With the recent announcement that Google Voice is no longer by invitation only and is opening up to the great unwashed masses, plenty of people are getting to take the service for a spin for the first time.
The hoi polloi we care about the most of course is the location independent professional, so you should be asking “How can Google Voice help me on my next trip?”
Here is a few ideas on how you may be able to use Google Voice to streamline your business when you next hit the road.
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Most modern digital cameras have amazing quality and sophistication. So why aren’t all your travel photos like those of the pros?
OK – I’ll admit that the pros have fancier lenses and cameras with more control and better sensors, but that little box of tricks you have in your hands is jam-packed with clever computerisation. If you use it correctly, it will deliver good quality travel shots every single time.
If that is indeed the case, you might well be asking yourself, “Why is it that backlit portrait horribly underexposed? or “Why is one of my shots fuzzy when I’ve paid extra for image stabilisation?”
The following tips should help turn you from a happy travel snapper into a good travel photographer without having to plough endlessly through a manual that looks like it’s a course book for a post-graduate degree…
As a location independent professional, Twitter is one of the key ways I communicate with my writing and professional networks. That’s why I’m always looking for tools to help me to use it better. One that I’ve tried recently is Twylah – and I like it.
According to founder Eric Kim, Twylah offers ‘context, perspective and agility’ to your tweets – and any business person can use that. Let me demonstrate its possibilities by describing a typical situation that many of us face…
