OG Tosin

09/04/2020

BASIC APPS NEEDED FOR
SMARTPHONE
PRODUCTIVITY

Productivity is about Getting Result despite Limited Resources (The Resources can be Time, Asset, and Funds etc.)

Relating the Definition Above to Smartphone, Being Able To Perform A Task, Faster and Accurately When Compared to Others (Due to Your Knowledge of Apps and Your Smartphone).

I'll list out the Apps in no Particular Order:

1. Puffin Browser
2. Google Drive (Drive)
3. Fast Scanner
4. English
5. Google Keyboard (Gboard)
6. Money Manager
7. WPS
8. MX Player
9. Pocket Book 0 Google Translate (Translate)

Hey, Before You Read On, Know This:
All Apps Listed here are for your Productive use, I don't Subscribe to Downloading Apps off Google Play Store;

WHY?

Because Google is the Owner of Android, and they are certain about the kind of Apps for you to install, so as to keep your Android Device Sane; there are some loop-holes that certain Developer use to gain Unfair Advantage of Your Device.

Google don't want that, so every App on PLAY STORE is screened, for it to be there, if it's not there, then I think the developer, is not ready to follow Google's Guideline(Hence, it's somewhat misleading).

All App here are on Google Play, so you'll find their Direct Download links under their Respective Headings.

Wait, And all Apps chosen are based on Personal Use Experience, You may find Other Apps Better, If so kindly share them below, stating the respective alternative App here, Thanks!(You'll be helping others too).

And please bear in mind that your Smartphone may not support some of the Apps due to its Android Version.

I'll Throw More Light on the Apps Listed above in Alphabetical Order

1. Drive
2. English
3. Fast Scanner
4. Gboard
5. Money Manager
6. MX Player
7. Pocket Book
8. Puffin Browser
9. Translate 0 WPS

1. DRIVE - Access to Cloud Storage on the Go

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs

So Many Devices come with this App Pre-Installed, but sadly most people don't know what it's used for, how it's used, or that it even exist.

This App gives you access to extra storage on the Cloud, which you can use "anywhere" & at "anytime".

Need Extra Reliable Storage Space, Google Drive is the way! Once you're signed in on your device you have access to your files automatically.

On your way to a Pitch Session with your Presentation slide on it, Sadly on getting there you discover the Flash Drive is Missing, Don't be Restless, Just Sign In on any device (But Remember to Sign Out), and viola you Presentation Slide is back, no Disappointment(But That's If You Saved It On your Drive Previously).
Learn to be Pro-active and Productive with Drive, Save Things like the list below on it, so you'll have access to them immediately if need be:

Your

1. CV's
2. Signature
3. Certificates (Birth, School etc.)
4. Pitch Document and many more...

Adding icing to the cake is that you don't have to download them to view them. Productivity at its PEAK!

2. ENGLISH - A Dictionary Sourced Wikitionary

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=livio.pack.lang.en_US

Been left in the Dark is not a good thing at all, with this Offline Dictionary, you have nothing to lose, just enter the word, you'll get the meaning if not found simply update the App when update is available (Since new words pop up now and then, it's necessary to check for update!).
Pronunciations are even made available with example of it uses. There's more to it; Go ahead and download it.

3. FAST SCANNER - A Complete Photocopier Machine in your Pocket

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.coolmobilesolution.fastscannerfree

There's none like it, it's pretty amazing the way it scans images, but this is also dependent on your Camera Specs. It Scans Images and can also Covert to PDF, it’s a Scanner Indeed, Use it and Get Used to it.

4. GBOARD - Typing Made Easier, Life Made Simpler

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.inputmethod.latin

This a keyboard developed by Google, this is just amazing. I can't even explain this well, but it's a Keyboard you should be using. I'll be sharing a video on how to maximize the use of Gboard for your Productivity.

The video will make you understand why you should be using it. I'll be dropping the video on my page https://fb.me/ogtosincares - Go check out the page, I have dropped some pretty good content there already, video will becoming later.

