วันพุธที่ 17 ตุลาคม พ.ศ. 2555

How Mobile Technology Has Changed The Way We Work and Live

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Today I was using my iPhone and it struck me that before smart phones things took just a little bit longer. Mobile technology just makes everything much more convenient.

Here is a day in the life of me and my mobile technology and I am going to present it in a Now and Then format just for fun.

Now

Wake up to my iPhone Alarm

Then

Set a clock radio as my alarm

Now

Go to the gym and listen to iTunes on my iPhone

Then

Take my Walkman or Discman with headset

Now

Meditate using meditation timer Meditate app on my iPhone

Then

Set a stove timer or watch alarm or stop watch

Now

Send text blast to my client list

Then

Send an email announcement to my client list

Now

Use the Park My Car app to park my car by just punching in the location code

Then

Use change and never have enough

Now

Play Words with Friends and Draw Something

Then

Beg anyone to play a board game of Scrabble

Now

Use the DocScan app on my iPhone to take a photo of a private document and text it as a PDF attachment

Then

Send a fax

Now

Book my flights and travel using Air Canada app and have itinerary sent to my office manager

Then

Book with travel agent years ago and lately on the Internet

Now

Share documents with clients and colleagues on Google Docs or use Drop Box for file sharing

Then

Try to send large files by email

Now

Read the Wall Street Journal app, LA Times and got the latest news from CNN

Then

Buy the paper at the newsstand

Now

Saw an article I liked and took a pic of it in Evernote for easy future access

Then

Tear out the article and put it in a stack of paper

Now

Took a note on iPhone using the Note app and it automatically emails me the note

Then

Search for pen and paper

Now

Bought a Tea Latte at Starbucks and used the Rewards App to pay for my drink

Then

Have a Starbucks card or use cash/debit/credit

Now

Go shopping and have all of my rewards cards stored in the Key Ring App on my iPhone

Then

Have a wallet full of cards to keep track of

These are just a few of the ways that mobile technology is making my life easier. There are many more ways that I use my mobile technology in my life and I see it as helping me to be way more efficient.

Cheryl is the President of the leadership consulting firm Synthesis at Work Inc. She provides practical tools and creative strategies for leaders and their teams to take their current level of success and integrate leadership with technology to increase innovation. The companies that Cheryl works with are top performing organizations with a strong focus on attracting and retaining top talent and focused on innovation. for more details http://www.cherylcran.com/



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