REVIEW – Besides being a gadget and tech nerd, I’m a journaling nerd. I’ve kept journals and diaries since I was a kid. I’m such a dork about journals, pens, stickers, etc., that me, my sister and niece talk about it constantly. We even started a journal club in 2020 and just had our 8th […]
Day One Journal app review – You can turn digital journals into books with this app Read More
NEWS – When you need some inspiration for something to build with your LEGO bricks, there’s an app for that! The app is Brickit and uses the camera on your iPhone to scan a pile of bricks and then gives you a selection of models that you can build along with step-by-step instructions like the
This app shows what you can make with a random pile of LEGO bricks Read More
NEWS – As a teacher, I periodically spend an afternoon looking for new apps that I think might help me do my job or my students learn stuff, and I today I found one called Space. Space is a spaced repetition flashcard system. If you’re not familiar with spaced repetition, it’s basically a system where
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NEWS – If you ever sit down to check Instagram and maybe play a game, and the next time you look up you realize it’s an hour later, there’s a new app that might help you. Opal is helping people cut down on screen time and increase mindfulness by making users more aware of the
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NEWS – I don’t know about you, but keeping up with what has just launched on Netflix, not to mention shows and movies that are set to be removed, is an absolute bear. WhatsOnFlix, an app created by independent developer Sven Ziegler, could make discovering your next favorite show a lot easier. WhatsOnFlix focuses on
App Watch: WhatsOnFlix organizes what’s coming and going on Netflix Read More
ARTICLE – This is week 6 of working from home for my day job at Cummins, Inc. and I’ve told several people that social distancing and sheltering in place hasn’t really been an issue for me because as an introvert, I’ve been training for this for years 😉 Seriously though, even though I don’t mind
Marco Polo is my most used app while sheltering-in-place Read More
NEWS – Anyone that ever has had a pet knows that nothing wakes you up faster than the sound of your pet about to do the technicolor yawn all over your cream colored carpet. If you’re a deep sleeper and need that kind of rise-and-shine motivation, Odd Alarm may be for you. Odd Alarm has
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NEWS – Anyone familiar with Apple’s products knows that they value form over function. Their interfaces tend to be no-nonsense and minimalist, sometimes too much so. The remote for the Apple TV is a perfect example of this design philosophy. It has a trackpad-like area, a few buttons, and nothing else. Despite its simplicity, it
Apple’s reworked TV Remote app is still as minimalistic as the real thing Read More
ARTICLE – Gamification apps allow you to combine routine life situations with role-playing games (RPGs) that will keep you engaged while you work to accomplish your goals. If you struggle with self-discipline and motivation, then gamification apps are for you. These apps give you the opportunity to earn points, badges and other incentives by challenging
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ARTICLE – The information age has opened new avenues when it comes to travel. You can choose to stay in someone’s home in a foreign country to fully immerse yourself in the culture, or book an inclusive resort vacation, with a few keystrokes from your smartphone or laptop. There are so many travel apps out
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NEWS – We can go to the gym to strengthen our muscles and improve our overall fitness, but is there anything we can do to improve our hearing? Turns out there might be, and there’s an app for that. Audio Cardio is an iOS app (there’s an Android version coming soon) which uses a patented
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NEWS – Back in 2003, Casio released a stylus-based graphing calculator that featured a computer algebra system. It was a hybrid of the typical number pad calculator of the time and a PDA. The most recent version, the Casio fx-CG500, was introduced in 2017. Casio has also made a web version on the website Classpad.net. This
Go figure – ClassPad.net is a web based graphing calculator. Read More
If you’ve been reading The Gadgeteer for any length of time, you know how I like to drone on and on about how I can’t use a tablet or smartphone as my only “computer” when I travel because of one main reason. That reason is Gmail. I use Gmail as my email client of choice
I’ve written quite a few articles for various publications in the last 30 years or so. All of them were typed on some sort of keyboard, until this one. I am writing this on my iPad Pro 12.9″ with an Apple Pencil using a software app called Nebo from a company called MyScript. Twenty years
Nebo by MyScript makes my iPad feel like my long-lost Newton Read More
Is there an app that can figure out what makes you happy, productive, and active? Hello Code’s Exist for iOS and Android thinks it can. This app gathers data from your Twitter account, email account, local weather, Google Fit, Withings, Fitbit, Instagram, Facebook, and other accounts to draw conclusions about your moods and behaviors. The app
Exist app knows if tweets, emails or working out makes you happier Read More
HQ Trivia is a new app available for iPhones and Androids that has the population going berserk. It’s a live game show, where the winners of the 12 question trivia match split actual money! Currently, the usual amount up for division is $2,500, but it has been as high as $18,000! Depending on the difficulty
Everyone has a fun new part-time job with HQ Trivia Read More
Did you purchase something with your credit card only to discover a little while later that it had gone on sale? If it was only a couple of dollars, you may not be too worried about that, but what if it was $20 or more? The easiest thing to do is call and see if
I’ve been using a checkbook application on mobile devices ever since my first Palm Pilot. It was a simple application, probably cost me a dollar to download and didn’t come with many bells and whistles (and God forbid your battery died before syncing your Palm) but not having to bother with a handwritten checkbook register
Keeping my balance in check with Dollarbird Read More
The iPhone’s camera can take amazing pictures, but if static images bore you and you want to take your photography up a notch, you need to check out Plotagraph.
Plotagraph iOS image animation app review Read More
Did you know that having only 5% of self-driving cars on the road can improve start-and-stop traffic jams? It can according to the National Science Foundation’s Cyber-Physical Systems program. Click here to read more about it. Did you know that cats meow for us? They do it to communicate to us and rarely do it
The Curiosity app – for the “things that make you go hmmmm…” Read More