Escape. Imagine. Read.

As we head into the long Labor Day holiday weekend here in the United States, this is your public service announcement. Take time to … ESCAPE. IMAGINE. READ. Feel free to download the above image for your desktop, share with a friend, or use as your FaceBook or Twitter profile header image. And don’t worry, my usual desktop calendar page wallpaper for September 2014 will post shorty. This is just a bonus edition. πŸ™‚

Tools of My Trade: Day 6 Pocket

Last year one of my featured tools was Flipboard and I still love that app and use it all the time on my iPad. It’s like reading a magazine instead of ugly news feeds from Facebook, Twitter and Google Reader. For this year I found something else that is kind of related to Flipboard, but different. It’s Pocket (formerly named Read It Later). And good news, it’s not just for iOS, it also works for Android and Kindle Fire! Today’s favorite tool is perfect for offline use. Find an article online or a blog post you want to save and read later? Maybe while you’re commuting on the train to work? Save it to Pocket. It will be available for off line reading anytime anywhere. Log into your Pocket account on your computer at home or at work, and your saved items are there. Open the Pocket app on your iPad, even without wifi (such as while you’re on a plane), your saved items are there too! Open it on your iPhone while waiting in the dentist’s office, your reading materials will be there! Are you done with a specific article after reading it? Delete it. Is it something you’d […]