5. MONEY MANAGER - Your Expenses and Incomes in Check

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=money.expense.budget.wallet.manager.track.finance.tracker

If you've been wondering where your Finances has been leaking from, this is the App to get, to take care of the loop hole. This App is totally Free, No Ads at all.
You get to save your data on the cloud so when you sign in on another device, you still have access to previous data and you can also export your data in CSV Format, it even shows it in a Pictorial Form (Pie Chart).


6. MX PLAYER - A Player like No Other

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad

MX Player is an audio-visual player App, with this App you get watch a Movie in an Unknown Language & still get to Understanding it. Busy with a chat, the PIP (Picture in Picture) Mode got you covered, that's you get to watch a movie without leaving your chat. It has other pretty amazing feature, Go download it and get yourself familiar with it.


7. POCKET BOOK - A Multi Format Reader

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.obreey.reader

Your one stop App for Document like PDF, Epub and Doc; With this App you can listen to the content of your document, while you're doing other things even though the App is closed, it'll work in the background. It has many other feature, you need to check it out.


8. PUFFIN BROWSER - Giving You Access to the Desktop Mode Accurately

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cloudmosa.puffinFree

I discovered this browser not too long, and I was happy I found it. Have you ever wanted a PC experience right on your Mobile, it's got that so well, not like any other browser desktop mode. It has many other Cool Features, Check it out.
Experience More!


9. TRANSLATE - Translating Many Other Language for Your Understanding

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.translate

Just the way it is, translate from other languages seamlessly, now you can get other languages translated right with your Camera Open. Many other cool features to play around with. I'll likely create a video about this soon.


10. WPS - Create and Convert Documents on the Go

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cn.wps.moffice_eng

You shouldn't do without this Apps, A device without a document reader or creator, I wonder how such an individual is coping, though WPS is not perfect but it's still OK, its storage friendly when compared to Office. It can create a text file, PDF file, docx file and many more. Go try it out.


COMPLEMENTARY APP - WITH ALL THE ABOVE GOTTEN, GET THIS ALSO.

#1. BIBLE - Basic Instruction Before Leaving Earth

A Bible shouldn’t be missing from your device, it's your Go To Guide to Connect with the Creator (God Almighty). The Bible is so complete that it has recorded in it, Things that are Past - For our Learning; Things Present - To Guide; And Things To Come - To Help us Prepare for Eternity.

I'll recommend Three Different Bibles

1. Bible Kjv

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gyc.ace.kjv

2. Yoruba English

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=yoruba.english.bible.kjv

3. King James Bible

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kjv.bible.kingjamesbible

Take God Serious this Year, and He'll See You Through Life Challenges - Remember Challenges Prepares us for the Next Level.

Remember All the Apps Listed above are for your Productive Use of your Smartphone Generally; To be Productive Specifically - it has to be tied to a Smartphone Skills. Go get one!

Remember you may have the best Apps on your Phone, but if you don't know how to use them, they're as good as useless. Play Around & Learn what does what in the App.

To Remain Productive, it's Necessary to be Up to Date, and also the Apps you use also should be Updated Regularly. But don't Update immediately, make sure you've gotten feedback from users of the update if it's better and not worse.

It's time to say Goodbye.

I'll talk to you soon.

Go and be Productive!

25/02/2020

25/02/2020

Securing your Online ASSETS: Tips to create a STONG and EASY to REMEMBER PASSWORD.

As we all know the easiest way to securing your online asset is to create a strong password, and for a password to be considered strong, the following components must be included:

An Upper & Lower Case Letter,
Number(s),
Symbol(s).

But the issue is when all the component are included to form a Strong Password, we tend to forget them easily especially if we don't use them frequently.

That's why some don't even incorporate all the components, they just coin their passwords from things related to them(Hackers Friendly - not secured), while others use browser generated Password (hardly can you remember this [tjy!JD? - this is a near example], but you don't need to remember it, because it's automatically inputed into the password section anytime you want to login, but the issue here is, when you want to login on another device, how do you go about it, since you don't know the password or can't remember it, you either have to get your device, or reset the password to login).
So away from all the Technicalities & Vulnerabilities.

