You might be wondering what can Echo Dot do to make your life a little easier? Why do you need one? I am now the owner of several Amazon Echo devices – but the Echo Dot was the first one I ever got. And once I get something – I like to really put it …
Teaching good spending habits to our children is something that most parents struggle with. Today’s guest post by Raj from SmileTutor offers up some great tips that we can use to teach the principles of budgeting and finance to even the youngest kids. Unfortunately, the majority of new parents cannot pass a small financial knowledge …
Disclosure: This post was sponsored by Linqia. Saving for retirement is something that we all have to do. It’s a fact of life. Thankfully, many employers offer a 401k plan to their employees as a benefit. However, the buck usually stops there. It is all too common for employees to put money into their 401k …
If you are running iOS11 on your iPhone or iPad then you may have discovered that Apple rolled out a new High Efficiency Image File Format with this new operating system. The thing is, you may not want this. So this is how to save your images as JPEG in iOS11. The new High Efficiency …
What is Track My Subs and why am I telling you about this? The Short Version Track My Subs is an awesome new service that will help you manage those recurring fees that you fork out every single month. Want to Know A Bit More? Well, let’s start with this … Do you pay monthly …
If you have ever wondered how to see the number of files in a folder on a Mac – this is how you do it using Finder. Why You Might Want to Know This Info Without going into too much detail, I will tell you why I needed to know how many files were in …
So, I just wanted to pop in today with a quick technology tip about how I fixed my screen flickering in Chrome on a MacBook Pro. I don’t know when I first noticed it – but today it was worse than any other. It caught my attention when I was reading PDF’s online in the …
In today’s guest post, millennial blogger David Chen shares his advice on student loan debt and navigating the world of personal finance. Why I Decided to Start Blogging – Tales from a Millennial Blogger Blogging for me is fun and I find it easy to do because I like to write and I like to …
Have you ever wanted to share a snapshot of your computer screen with someone who isn’t right in the room with you? Maybe because explaining what you are seeing is just too hard? A picture is worth a thousand words, after all. Well, you can do it – if you take a screenshot. So, at …
From one blogger to another, it is pretty obvious that blogging is not cheap. So, read this Swagbucks review if you need a few extra dollars (who doesn’t?) here and there to help your business, pay for college, or just to have in your pocket for a rainy day. Swagbucks is a program that is …
Digital clutter is a huge problem for bloggers. Most of our work is done online. We research, write articles, create graphics, take blogging courses, work with affiliate programs, work with other bloggers, and visit tons of websites on a daily basis. Despite my best-laid plans, I end up having tons of digital clutter all over …
Over the past week I have been inundated with Apple calendar spam. If you, too are getting lots of junk notifications on your calendar – this is what you can do to get rid of it. Maybe the spammers were out in full force because it was Black Friday or maybe they just felt like …
This is how to resize an image on a Mac using Preview. For bloggers, this is a quick and easy method of getting the image sizes that you need for your blog posts. You may have noticed that I use many different image sizes in my posts on this blog. I do this because every social …
After making an investment in the Apple Watch – I am hoping that it will change my life for the better in these 3 ways. The watch came onto my radar when Apple dropped the price in March. That is when I began to see the possibilities. A device that could help me get organized, get …
This is a tutorial on how to create a filter in Gmail. You can use these Gmail tips and hacks to quickly clean up your email inbox whether you use a personal Gmail account or G Suite. Let’s face it – we all get a lot of email. Some of it is important – as …
Take a look around you. Is your life organized? Is it organized enough, in case something happens to you? Here are some things to think about in the event that your loved ones have to pick up where you left off. If something were to happen to you tomorrow, what would you be leaving behind? …
I spent the better part of this weekend organizing old photos – and trying to figure out how to change the resolution of my scans using the HP Scan software on a Mac. I hate to admit it, but yes – I was around long before the digital camera revolution. So I have boxes of …
This tutorial will show you how to send emails to Evernote. Betcha didn’t know you could do that. :-0 Evernote is a pretty amazing app. You can use it to save all kinds of information – text notes, different file types like photos and PDF’s, voice memos … … and emails too. It’s really easy to …
Knowing about digital file types is very important. When you are dealing with computer files – you should know which type is best for the the task or project at hand. Here is a summary to make it a little easier for you. This is especially useful to know if you are planning to go …
Going Paperless. What do you think of when you hear that phrase? A lot of people think of it as kind of a failed concept. “Oh yeah, we’re supposed to be going paperless – but we have more paper than we’ve ever had before.” But maybe they’re not doing it right. Going paperless is not just …
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