If you think keeping the technology running smoothly in your house consumes a lot of time - you are correct!! But no need to retreat to the woods. Just be aware of the pros and cons of digital life, and keep reading Digital Zen to help sort through it all....
Sonos Brings Music Library Back to Life
Happy to say, Sonos works exactly as advertised and we are all enjoying our music collection again! Some lessons learned, and a tip for saving money on these awesome speakers....
Nest Protect: a Better Looking, Better Performing Smoke Detector
Nest Protect is a $99 combination smoke and carbon monoxide detector that looks good and offers more functionality than those ugly white boxes....
Fix It: Kids Dropped My iPad Now the Display is All Funky
If you drop your iPad and now can't read the display, here's how to restore the colors to normal. You won't believe this fix!...
Enable Find My iPhone Before It Goes Missing!
If you lose your phone, and it's nice to know you can hop on the Internet and track its location immediately. To track, play sound, turn on lost mode, or erase, you must have Find My iPhone enabled first. Here's how....
Found It: Best Charging Station Ever
Meet my new charging station. I love that it has room for my smartphone and tablet as well as an extra slot for papers and mail. The contrast stitching is a nice touch, too....
Aha! Finally a Way to Limit Time on the iPad
If you have young kids you might be familiar with "Guided Access" for the iPhone or iPad, which locks the device on one chosen app. With iOS 8, you can further restrict use by setting a time limit. Hurray! Here's how....
Easily Email Docs to Your iPad
PDF documents were littering up my desktop, waiting to be read. I avoided reading them at my desk, and printing them out just traded digital clutter for paper. Now I simply email PDF's to my iPad where they wait unobtrusively until I'm ready for them. Here's how....
Trapped in the Technology Tar Pit
Technology Tar Pit: when the effort to keep up with baseline technology consumes more time and energy than is reasonable, leaving you overwhelmed and grumpy....
The Hiku Scanner in Action
This magnetic do-dad sticks to the fridge for a quick scan of any item that is running low, and the shopping list syncs to an app on my iPhone. It's so easy to use, even an eight year old can add essentials to the shopping list, as I recently discovered!...
