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SheekTech Podcast - Productivity Tools Written/Produced/Created by Ro Ro aka Sheek Gal

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Intro

I offer Virtual Administrative Support and Design Services. Delegate your tasks! I specialize in helping small businesses, startups, entrepreneurs, busy professionals and individuals manage their day to day work flow by offering support in various areas included scheduling, research, calendar management and project planning to basic web consultation & creation, graphic design, and content & social media management!

My goal is to help you maximize your time allowing you to focus on the more important aspects of your business

So what is my podcast about?

Each week I will be sharing some of the latest news and tech AND my favorite productivity tools

I'm a software junkie

I love trying new apps both mobile and web based

I have created too many accounts to remember

Thank you Lastpass

This love I have trying out new things and researching tirelessly sometimes for a solutions that simplifies a process is my JAM!

I often get asked, Hey Ro do you know what the best "---fill in the blank---" is for this "---fill in the blank---"

And most times at some point or another I have bookmarked or created an account to test OR found it on my way to solving a completed different problem

Good stuff!

Latest in Tech Related News

Quick run down on the latest in tech news this week

Pokemon Go is setting records! Apple tells TechCrunch that it is the most downloaded app in its FIRST WEEK in the App Store

My kids are using this growing craze over the app to negotiate as to why they need a cell phone... ummmmm

Are you ready for your popular mobile device to REMOVE the headphone jack?  Yeah, its a no go for me! I read on Mashable that Apple maybe doing away with it 

I can't even!

Did you know? That the headphone jack has been around for like 50 years!!!

I'm really not into the whole business of having to charge everything and worry about BATTERY LIFE

I'm just saying!

Rotten Tomatoes says GO SEE Star Trek Beyond.  I didn't even know a movie could score in the 80s on the tomatometer!

KickAssTorrents (KAT) just got it's ass kicked and if you were streaming content for free... well all that's going away.

Department of Homeland Security has ceased operations. Check out an interesting article written on TorrentFreak.com for me details.

Gorilla Glass 5 is coming soon to a mobile device near you

I don't know about you but I use to pride myself in never having dropped my phone, shattering the screen

Until it happened a few months ago

And of course I took the GEEK route and decided to repair it myself!

After several hours of what felt like brain surgery

My phone was successfully repaired

Will I sign up for that again

Probably not (but I CAN DO IT, I do know that and am now checking that off my list of things I want want to DIY in my life)

With that said!  I'm excited about my next phone purchase... I will be looking specifically for this feature

Cool Tools I Use

Machform

by

Appnitro

I feel like this has been the best kept secret but yet the company has been around for several years

Since 2007 in fact!

And I suspect has several loyal customers like myself!

For our form and data collection needs

You may have possibly used platforms like...

Google Forms, Jotforms, Wuforms

And even web apps like SurveyMonkey for our data collection needs

ALL GREAT resources, however if you want to take it to the next level

And by next level I mean

One-time low fee

Can upload to your website and use the resources you're ALREADY paying for on a monthly basis to host your forms

The freedom to create as many forms as you want

To  create custom notifications

With semi-customizable themes

MachForm is hands down one of the best solutions I have ever found and introduced to my clients!

The downsides... 

It does take a level of geekiness to install and configure on your domain (but Appnitro has provided great documentation to walk you through these steps or you can hire them to set it up for a resonably low price) 

OR

You can subscribe to their monthly hosting services and bypass having to set manually on your hosting account

Which then puts it in the category of the others

At the end of the day, great software.  

Like I said, I have installed this software for several of my clients and the feedback from them and their clients has been nothing but good

Check out sheektech.com for more details on where to find Machform by Appnitro

How to find MachForm?

appnitro.com

@machform

https://www.facebook.com/machform

Now if you are looking to go a little bit more advanced with your data collection and tracking needs 

Check out...

Knack - Online Database Software

First, I must say this online software requires a subscription

Plans start as low as $39/month

You can add up to 20,000 records

It includes 2GB of storage

You can build up to 3 apps 

And this all comes with basic support

They have a neat little chat feature included in the builder and they are super responsive

All this is pretty darn fantastic for $39/month and if you are looking to build a web app for your company or team to help manage data

I.E. clients, jobs, employees, work flow, social media management

It's one thing to point out features but I feel it best to give examples of how I have used the software

I'm a bit of a control freak 

So I tend to look for productivity tools that give me the freedom to customize

I have used the tool to build a  job tracking and dispatch system for a crane and trucking company.

The client needed an inexpensive solution to meet their needs but didn't want to break the bank using more advanced softwares that had features that the small company would never use

Additionally they were limited or pigeonholed into working the way the software works versus how they work best

The build was simple.  

They needed a place to collect incoming jobs

They needed a place to track which equipment was out  for which jobs

They needed a place to track operators associated with the jobs

... and so and so on...

In tech world they need a more advanced form collection system that allowed for creating relationships between tables

Normal form collection softwares typically don't offer this type of advanced solution and that's fine not all of us need that 

But sometimes with small companies, on a budget, need a solution that will help the stay efficient and can also grow with them or be shared with more enterprise solutions if thing advance to that point.

Knack is FABULOUS!

I use if for my clients and even for myself and my own projects

I've created hour/expense tracking web apps and social media management apps for teams

Great tool - check it out!  Links can be found on sheektech.com

How to find Knack Online Database Software?

knack.com

@knackhq

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