My Favourite Tip: Mia Northrop & Dinah Rowe-Roberts - Transform your smartphone from distraction to digital assistant
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Jun 13, 2022
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Harness Siri for Task Management
Use Siri to add reminders to your to-do list easily, especially when ideas strike during activities like driving or listening to podcasts.\n- Take advantage of location-based reminders and contact-triggered alerts to efficiently manage tasks and conversations.
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Connect Reminders to Contacts
Link reminders to specific contacts so you get prompted when messaging them, ensuring you don't forget important topics.\n- Use this feature to stay organized in conversations, ideal for personal and professional communication.
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Using Siri on the Go
While walking with a friend, Amantha used Siri to set a reminder to send information at home, highlighting the convenience of location-based alerts.\n- Siri recognizes when you get in and out of the car, enhancing the timing of task reminders.
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Most guests on How I Work will tell you to turn off your phone if you want to get work done. They’ll probably tell you to leave it out of the bedroom when it’s time to sleep, and to keep it out of reach when you’re meant to be spending quality time with friends and family.
It’s easy to forget sometimes just how useful that little super computer in your pocket can be - and that applies to life admin, too! Life Admin Hacks authors Mia Northrop and Dinah Rowe-Roberts put me onto the untapped power of Siri, and I’ve never looked back. And now they’re teaching you how to use it, too.
If you’ve never used Siri for anything other than a Google search while your hands are full, you’re missing out on an on-demand, high-powered digital assistant. From reminders to calendar updates, Mia and Dinah share how to use Siri to supercharge your life admin.
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