Mother’s Day is on Sunday, April 10th, and I’m sure some of you already have a plan. But if you’re like me and (let’s face it) a sizable chunk of the population, you scramble at the last minute to get your mom a gift. …

Streamline Your Workflow Two years ago I was sitting on a flight next to a businessman. We said our polite hellos, ignored the standard safety briefing, and settled in for takeoff. As the plane reached cruising altitude, the guy pulled out his laptop, flipped it open to a browser, and began to type…

It’s Photo Time Got some extra time on your hands? Let’s take 10 minutes to organize your photos for life. Mylio is a powerful way to collect all your pictures into a single library, automatically organizing them into the visual story of your life. And just in time for Mother’s Day, you can…

Hi, let’s take 5 minutes to set up your folders. I used to be an English teacher, and during the first week of each school year, I helped my students set up a folder structure that made them more organized and efficient for that year and for the rest of…

by Osiris Indriya — By now, it shouldn’t shock you to learn that everything you do in this Internet-connected world leaves a trail of breadcrumbs. You can reasonably expect that if a web-enabled service is involved, and an activity can be tracked, it will be. Now I’m not talking about Edward Snowden-level revelations, or…

It could have been great, but fell so short. By Treasure Alvarez Connors Do you regularly check all your apps, ensuring they’re all up-to-date? Are you, maybe, borderline obsessive about it (like me)? If so, you may have noticed Monday that Instagram made an update. And not just any update…

Our photographs are precious to us. There’s a fascinating book that documents what people save when their house is literally burning down, and what’s at the top of the list? Photographs. But as important as our pictures are, it’s also true that doing the work to ensure they’re truly safe…

IMAGINE YOUR MOST PRECIOUS FAMILY PHOTOS PERMANENTLY IN THE HANDS OF A COMPLETE STRANGER. — TEJU COLE, NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE Wait — another iCloud hack? No, Cole is describing something way more analogue: the yellowed photo flotsam — snapshots at once mysterious, mundane, and intimate — that washes up…

A high stakes game that you won’t want to lose. Written by Osiris Indriya Let’s play a game: it’s called Where Are Your Photos? In today’s hyperconnected world, you’d think the answer would be “Right here, in my pocket,” but I did an informal survey recently, and it told a different story. Most folks said their digital photos — the…