Article • February 10, 2014

Furnish Your Home Without Lifting A Finger

Visualize your dream room with Furnish

So you bought the armoire. You assembled the armoire. You managed to lift the armoire without throwing out your back, and now your mom wants to see how it would look on the other side of the room.

Wait: There’s no need to call the chiropractor. Just use the iPhone and Android app Furnish to figure out how furniture will look in your home before you even lift a finger (touchscreen excepted).

Furnish uses some pretty amazing technology to simulate how furniture sits in your domicile. The app has three-dimensional projections of products from Ikea, Crate & Barrel, Target, and many more stores to peruse.

Once you’ve chosen a piece, Furnish uses your device’s camera to depict how that object will look – which is a much better option than lugging that armoire home then realizing it eats up half of your living room.

Trust us. This app has got your back.

Download Furnish in the App Store and Google Play


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Article • September 24, 2010

Clear Out Your Inbox and Keep Your Emails Organized

Automatically schedule follow up emails and reminders with FollowUpThen

Digging through your email in-box to stay on top of correspondence is a fool’s errand, as we all know.

For a better way to stay on top of correspondence, there’s FollowUpThen, a free service that easily schedules follow up emails and reminders.

There’s no registraton or fee. Simply compose an email and include [scheduledtime]@followupthen.com in your CC, BCC or TO field.

Almost any scheduling is possible, including specific dates (e.g. nextweds@followupthen.com), specific times (tomorrow11am), or recurring days (everyfriday).

When you want to follow up with a client and send a reminder to yourself, simply use the CC field to set delivery.  If your recipient “replies all” before the scheduled follow up is sent, it is automatically cancelled.

You can also use BCC to only follow up with the person receiving the email or use the “TO” field to set a reminder for yourself to follow up. Conveniently, you can also cancel reminders by emailing pending@followupthen.com.

Now if only you could get your friends to stop forwarding you distracting viral videos…

Visit FollowUpThen


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Article • September 22, 2010

Read Your Voicemails, Consolidate All Your Numbers, and Have a Better Overall Phone Experience

Reinvent the way you use your phone with Google Voice

Chances are you have three phone numbers (home, cell, office), which means you’re missing calls.

To simplify the telephony experience try Google Voice, a new service that allows you to consolidate all of your numbers.

Start by setting up an account and picking a number. You can search for numbers that spell out words in any area code you’d like.

From there, you can set Google Voice to accept incoming calls from your landlines or office phones, and direct calls based on who is calling you or time of day.

If you ever change carriers, your Google Voice number will stay the same.

To make calls from your number, just enter the number you’d like to call on your Google Voice homepage or call your Google Voice number from your phone and enter the number you’d like to dial at the prompt (we recommend taking advantage of the outrageously low international rates).

If you have an Android phone, it’s as easy as downloading the Google Voice app and dialing the number from within.

Google Voice automatically transcribes all voicemails to text, making it easy to avoid your voicemail box entirely. You can also easily share important or memorable voicemails via email.

With simple contact management options, you can screen or block callers and set custom voicemail recordings for specified numbers.

Think of it as a digital secretary to manage all your important calls.

Visit Google Voice


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Article • September 21, 2010

Find the Best Hotel Rooms Last Minute

LateRooms is a new way to score cheap hotel rooms

Mustering the desire to take a vacation is easy. Finding affordable places to stay while traveling, not so much.

Thankfully there’s LateRooms, an international service that helps you find the cheapest possible deals on hotel room (and other travel arrangements).

If you have a specific place in mind, start by searching for a hotel by location or name. If you’re just looking for extra incentive to get away, you can search for specific deals, including free nights, extra amenities, combo deals or free upgrades.

LateRooms also gives you the option to book “secret rooms,” which will give you the general vicinity of the hotel and its star rating but won’t disclose the name until you book (this is done so fancy hotels can save face by filling rooms without having to advertise a discount).

If you’re looking for something a little homier than a hotel room, you can also book cottages, apartments or villas throughout Europe. Car rentals are also available, and they offer free city guides many European hubs.

As for convincing your boss to give you the time off, you’re on your own.

Visit LateRooms


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