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Have you ever missed an important reminder notification? Changing your default notifications setting can make a big difference! Notifications are used to: Notify you at the time you set a reminder for a Calendar event Notify you when you receive a text message Notify you that your medication is ready to be picked up at … Continue reading iOS notification settings
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series PaceMyDay and Self-RegulationBefore we jump to the last phase, let’s do a quick review of how we’re defining self-regulation and its first two phases. Self-regulation — planning, monitoring, and evaluating your behaviors in order to learn from and optimize end results over time. Planning phase … Continue reading How the PMD app integrates self-regulation—evaluating
This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series PaceMyDay and Self-RegulationLet’s do a quick review of how we defined self-regulation in our last post before we jump into the next phase of the process. Self-regulation is the process of planning, monitoring, and evaluating your behaviors in order to learn from and optimize end … Continue reading How the PMD app integrates self-regulation—monitoring
This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series PaceMyDay and Self-RegulationSelf-regulation is the process of planning, monitoring, and evaluating your behaviors in order to learn from and optimize end results over time. The PaceMyDay app encourages self-regulation in a number of ways. Onboarding — The onboarding process is a one-time process to establish … Continue reading How the PMD app integrates self-regulation—planning
You’re probably asking yourself, “What is the PaceMyDay app?” You’ve come to the right place. The BEST app blog will provide information about the PaceMyDayapp app (and many more), the concepts upon which the app is based, the app development process, and much more. Let’s start with some basic information about fatigue. According to the … Continue reading What is the PaceMyDay app?
Find My iPhone is an important feature of iOS. Its primary purpose is to help locate an iOS device (e.g., iPhone, iPad, etc.) if it gets lost or stolen. You might think, “Oh, I’m really careful. I’ll never lose my device.” In fact, it’s pretty easy to leave your phone on a counter at a … Continue reading Using find my iPhone/iPad
iCloud backup is an essential feature of iOS. It can be used to back up iOS apps such as Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Reminders, Notes, etc. as well as all other apps and data on your device. “This could happen to you” scenarios Lost/broken device “I dropped my device and it’s not working. I’m afraid I … Continue reading iCloud backup
Smart devices can be used as cognitive prosthetics, e.g., as memory or organization aids for people with cognitive challenges. At this time, iOS devices make better cognitive prosthetics than Android devices. Here’s why. The term “cognitive prosthetic” is becoming more and more popular. You are probably familiar with the use of the term “prosthetic” to … Continue reading Smart devices as cognitive prosthetics
If you are like many of us, you have probably seen the annoying “iCloud storage full” message on your iOS device. But what do you do about it? What is iCloud? iCloud connects your devices, helps you find your iPhone, and stores data associated with your Mail, Calendar, Contacts, Notes, Photos, and more. You are … Continue reading What to do about full iCloud storage