I'll be sharing 4 Tips to help in creating a STRONG and EASY to REMEMBER PASSWORD :

1. WORDS CHOICE & CAPITALIZATION OF LETTERS.
Choose two words, that you're sure to remember (maximum of five letters)
Illustration - I'll be choosing fear and kings.
Note: it doesn't have to be a real word or an English Word, but something you'll easily remember.
Then Capitalize any letter(s) of the two word you have chosen.
Illustration - I'll capitalize just the last letters (feaR and kingS). Moving on...

2. SYMBOLS CHOICE.
Choose two symbols (e.g. : [colon], - [dash], and / [forward slash] etc.), that you'll put at the end of each words

Illustration - I'll be choosing # [hash/pound] and > [greater than] i.e. feaR >

Note: Choose symbols that are easy to find on PCs & Mobile Devices.

3. PLATFORM RELATED TAG LETTERS.
At this point, this is what makes the password of A platform different from B platform, you'll need be creative, yet careful, so that things don't get mixed up.
Choose two letters/numbers associated with the online platform you want to password.
For Facebook : There are different Tag letters you can create (FK,FB,KF & BF etc.).
E.g. using code letter Tag "FK", I picked the first and the last letters of FACEBOOK & Capitalized them, but for KF, I simply reversed the order( from FK to KF), or using FB I picked F from Face and B from Book & BF is just the reverse for FB. You can even choose the first two letter (FA) or last two letters (OK), Only you should know your tag letters.

But make sure the Tag Letter Pattern chosen is used across board i.e if you use the FA (first two letters Tag Letter Pattern) for FACEBOOK, then for INSTAGRAM, it MUST be IN(first two letters also), Using the same pattern across board will make you remember your Password easily.

Illustration - I'll choose AO(Second letter from the beginning & the end of the word) as the tag letters, while that of INSTAGRAM will be NA(Using the same Tag Letter Pattern).
So my Password will become "feaR >AO"
Lastly...

4. NUMBERS CHOICE.

Choose two digits that you'll quickly remember, it could be a date or just any number that you'll remember.

Illustration - I'll choose 14, so my Password will finally be "feaR >AO14"

YOU CAN DECIDE TO START FROM TIP 4 UP TO TIP 1, with this, the Password will be "14AOkingS>feaR #", OR YOU CAN MIX THEM ANY HOW YOU LIKE, BUT WILL YOU REMEMBER IT, IF YES, THEN GO AHEAD; IF NO THEN FOLLOW THE STEP, SO YOU CAN USE IT AS REFERENCE.

Note: Bear in mind that some website don't allow symbols as part of a Password, so for such a site, just remove the symbols
Illustration - FINAL RESULT

feaRkingSOA14 (WITHOUT SYMBOLS) & feaR >AO14 (WITH SYMBOLS).

CONGRATULATIONS you've just created an Easy to REMEMBER STRONG PASSWORD!
Don't ever share this Password with anyone, even if you're required to provide a Password to be used for a new account in plain text, never give them this Password(it's the main one, thus no one should know it), if you give them, all other online accounts may be compromised & I'm sure you won't want that, give them a generic one(you can generate a new one also with the tips above) and change it later (if allowed) to the Strong Password you use as your main Password.

Illustration - Main one "feaR >AO14" & Generic one "Ada!Uche?FB20"

Just form something, but remember it.

ADDED LAYER OF SECURITY: 2ND FACTOR AUTHENTICATION

If you're not yet using this feature to further tighten the security of your online asset, you should consider activating it, not all site have this feature, but popular ones like Facebook, Twitter, Telegram, WhatsApp & Instagram etc. have this feature, simply check your settings & activate it, if you need help to activate it on any of your account, let me know I'll be happy to help.

HOW IT WORKS - WHEN IT'S ACTIVATED:
Once you login on an unknown device, you are not given access to your account immediately, until you input a set of server generated number, sent to you either by email or phone number, once you input the code, then you'll have full access to your account, it works like OTP, when you're using your ATM Card to pay for transactions online.

