Doug Aamoth

5 essential apps to help you master hybrid work

Home mode, office mode, or something in between: these tools make it easy to work from anywhere.

5 essential apps to help you master hybrid work

7 great free tools for improving your writing

Whether you need inspiration or help with grammar, quality wordsmithing has never been easier or more affordable.

7 great free tools for improving your writing

These 4 apps will make your meetings more productive—for free

Make your next meeting a little less painful with these four free apps.

These 4 apps will make your meetings more productive—for free

These 5 great apps can help declutter your home—and your life

If being cooped up during the pandemic has left you with too much stuff, you need these tools.

These 5 great apps can help declutter your home—and your life

5 terrific weather apps you may have overlooked

Whether weather is a passion of yours or you’re just trying to figure out if you’ll need an umbrella, each of these apps are worthy alternatives to the high-profile weather apps out there.

5 terrific weather apps you may have overlooked

4 must-try alternative keyboards for iPhone and Android

Type less, better, multilingually, or just plain fancier with these great alternatives to your phone’s stock keyboard.

4 must-try alternative keyboards for iPhone and Android

4 tech podcasts you should be listening to

Learn about the cloud, get your Apple fix, navigate the business of software, and more with these must-listen tech podcasts.

4 tech podcasts you should be listening to

5 great free boredom-busting apps for your next road trip

Test your trivia knowledge, listen to a bunch of free audiobooks, keep an automated travel journal, and more—all for free with these road trip-worthy apps.

5 great free boredom-busting apps for your next road trip

Here’s what you get (and don’t get) with Twitter’s ‘Blue’ subscription

Twitter’s monthly subscription service is rolling out, slowly but surely. Let’s hope that its future involves more features (and maybe fewer ads).

Here’s what you get (and don’t get) with Twitter’s ‘Blue’ subscription

5 great Google Photos alternatives now that unlimited storage is gone

As one of the web’s best deals goes away, here are some other places to store your snapshots—for free or at a reasonable cost.

5 great Google Photos alternatives now that unlimited storage is gone

The 4 best ways to stop phone spam, scams, and robocalls

With layer after layer of spam and robocall protection, we’re pulling out all the stops in an attempt to keep a clean phone line.

The 4 best ways to stop phone spam, scams, and robocalls

Here’s how to fix cryptocurrency’s energy consumption problem

‘Proof of stake’ replaces cryptocurrency mining with vastly more efficient cryptocurrency validation.

Here’s how to fix cryptocurrency’s energy consumption problem

Gmail storage filling up? Here’s how to free up some space

Use Gmail long enough, and your free storage will buckle under the weight of modern digital life. Fortunately, it’s easy to get things back under control.

Gmail storage filling up? Here’s how to free up some space

5 must-read free newsletters to keep you informed and productive

Get in, get out, and get on with your day. These five time-saving, work-smarter newsletters deliver some of the web’s most helpful content directly to your inbox.

5 must-read free newsletters to keep you informed and productive

The 7 best ways to extend your iPhone’s battery life to the max

Limit location access, tone down notifications and data retrieval, get your screen to use less juice, and more.

The 7 best ways to extend your iPhone’s battery life to the max

10 time-saving Windows keyboard shortcuts you should be using

Screenshots, dictation, emojis, a super-cool clipboard, and more. Work smarter with these handy Windows 10 keyboard shortcuts.

10 time-saving Windows keyboard shortcuts you should be using

8 great Microsoft Edge features that make switching worth it

Edge packs so many thoughtful quality-of-life goodies into one web browser. Here are some of my favorites.

8 great Microsoft Edge features that make switching worth it

6 Netflix tricks to supercharge your streaming

Disable those pesky auto-playing previews, browse super-specific genres, block content by title, listen to Netflix like a podcast, and more.

6 Netflix tricks to supercharge your streaming

These 7 tips will make you a Chromebook power user

Up your touchpad game, access apps faster, record the screen, print wirelessly, and more.

These 7 tips will make you a Chromebook power user

Supercharge Gmail with these 5 simple but useful extensions

Take notes inside messages, make Gmail less Gmail-looking, share links with a click, and more with these helpful extensions.

Supercharge Gmail with these 5 simple but useful extensions

Impact

These 4 entrepreneurs are building financial products that make it less expensive to be poor

It’s not even August and we’ve already used up the Earth’s resources for the year

The Bootleg fire is burning through trees that are being used as carbon offsets

News

Robinhood stock makes Nasdaq debut in IPO: Here’s everything to know about HOOD

Duolingo is now worth $6.5 billion, and its CEO is having a very big day

Can vitamin D protect you from COVID-19? Here’s what the latest research says

Co.Design

Last year, you sewed your own masks. This year, why not sew your own shoes?

The hidden way the Tokyo Olympics could forever change the city itself

Why Sonos and The North Face are putting an Antarctic expedition in your ears

Work Life

These are the most common (and annoying) types of jargon in job ads

5 ways to ‘miss each other’ less at work

This should be the remote workers’ ‘Bill of Rights’