I don't know about you but recently it seems like time comes at a premium. We are constantly working towards professional and personal goals. Often times, the one aspect of life that suffers during this constant hum is the ability to connect with those that you love, care about and really enjoy spending time with. We connect on facebook, via text and catch up through emails and Skype, but it's the quality face time that sometimes suffers. Even more sad is to think that you were actually out for the evening, and who knew; your good friend was just down the street at the other restaurant. Totally great opportunity to connect over a drink or dinner and alas, missed because you were probably checking email on your iPhone.
Well we no longer have to worry about the later. . .Through your smartphone, you can connect with just about anyone and make sure to maximize your time at a speed faster than text. Here are a few great sites that guarantee to get you together with you and yours!
www.groupme.com: AHHMazing. . .this nifty little app has you start groups with the people already in your contacts. When you send a message, that whole group receives the message all at once. Wa la, chat it up right then and there.
As if this dandy app couldn't get any better, hold onto your socks. Each group has a unique phone number. If you text that number, the message is beamed to everyone in your group. Bam, instant conference call. How amazing is this for not just out and about, but say you need to have that ad hoc conference call because you need to reach your own team. No more crazy dial in bridges. Just pick up your smarthphone and you're all there.
As with a few other apps out there you can also share your location, as well as pictures. The company that owns groupme may be called Mindless Dribble Inc., but it's your dribble so how stoked are you to get it out there!
www.fastsociety.com: Per their web page "Coordinating and staying in touch with friends can suck. We make it awesome." It would be a heck of a punchline if they couldn't support this claim but they truly do and then some. This app is great because you can set yourself up to "shout out" your recorded message to the throngs and then share your location and photos to get everyone there with you. . .The advertisement really appeals to those who wonder, "where did my night go". Now you have the ability to track your your team's responses, text messages, photos and then use the location to figure out where you are waking up relative to recalling your last stop on the tilt-o-whirl that was your evening.
www.kik.com: If you are just depressed that you can't type fast enough to get your message out to the group on the move, here's your app. As fast as texting may be, there are times when you are on the move faster than your text is arriving. You just slammed back that latte because you realize that you are NOT in the right building, with the presentation. Text while running to your team in the CORRECT building that you are on your way without having them wondering whether or not your making it on time.
With the amazing technology that we have there should be no reason you ever are left behind. Get to the front of the pack with these new apps!
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