Communication

Effective communication is one of the most important life skills we can learn. Whether you want to have more meaningful conversations, keep up with the technology helping us communicate or express your ideas better in the workplace, you’ll find essential tips for learning to communicate more effectively.

  • Your iPhone’s Alarm Doesn’t Have to Be so Annoying

    Your iPhone’s Alarm Doesn’t Have to Be so Annoying

    We all know the iPhone’s alarm is anything but a gentle wake-up. “Radar,” as the alert tone is called, is abrasive, startling, and unforgiving. In contrast with the competition, Samsung in particular, it seems Apple designed its default alarm to punish all of us heavy sleepers. We don’t have to live this way, though —…


  • The Easiest, Cheapest Way to Train by Heart Rate

    The Easiest, Cheapest Way to Train by Heart Rate

    With fitness watches becoming more popular over the years, training by heart rate has gotten even more accessible — you can just glance down at your Garmin, Fitbit, Apple Watch, or whatever expensive gadget you wear on your wrist to find out how your heart rate is doing. But what if you never hopped on…


  • The Fastest Way to Edit Audio From Your iPhone or Mac

    The Fastest Way to Edit Audio From Your iPhone or Mac

    Trimming audio on an iPhone is surprisingly hard — but doing so on a Mac is surprisingly easy. While there’s a dedicated audio trimming tool in the QuickTime app, the iPhone and iPad have no such option. Sure, there’s the built-in Voice Memos app, but it doesn’t support editing external audio files. Even so, you…