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IFTTT Tool: If This Then That

Use IFTTT to Get Email Notifications of New Blog Posts

January 15, 2018 By Julie

If you haven’t used IFTTT (If This Then That) you’re in for a treat. This handy web tool makes life simpler by automating all manner of internet-related tasks. Their “Applets” range from the simple and somewhat quirky, to “Whoa, I can do that??”. A few examples: Get a notification when the International Space Station passes…

Keep that iPhone charged! Photo courtesy of bigbestapps.

Rein the Drain: How to Stretch iPhone Battery Life

November 23, 2016 By Julie

With ever-increasing reliance on smart phones, we all need to eek out more battery life from time to time. Small tweaks usually suffice until charging is available, but on a recent extended backpacking trip, I needed to drastically minimize drain to ensure 8 full days on one charge. By invoking the so-called “nuclear option” (described…

Travel Technology in Ireland: What Worked and What Didn’t Work

November 10, 2015 By Chris

I made some proclamations back in August about the various technology items we would bring to Ireland and how we planned to use them. Here’s a summary of how things worked out. Computing Devices We carried four “computers” on this trip: two iPhone 6s, an iPad Air, and a MacBook Air. Normally we would leave…

Saving Locations in Google Maps

Use Google Maps for Navigation – Even Without the Internet!

November 4, 2015 By Chris

Back in August I wrote about the travel technology I planned to carry with us on our Ireland trip. One of our goals was to minimize our need to use mobile data and hence avoid excessive bandwidth charges. I’ll dive into that more shortly in another post, but one area warrants a separate discussion: how…

Travel Technology For Our Ireland Trip

August 9, 2015 By Chris

I promised to share some tips on sharing SIM cards with multiple devices, plus how I approached activation with my AT&T SIM in the Huawei device. I think it is easiest to activate the SIM on a phone because providers will allow you to activate directly via SMS or similar short code dialing. The AT&T…

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