Professional Texting

In businesses, there are many ways to communicate with your employees and coworkers such as using internet phones, emails, and leaving voicemails. What about texting? Does it seem to be unprofessional? We use texting much more widely but business professionals are still not jumping on the wagon of sending texts for work. What happened to the phone call? You would think that would be the first choice in order to get things done quickly but these days it is a second option to writing text. But, just like email, any sort of text does not include tone and messages can be easily misunderstood. I think it all comes down to being more permissive, flexible and allowing people to Band-Aid their fear of rejection. If we text or email someone, we can re-read it 15 times before sending until it’s just the way we like it. If we interact on the phone, we don’t know what can be thrown at us and how we will react.

The iWatch: Where Does it Stand?

It has a "crown" knob to control scrolling and zoom without having to touch the screen, silent pulse notifications, a slate of health and fitness mobile applications and compatibility with Apple's new Apple Pay app, which lets users scan and pay card-free at participating stores. One of the drawbacks is that it has to be connected to the iPhone and comes with a $350 price tag. Some analyst think that it might be able to really shake up the market with smartwatches. Personally, they have been around for a while and it is a matter of people not adopting this technology. I also think that the watch is a solution to a problem that we have not found yet. Accord to several surveys, only about 3% of the population wear watches. Apple is going to do some heavy lifting if they want to get the other people to even think about wearing a watch, let alone getting a smartwatch. What do you think?

Signs To Consider If You Are Thinking of Quitting Your Job

We all come to a point in our lives when we need to re-evaluate where we are headed. Sometimes that includes thinking about changing jobs or even careers and that is never a bad thing. One of the things that you need to consider is if you are feeling bored and uninspired. Are you showing up every morning dragging your feet and just feeling miserable? Do you really want to put up with it for eight hours a day Monday through Friday? Hopefully you have an awesome job with a great paycheck. You probably tolerate fairly well most of your co-workers. But you just don’t belong at the company. Everything is going great but the schedule is not what you want it to be or something just does not jive with your morals or personality, or you do not care for the services of your company. First look to see if you can go to a different department though, there might be more opportunity with the software development team versus the mobile applications. If you keep being passed over for high-profile projects or promotions, then clearly someone up top hasn't realized how talented you are. Instead of wasting your potential at a place where your work isn't acknowledged or respected, find somewhere else where you might thrive.