Tag Archives: iPhone
Google Calendar, Contacts Mail and the iPhone
Posted on 09. Apr, 2012 by Kenny.
As I write this, I’m expecting Jonathan Cliff to write a comment saying I’m making this too complicated and that I’m doing this all wrong, but I thought I’d share some of the technology frustrations I encountered today and how I fixed them.
One of the greatest leaps in technology in recent years was the ability to share my work calendar with my wife. No longer did we have to have long conversations of when I might be available, but instead, she’d just make appointments on my calendar for me.While I was on a PC, there were some good syncing apps between outlook (what I used) and google calendars (what she used). When I switched to a Mac, it got hard again. Then when we switched to Google Apps at Gateway, all was well. However, now my wife uses her iPhone 90% of the time rather than her computer.
For the past 18 months (at least), Sara has had an iPhone and she’s had access to my calendar and all has been well. However, for the past 2-3 months, she’s not had access to my calendar. I’m not sure what happened, maybe Apple or Google changed something.
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App of the week: Keynote Remote
Posted on 25. Mar, 2012 by Kenny.
A sure fire, no miss app for me that has saved my hide on many occasions this year has been Keynote Remote. If you use a mac personally or use macs for presentations at church or other speaking opportunities, I’d highly suggest investing in this very useful app for your iPad, iPod or iPhone. I’ve found myself in situations where the remote clicker I needed to use for a presentation could not get a clear line of site with the compter or perhaps I was too far away from the compter to get an appropriate signal to control the slideshow.
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Soapbox: My technology pet peeve
Posted on 20. Dec, 2011 by Kenny.
There’s probably no way I can write this post without coming across as a little bit of a jerk… so I apologize and the front end. This isn’t directed to any particular person… but just multiple encounters I seem to have on a weekly basis.
It seems that almost everyone has a smart phone today. That’s probably thanks to the iPhone where a very friendly mobile internet is available to all. With our phones, we have access to almost anything and everything. It’s an amazing time in which we live.
My pet peeve comes from when people with these amazing tools to access almost infinite knowledge ask me questions that no longer seem necessary any more. Obviously, if its something I should know that you don’t know, then ask me.… Read the rest
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App of the Week: Noah’s Memory Match
Posted on 04. Dec, 2011 by Kenny.
Last week I got an email requesting me to review a game for my iPhone/iPad. That’s a first for me. I was sent a free sample of the game and I LOVE IT! Let me tell you about it.
Noah’s Memory Match:
The story of Noah’s ark will be brought to life in your child’s imagination in Noah’s Memory Match. With five levels of difficulty and two games modes your child want to play again and again.
In addition to building memory skills, Noah’s Animal Match builds language skills with the ability to play in both English and Spanish. With high quality voice acting through the entire game, your child will learn the names of animals in both languages.
Features
- Play in English& Spanish
- 5 Levels of Difficulty
- 2 Game Modes (Classic& Time)
- Randomized Gameplay with 15 Animals
- Learn Animal Names in English& Spanish
- Voice Acting Through The Entire Game
This was a first class game developed by Playpen Games, a group of dads who make family friendly games for iOS, Android and Nook Color.… Read the rest
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Your ministry needs an app!
Posted on 29. Nov, 2011 by Kenny.
My friend Matt McKee just announced something incredible. It’s called 1000 apps for Christmas. His company, ROAR, is offering 1000 free apps in the next 30 days. That means if you want an app for your ministry, they’ll build it for you for free. All you’ll pay for is the hosting. This is an incredible deal. I’ve seen places where you can get apps for cheap, but in most cases, you get what you pay for. ROAR is different. They build quality apps that are fast, stable and current technology. So, if you’ve been thinking about getting an app for that ministry or program… now’s the time!
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App of the week: Square
Posted on 23. Jan, 2011 by Kenny.
Not everyone is going to need this app, but I must say it is one of the coolest new apps I’ve seen. I was first introduced to it when hearing Bro. Jim and Sam Luce talking about it at an Infuse retreat this summer. It sounded intriguing, but I never checked it out. However, two weeks ago when I was with these two guys again, I saw it in action. Sam Luce paid Bro. Jim $20 by swiping his credit card through a card reader plugged into the earphone connector on his iPhone. What? That was kinda cool.
So, I downloaded the app, verified my bank account and received the free card reader (that’s right, it’s free) and have tested it multiple times.… Read the rest
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App of the week: TripIt
Posted on 16. Jan, 2011 by Kenny.
One of the apps I’ve been using pretty consistently for about 9 months has been TripIt. It’s a great little app to manage all your travel arrangements. Since having email on my phone, I would normally email myself my flight itinerary, rental agreements or hotel confirmation numbers just before my trip so that when I got to the airport, I could look up the email and have all the details. TripIt makes your life much easier than managing this stuff through email, or having to print everything out.
When I first started playing with TripIt, I’d just email my email confirmations from the airlines, hotels and rental agencies to plans@tripit.com. From there, it recognizes your email and puts all your travel information into an easy to use display.… Read the rest
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App of the week: Dropbox
Posted on 09. Jan, 2011 by Kenny.
Over a year ago, I wrote about dropbox for the first time. I started using it because my preferred file storage/sharing application (Live Sync) wasn’t playing nice with OS X Snow Leopard. One year later and I’m using dropbox for just about everything. Sorry Microsoft, you took a great application and messed it all up.
Although the app has been available for a long time, I recently just installed dropbox on my iPhone and iPad. Amazing! One of the more frustrating issues I face with my iPhone and iPad is file management. Its like there isn’t really any place to stick documents and things. Usually I resort to emailing them to myself and just opening it up as an attachment (if you know of another file management system for the iPhone/iPad, let me know).… Read the rest
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App of the week: Firefox Home
Posted on 20. Jul, 2010 by Kenny.
So I just found a killer new app. It’s called Firefox Home. I’m a pretty big fan of Firefox and it’s my default browser. I don’t know if any of you are like this, 
but I’ve got tab issues. I like to have lots and lots of tabs open at the same time. When I say lots of tabs, I really mean A LOT of tabs. It’s a problem I certainly need help with, but that’s a different blog post.
So, have you ever been on your iPhone and you can’t remember a site you need to go to that you even have bookmarked on your computer at home? Maybe that page is even open on your computer at the office right now.… Read the rest
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App of the week: Settlers of Catan on iPhone/iPad
Posted on 27. Jun, 2010 by Kenny.
I’m a huge fan of the game, “The Settlers of Catan.” Over a year ago Wired Magazine wrote an article about this game called Monopoly Killer that describes how this game and others like it are redefining the board game genre. I’ve been playing Settlers for 6-8 years and I LOVE it. So, I just found out this week that there is an iPhone app where you can play multi-player or just against the computer. I don’t get to play very often, so this app is great for scratching the itch.
I’ll be honest, it’s a little hard to play on the little screen that is my iPhone. However, I think the experience would be considerably different on the iPad. So, if you have an iPad and you’d like to check out a very unique but fun game, pick up the Catan app.… Read the rest
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