Tag Archives: Automation
Install Multiple Applications At One Time, Without Any Work From You
Posted on 28. Jan, 2010 by admin.
I love getting a new computer but I loathe having to reinstall all the applications I’ve come to rely on. And if you are a road warrior then it is ultra important to ensure that when you leave home or your office that your laptop is completely set-up.
Ninite is a free solution that allows you [...]
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Access Remote Computers Browser Free
Posted on 26. Jan, 2010 by admin.
No matter how hard you try to be prepared when you are traveling, you’ll find yourself wishing you had access to a file on another computer. That really sucks when you are miles away from home.
LogMeIn Ignition makes your world so much easier when you travel. LogMeIn Ignition allows you to access remote computers and [...]
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Automatically Backup Your iPhone & Ensure You Have Your Important Data
Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by admin.
Just how important is the info on your iPhone? I’d venture that it’s pretty important! To me the magic words are backup and automated. David Martin from CNET Reviews has some really great tips for creating auto backups of your valuable iPhone data.
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Increadible iPhone App: Now Send Emails & Text Using Your Voice
Posted on 09. Dec, 2009 by admin.
Wow, I may have just come across the most innovative solution available business travelers who have an iPhone!
Dragon Dictation for iPhone empowers you to send emails and text messages by simply talking into your phone. Dragon is a voice recognition application that turns your phone into an assistant. What’s really super about this is that [...]
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Free Conference Call Service for Business Travelers
Posted on 03. Nov, 2009 by admin.
When you travel a lot for business, sometimes it can be just straight difficult to actually get work done! One of the most difficult challenges I’ve had to deal with is when I’ve needed to set up a conference call while on the road.
I absolutely love FreeConferenceCall.com because I can be anywhere and am able [...]
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Never Miss Another Important Meeting Detail
Posted on 26. Oct, 2009 by admin.
When I travel for business it seems to be an endless series of meetings. I have meeting with prospects, meetings with Executives, conference calls, there just seems to be no end. What’s difficult for me is remembering all the details of those meetings. Even though I’ve taken numerous notes, I’m doing so quickly and frequently [...]
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Synchornize Your Smartphone and Outlook Calendar & Contacts
Posted on 14. Oct, 2009 by admin.
There are two things that are über important to me when I travel, my Blackberry and my Outlook. Pretty much those two items could be considered my business bible. If I don’t have them, I have no idea what my schedule looks like, I don’t have contacts and their phone numbers…pretty much without them, I [...]
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Use Your Camera Phone to Scan Documents While Traveling
Posted on 12. Oct, 2009 by admin.
When you travel frequently there are always times you wish you could scan something or dare I say fax something. When I travel I do a lot of reading, which leads me to tearing out endless articles for future reference. What annoys me is that during my trip those articles are strewn about inside various [...]
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NEW! Remembering & Finding Things Simplified
Posted on 06. Oct, 2009 by admin.
Two things that really drive me crazy are not remembering things and not being able find things when I need them. That’s why it’s exciting when two great tools come together! The two tools I’m referring to are reQall & Evernote. They make remembering and finding your things is super simple!
Earlier this year I told [...]
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Easily Keep Track of Calories with Your iPhone
Posted on 29. Sep, 2009 by admin.
Business travel can really wreak havoc on your diet. With all of the fast food temptations, the client dinners, social drinking, it’s no wonder you can pack on a few extra pounds.
FoodScanner is an iPhone app that makes tracking your calorie intake sort of a no brainer! FoodScanner allows you to track your caloric intake [...]
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Taxi App for Your Smartphone
Posted on 22. Sep, 2009 by admin.
For me it is always a little unnerving when I need a taxi when I’m in a location I’m unfamiliar with. The whole idea of having a restaurant or a business call me a taxi, makes me a little uneasy, as I don’t know if/when they actually call, when a cab will be there, which [...]
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Flight Terminal Information For Your iPhone
Posted on 14. Sep, 2009 by admin.
Even though I’ve traveled a lot, if I’m on a connecting flight I’m always reaching for the in-flight magazine and looking for the map of the terminal. Although it is a great resource, I always find them lacking. For example, sometimes the airport is not listed and what about other necessities and amenities?
The Airport Maps [...]
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Storage Manager for ALL Your Stuff!! - With FREE Version!
Posted on 11. Sep, 2009 by admin.
Being organized is something I love and I hate. If you saw my planner right now you’d know what I’m talking about! I find it frustrating that I have so many things I want to keep track of and really not ONE place that can manage it all.
Evernote can be that ONE place for [...]
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Schedule Management Tool Makes Coordinating Meetings Easier for Business Travelers
Posted on 09. Sep, 2009 by admin.
I’m not sure why scheduling meetings is so difficult but it seems to take a number of emails and phone calls before you can find a time that works for everyone. When you add the complexity of being on the road, it gets exponentially more difficult!!
Jiffle removes the headache & chaos of manually coordinate meetings [...]
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Stay Organized with a Voice-Enabled Assistant on Your iPhone & Blackberry
Posted on 03. Sep, 2009 by admin.
One of the worst parts of business travel is the difficulty of staying organized. With all of the time I spend on planes, in rental cars and at hotels, I never have the right place to jot down a to-do, document a reminder or schedule a meeting. When I get back to the office, I [...]
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Managing & Scheduling Business Travel is Greatly Simplified!
Posted on 01. Sep, 2009 by admin.
Have you ever noticed what a headache it is when it comes to managing your business travel?
Step 1: go to one or more sites to book your trip
Step 2: save and manage the multiple details of your trip…somewhere
Step 3: schedule & block out the trip on your calendar
Step 4: forward trip [...]
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Online Backup & Remote File Access for Business Travelers
Posted on 27. Aug, 2009 by admin.
One thing I’ve never been very good at is backing up my computer. I’m mobile a lot and to back-up my computer I’ve needed to plug in an external device, which I never seem to do. Even though I know my computer “could” crash (and it has before), I somehow like to think that I’m [...]
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Outlook Mail Inbox Management for Business Travelers
Posted on 20. Aug, 2009 by admin.
Email is one of those things that is perplexing to me. No matter how hard I work to keep on top of my email inbox, I can never seem to keep up with the influx of new emails, much less manage the ones that are already in there. When it comes to actually finding something [...]
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Credit Card Sized Portable Backup for Travelers
Posted on 14. Aug, 2009 by admin.
I’ve never really given this much thought but when I ran across this travel friendly tool, I realized how lucky I’ve been. If you are like me when you travel you are getting emails, creating and changing documents, basically you’re getting and changing “stuff” on your computer while you are on the move. If you [...]
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Simplify Password Management While Traveling
Posted on 13. Aug, 2009 by admin.
It can be so frustrating when I’m on the road for business and I for the life of me I cannot remember a password to a website! And of course, I cannot look-up my password info, as it is on a piece of paper in my office!!!!
With all of the passwords you have, keeping track [...]
