Business & Tech
Thanksgiving Weekend Technology Tools
Tech tools for Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday and beyond.
Holidays are famous for time spent with family and friends around a dinner table. This makes for memorable images (think Norman Rockwell), but what do you do on Day Two? Family and friends may still be sharing the same space and the jubilant feeling of the previous day’s holiday may be losing its warm fuzziness.
Keep the spirit alive by getting those priceless family photos and videos online while they are still fresh. Check out Facebook, Flickr, or Picasa.
Re-live (and embellish) this year’s Thanksgiving highlights with those who couldn’t be with you in person. Try Skype, FaceTime, or Tango app.
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Get off the couch and do something. Touch football, raking leaves and getting out the decorations for the next holiday are good beginnings. Discover and traverse the area in new ways with the MyCityWay app, which is free for Apple, Android, and Blackberry devices. Though the amenities are closed for the season, trails in are open for hiking or strolling if your tummy is still suffering from an overdose of turkey and pie.
Have to indulge in Black Friday shopping? If just contemplating hitting the stores is too much, make it easier on yourself and your companions. Research, plan and execute the best Black Friday shopping strategy as well as find coupons at BlackFriday2011.com.
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Support small businesses every day and especially on Saturday, November 26 for the second annual Small Business Saturday. Enter your Burke zip code to find the abundance of small businesses and lift the economy in a very local way.
Whether your visitors leave on Saturday or Sunday – or ouch! Thursday night –, the only thing worse that getting to a Thanksgiving destination is getting back home afterwards. At $4.99, the Flight Track app boasts great reviews for Apple and Android devices.
Delight in the knowledge that the next family and friends gathering is just a few weeks away. Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out and jot some positive thoughts in your Gratitude Journal app for Apple devices for 99 cents.
Of course, this article could not end without a shout out to Cyber Monday. Jump on your computer keyboard and be delighted with the abundance of Cyber Monday deals and coupons at CyberMonday2011.com.
What tips and strategies get you through the post-Thanksgiving week-end?
