Okay honesty time here. My name is Tyler and I am an Apple fan boy… Now that we have that out of the way do not fret this is not an Apple blog page. This particular blog will be Apple heavy but that is because I live in the Applesphere both at home and at work. I have a lot to say about each individual piece of tech that I use everyday but I wanted to start with a broader overview of the items that I carry and interact with on a daily basis. The easiest way to lay this out is to go through a typical “Tyler” day. 6:00 am Monday morning the Reflection ring tone on my iPhone X soothingly wakes me. After shutting off my alarm I use my iPhone to check all 5 of my active email accounts. Then I jump on Facebook for a couple of minutes. Sometimes I play Pandora through my phone while I am getting ready. I used to use a small speaker in my bathroom but the speakers are so good on the X that I just turn up the volume on the phone and rock out. After getting dressed its time for the Series 1 space grey 42mm Apple Watch with a saddle brown band from Amazon. I then make a cup of coffee on a single cup Keurig. On my way to work I stream Podcasts through my car speakers. Podcasts are a great way to wake up in the morning and to pass the time on my 1 hour commute to our dental office. So far my day has been all about the iPhone but once I get to work the focus shifts. At the office I fire up my 27inch iMac 5K and pull out my second generation iPad Pro 12.9 inch. My iPad is paired the the Apple Pencil and Apple Keyboard case. The iPhone has gone in the drawer and will stay there until lunch, if I get one, or until the end of the day. My iMac runs all of our software systems for the office. My iPad is used for web browsing and content creation for the office and for my consulting job. On all of my devices I use Pages, Numbers and Keynote for content creation. To organize that content I use a program called AirTable, which we will get into more in a later blog. Again the Apple Watch is being used for notifications. I find using it for apps is difficult due to screen size and the load times are slow. Maybe because I have the first series. While I am gone during the day some of the notifications I get are from my Samsung security system at home, my thermostat, and my Ring style doorbell. It has been a great day full of amazing patients but it is time to go home. I fire up the podcast and destress from the day on the ride home. At home my amazing wife has picked up our daughter from daycare (which texts us pictures of her playing during the day) and is watching Netflix or playing music on her 2nd Generation iPad while cooking HelloFresh. After family time and the kid is asleep it is time to clock in for job two. HIPAA consulting. For consulting I work out of my home office. We will go into a lot of detail about my home office and my office when I travel in the future. In my home office my iPad plays a small role as well as my iPhone. Here is where my 2013 13inch MacBook Pro Retina shines. My MacBook Pro becomes screen #1, I have a 2018 Samsung 32inch LCD television mounted in the middle of my desk as monitor #2, next to that is a Dell UltraSharp 21.5” LCD monitor as the #3 screen. The TV is connected via HDMI and the Dell monitor is VGA to a DisplayPort dongle. I have an inexpensive Logitech wireless mouse with USB receiver and for right now (soon to be an Apple keyboard) a wired Logitech keyboard. I have a Altec Lansing 4.1 speaker system hooked up to the tv (old but works). But because the tv and MacBook are connected via HDMI audio from the laptop or the tv will play through the speakers. I think I have worked enough today, its time to have some fun. Outside of my office I have a 2017 Vizio 65” M Series 4K HDR tv, running an inexpensive Vizio sound bar with 2 rear wireless speakers and a subwoofer. They do not get much use since I tend to play the connected Xbox One X with the Plantronics RIG 800LX SE wireless headset with Dolby Atmos. The tv is also sporting a passive lighting kit from amazon. Now I am super exhausted, time for bed. The house arms itself for the night. Lights and other devices can be controlled via the Samsung App on our devices. My alarm is already set to reoccur every work day. All of my work from the entire day and from every device is synced via iCloud. No more flash drives!!! If I still have enough energy I pick up a book. A paper book. Yes paper, not an e-reader or an app on the iPad. Sometimes you need a break from technology. Your eyes and brain need to rest from the stimulus. The soft reflection of the light off a real piece of paper soothes my eyes and soon I am off to sleep. Ready to start the next day all over again. There are a hundred topics that can be pulled from the text above and our goal is to do just that. Logan has a different routine using different devices and programs as well. This is just an insight into how I function and where I am coming from. What does your tech flow look like? What devices and programs do you use to get you through the day? We’d love to hear from you. Thanks for reading.
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Tyler
4/30/2018 02:12:09 pm
Thank you for that kind feedback. It has and continues to be a pleasure to work with you.
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5/1/2018 02:52:51 am
I'm super excited to learn new ways to use tech...and hopefully use them in my writing/publishing. Awesome post! Thanks, Tyler!
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Tyler
5/1/2018 04:38:57 am
Thanks Tammy!
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