'Appy New Year
We all make New Year’s resolutions. We set goals to lose weight and be more productive. While most of these plans fall by the wayside by the end of January, there are ways to speed up your work and keep you on track.
If you are one of the 108 million people who got an iPhone in 2011, or the 28 million who got an iPad, you know about apps. There are a wide range of apps available to help you work more efficiently and balance your work with your home.
This free app keeps track of your notes, digital documents, web pages and clips from video and power point presentations. You can organize your notes into files and folders for specific projects. Share your notes with other users or other platforms. Evernote has options for Mac, PC and apple and droid apps. Because the programs are free, it’s easy to download versions to all your devices and everyone on your team.
Dropbox gives you flexibility and security across a wide range of platforms. This cloud-based program holds your files on the dropbox server. The free app allows you access to all your dropbox files from your iPad or iPhone. But unlike other note or file programs, dropbox holds your files. This means that if your phone is damaged or lost, your files remain safe. It also allows other team members or co-workers to access your files from their own computers, make changes and send the new file back to you with a single click. The basic package with 2 gigabytes of memory is free. Packages with more memory are also available.
Have you ever tried to estimate how many people you can fit into a meeting venue? UCLA has the free app for you. Their free Meeting space calculator helps you divide the square footage of any room into the appropriate space for your program. You simple enter the dimensions of the room and specify the type of seating: theater, round table, classroom, square or U-Shaped layout. The calculator tells you how many people fit in your chosen space.