Get yourself a Strong Password & Secure your Online ASSETS...

To Your Smartphone Productivity,
OG Tosin.
The Smartphone Consultant.

25/02/2020

2020 : GET PRODUCTIVE!

SMARTPHONE PRODUCTIVITY - INTRO

How Smart Is Your Smartphone?

Are you part of those using their Smartphone like every other mobile phone, STOP THAT!
You're in an abusive relationship with your Smartphone, and that won't help you this year, it's your e-partner, learn to collaborate with it.

You've got to be smart, it's being smart that makes you productive with your device.

I find it disturbing, when a Smartphone user can't make simple changes that'll make their Smartphone smart, just as Facebook Ads defaults settings are changed to give optimum results, that's how productive your use of your device will be when you change the necessary settings(I hope you get my message), you've got to spice it up to meet your needs.

Just like you already know, only few people harness the smartness of their device, most of the time people follow what I call the "SHOW CLUB" i.e. clique of buying, just to show off or to belong, therefore they make their Smartphone a social stalker, with no or little productivity.

They turn its smartness into liability. Don't let that be you, most of the time people go to their PC, to get things done, having no knowledge that their mobile device can do it efficiently or having the knowledge but not knowing how to do it.

Let me sight an example, To edit a document, convert it to a PDF, or to scan a document, they run to their PC or to a cybercafe and pay to get those things done, while some stress the sleeping giant(PC) to get files from a flash drive, I do all that and lots more with my device, I don't STRESS! Do You?

This is year 2020, whatsoever you do, do it with all thy might. This year, please strive for Productivity, Don't make simple task, COMPLEX.

An Encounter...

This happened December last year, a lady came to my office to have her phone screen fixed, she has been using her Smartphone for sometime, After fixing & testing the new screen, she was happy to have her device back to life, but her joy was limited, when she discovered an issue she's been having , a sim card on her phone was not active, I collected it and switched on the sim card settings, it has been switched off, she was happy, she later revealed to me that she was planning to get a small phone for the sim card, what a pity!

My point here is, most of the time we limit the work we can do with our device & thereby look for solution elsewhere, whereas it's right there with us, I could easily charge her a fee for that, because that's a knowledge gap, but I did that for free.

Don't let that GAP catch up with you, don't find it difficult to test out new features on your phone, some haven't even visited the settings area on their phone, not to talk of knowing the android or ios version their device is running on, some DON'T even know the model name of their device.

Why?
That's BAD. They are satisfied with calling, texting , chatting & if they can take pictures they're ok.

That shouldn't be you, Be Productive!

That's not being SMART with your Smartphone, Being SMART is learning to use your Smartphone when duty calls, YES it can do it, but if you don't TRY IT OUT, how would YOU know.

Go AHEAD check the meaning of SMARTPHONE, I would have written it here, but I want you to check it yourself, I'm waiting, did you get that, Yes that's the definition of a Smartphone. Is your Smartphone really smart the way you use it? Be honest with yourself.

Do not make your SMARTPHONE DULL...
BY DOING ITS WORK ELSEWHERE YOU'RE NOT TAPPING INTO ITS FULL POTENTIALS.

DON'T BE ENSLAVED TO IT, MASTER IT AND BE ITS MASTER.

How PRODUCTIVE are you willing to go this year, plan your Smartphone along & you'll go a long way.

Remember..., to be Productive, you have to do things differently this year, and to do things differently, you have to learn new things.

LEARN, BECAUSE THERE'S NO INVESTMENT LIKE SELF DEVELOPMENT, IT'S NEVER WASTED, LEARN TO USE YOUR SMARTPHONE PRODUCTIVELY THIS YEAR.

Thanks for your time, If you have any question relating to Smartphone, its productivity or challenges do let me know in the comments section.

To Your Smartphone Productivity,
OG Tosin.
Smartphone Consultant.

25/02/2020

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