Being Productive Using Mobile

People in industries ranging from business professionals to creative professionals are using mobile applications and work on tablets or smartphones. The days of big local storage are gone, with most tablets having a modest amount of internal storage. Cloud services and storage are now readily available and inexpensive. The best part of the services is that they have great apps for any platform you use and you can switch them seamlessly. It will enable you to be more productive and efficient. When it comes to productivity at work, Microsoft is doing its part to get its software on mobile platforms. Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint are now on Android and iOS and are outstanding apps. They have versions for iPhone and iPad on iOS, and both phones and tablets on Android. One downside to mobile devices is that you can have notifications for anything and everything. Turn them off, it is than simple. They are really just a distraction. Maybe keep the ones that are the most important but even then ask yourself if they are that important.

Remembering Names

I have often found myself being introduced to someone and then promptly forgetting their name. Then the conversation goes on and it gets to be too late for it to be polite to ask the other person's name. At that point, it is just embarrassing. Fortunately, there are ways to remember names. You should always use people's names in conversation. It will help you remember it and make the other person feel good. You should even use it before saying your name and then when you are saying good bye. If you associate their name with something about their personality of physical features, it will make it much easier for you to remember them. Try writing them dow later too, even a mobile application will do. Remembering names is one of the most powerful things you can do to make people feel important and to build meaningful relationships. Few things are a better use of your time and energy than developing this valuable skill.

Live With Passion

Go big or go home. To be more clear, there is no right or wrong way to live life. There is one rule though: live it with passion. The first step is finding out what your passion is. Once you've discovered your passion, you give it all you've got and get to know it inside and out. Your passion becomes a huge part of who you are -- a part of your identity. You have to become an expert in it and it doesn't matter what it is, whether it is web development or building something with your hands. As you embark on your life in your passion, be curious and always looking for knowledge and opportunities. You will be able to live without limits. And the best part about no limits is testing it out so even if you have a life plan, make sure that it is flexible and gives you room to explore. You better not keep all those wonderful feelings and ideas to yourself. Share your passion because someone who is enthusiastic is contagious and inspire someone to be more and do more and find their own passion.

Cloud Computing: Making Development More Productive

With cloud computing, we have the ability to bring the development team, QA team, and maintenance team of software development together. This will also improve the security of the systems because some of the issues are do to miscommunication. Before, there were separate entities doing the same thing just on different projects. Now, we can have an integrated team which will improve efficiency and productivity. The problem here is that agencies such as government have yet to implement this type of system. This is where DevOps comes in. If you have not heard of it, DevOps is the idea that we can have all parts of development in communication and collaboration with each other. Federal agencies can start up new projects more quickly, improve resource utilization, and reduce downtime - ultimately driving the innovation needed for real change. Just 22 percent of Feds are very familiar with DevOps today, but 60 percent say they can see DevOps in their agency's future.

Making Habits Stick

Change is both hard to make and happens all the time without you noticing it. If you want to change your habits, it is going to take effort and cannot just happen overnight. The first part is that you should consider your thoughts and what you say to yourself because they can influence actions. You could also plan ahead for things that might stop you from achieving that goal. By determining an excuse before it happens, it will render it useless and you will be able to find a way to counter it and be more prepared. Making new habits stick also means that you should start small and work your way up from there. And it doesn't have to be boring. You need to make it fun so that you will be more likely to stick with it. If you hate going to the gym, there are many different mobile applications that you could try for work outs and yoga. Finally, get some friends to do it with you so that you will feel more motivated and accountable.

Technology Shifts

Every decade or so, the world's computing platform change. First it was the desktop and then came the internet with all the web applications which actually made room for more hardware. The laptops and smartphones took center stage at that point. Now we are looking towards wearables and virtual reality, as well as augmented reality. The platforms are also changing industries such as transportation with Uber and Lyft. Unfortunately, business applications have been lagging behind the revolution. Most of the tools that small to medium businesses use are still stuck in the last decade. The fact is that more than half of the world's adults have a smartphone. This translates into a massive market. The lack of the innovation in this area also results in horrible customer service. Take the Comcast service for example. They are a company that provides media services and yet they cannot handle the customer service end of business. There are plenty of jokes going around about them.