Apps

Best Practices/Making Life Easier: Travel Apps and Tech

Posted by on May 16, 2013 at 8:26 am

By Brenda Bethman It’s finals week here at UMKC. Combine that with what has become a fairly intense travel schedule, and I’ve got summer travel on the brain. This summer, I’ve got three trips coming up — taking students to St. Louis in May, a seminar in Germany in June, and a vacation in Wisconsin [...]

Highlight An App: Walk Score

Posted by on May 2, 2013 at 10:00 am

By Anitra Cottledge Remember that I tend to underutilize apps? OK, as long as you keep that in mind when I do these “Highlight An App” posts. Just know that I’m digging deep here. An app I do love: Walk Score. I don’t even remember how I found out about Walk Score. I do know [...]

Linkage Love: Pocket

Posted by on May 1, 2013 at 10:00 am

by Lauren Creamer If you’re anything like me (and I’m sure some of you are), you spend a good portion of your day checking up on social media sites or trolling around the internet looking for some new interesting piece of information. I tend to check my Twitter and Facebook as I ride the bus [...]

Best Practices for Making Life Easier

Posted by on April 18, 2013 at 10:00 am

by Colleen Riggle Tis the season, in the world of student affairs, for banquets, end of the semester this and that, awards ceremonies galore! But how do you keep it all straight? How do YOU practice self care when you’re eating roasted chicken, mashed potatoes with a side of veggies 3 nights a week and [...]

Highlight an App: 30/30 for Productivty

Posted by on April 11, 2013 at 9:39 am

By Brenda Bethman As I think I’ve previously mentioned, I’m both a bit of an app addict and a stickler for being organized. The combination of those two things means that I have tried just about every to-do list app that exists for iOS. Today I want to write about one of my favorites, 30/30. [...]