compensated partnership with Microsoft Just over a month ago, Office 365 announced that Office 2016 for Mac was available to preview and if you’re a Mac users and haven’t tried it yet, you can look forward to a new cloud-powered experience that features a more modern experience…
Post-it® Plus App: An Analog Tool Goes Digital
This post was written as part of a sponsored series. Despite my love of all things digital, I have a soft spot for paper products and love when they can work together seamlessly to make me more efficient. One of my favorite must-have paper products is Post-it Notes. Organizers on my desk corral the smallest…
How Post-it Products Evernote Collection Serves as a Secret Weapon for Family Communication
My husband and I constantly travel for work and when fellow parents ask how we balance work, travel, running a household, and family without the help of a nanny or sitter, they’re surprised to hear how much we rely on technology. Texting, Skype, and email are great ways to stay in touch but the new…
Tools for Brainstorming and Fostering Creativity When You Work From Home
Thank you to Sprint for sponsoring this article. Get inspired by innovation and see what’s next at Sprint.com/faster As someone who was used to collaborating with colleagues in a school as a teacher, it was a big shift for me to decide to leave the education world and pursue a work-at-home career in social media where…
The Home Office of the Future
While replacing my hard drive this weekend (talk about inconvenient timing to be without a computer!), while waiting from files to transfer from my backup drive over to the new one, I spent some much needed time cleaning my office. Sorting papers, going through business cards, and separating items into piles to be recycled, shredded,…
Get It Done Anywhere & Anytime with Office 365, SkyDrive, and OneNote
I’m always being asked how I’m able to get it done. How do I keep up with this blog, the other sites I write for, and also have a successful career as a social media consultant while parenting and traveling at the same time? My secret for getting it done is to streamline my workflow…
Back to School with Carbonite Twitter Party- Tues. Sept. 10 {sponsored}
So many times we don’t think about backing up our data until it’s too late. With school starting and kids using laptops, tablets, and smartphones, Carbonite wants to help you protect your family’s data. I’ve always been a big fan of Carbonite’s cloud backup solution because it’s affordably priced, secure, and runs automatically to protect…
{Sponsored} How to Collaborate Using Office 365 and SkyDrive
I am a Microsoft Office Ambassador and compensated for time in sharing my experience with the product. I am also a Windows Champion and receive product for review purposes. As a speaker, I received a free pass to attend BlogaTECH. All opinions are my own. When I worked for the school system, collaboration was as…
About Cloud Storage and Windows SkyDrive Updates
While at Mom 2.0 in April, I had the opportunity to learn about Microsoft’s free SkyDrive, a cloud based file-sharing service similar to Dropbox or Apple’s iCloud (coming this fall), that allows users to store up to 25GB of data. Earlier this week Microsoft announced significant updates to SkyDrive to make it faster, easier to navigate, and…
