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Mobile Mondays: Live! From the car

On a recent trip from the Midwestern United States to the Palouse Region in Washington, I had the rare opportunity to be a passenger. We took our time and visited tourist attractions like Antique Archaeology in LeClaire, IA, the World’s Largest Popcorn Ball in Sac City, IA, the Corn Palace

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Mobile Mondays: Find stars for less than a cup of coffee

Are you interested in finding stars, photographing the night sky, peering through a telescope, or laying on a blanket and gazing at the heavens? The Sky Guide app makes it effortless to find various stars, planets, constellations and the Milky Way.   What is Sky Guide? It’s a star and

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Mobile Mondays: Identify nature with mobile apps

Do you identify what you are photographing when you are actually taking the image? How many times when you get back home, start uploading images and add keywords (you are adding keywords, aren’t you?), do you wish you knew what type of bird, plant, tree, etc. you had a photograph

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Mobile Mondays: Communicate on-site with the Zello Walkie Talkie app

While us photographers are scouting locations, on the road or photographing, sometimes, we love to communicate. However, texting while driving is not safe and typically illegal. And continually calling or texting while photographing or setting up would be inconvenient.  A great alternative that addresses these issues is Zello Push-to-Talk (PTT)

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Contact info technology: Dot Cards

I have to say, the online world is moving pretty quickly. I just signed up for a way to share my contact info with you in one fell swoop using a Dot or a QR code. Dot.cards I know there are a few services such as this for sharing contact

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Mobile Mondays: Getting inspired from Instagram Saves

Launched in mid 2017, Instagram Saves allows you to save other people’s posts within your account. Alternatively, people can also save your posts. You may have noticed the little bookmark icon underneath every posted image or video clip. Hitting this icon saves the post to a personal library that you

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