Month: December 2018

• Smart Speakers

  

  The smart speaker industry is expected to grow 63% in 2019 (Deloitte). I have not been an early adopter of smart speakers because I wanted to scope out the market, gauge user adoption and weigh pros/cons for each option. The most popular options being: Alexa (Amazon), Google Assistant (Google) and Siri (Apple). Apple is my go-to for…

  BriAlys

  December 2018

  Tech

  alexa, amazon, apple, applehome, assistant, deloitte, google, googleassistant, home, homekit, privacy, security, siri, smart, smartspeaker, speaker

• Bri’s Favorite Things 2018

  

  It’s that time again! For the 5th year in a row I’m publishing Bri’s Favorite Things, which can also be used a Holiday Gift Guide for your friends and loved ones. (See also: 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014). Because it’s year FIVE, I’m going BIGGER and BETTER and offering you TONS of options, so…. BUCKLE UP!…

  BriAlys

  December 2018

  Beauty, Bri Loves, Entertainment, Fashion, Favorite Things, Gifts, Health, Makeup, Mobile, Shopping, Tech, TV, We’re Loving

  #readanything, adidas, agreements, airpods, alabama, apple, asians, backpack, beauty, benefit, bloom, bluetooth, books, brow, brown, browpencil, brows, case, charm, clothes, crazy, crazyasians, crown, crystal, dakota, dicks, farmacy, favorite, favoritethings, fouragreements, greenleaf, gucci, guccibloom, highlight, hp, hunter, initial, iPhone, jomalone, lip, lipstick, louis, louisvuitton, makeup, makeupremover, makeyourbed, marcia, marshall, michelleobama, mildliner, minipochette, netflix, notebook, obama, orchid, orchidsoleil, outlander, own, pbs, photo, photos, pochette, pocket, rain, rainboot, read, rich, rolltide, secret, series, shoes, soleil, speaker, sprocket, starz, supreme, swarovski, tech, teeshirt, thecrown, thelipbalm, tomford, trefoil, tshirt, tv, twofaced, ugg, victoriassecret, vitorias, vuitton, white, woman, womaninwhite, write, writing

• Package Tracker

  

  This time of year everyone is ordering lots of things online. More often times than not, your packages are delivered by multiple carriers: FedEx, UPS, DHL, USPS. How do you keep track of what is being delivered when? Arrive is a service/app that makes answering that question super easy! Simply download the app (iOS only), grant access…

  BriAlys

  December 2018

  Mobile, Shopping, Tech

  arrival, fedex, gmail, iOS, package, tracker, tracking, ups, usps

• RWA Series – Subscriptions

  

  A few weeks ago I started an adulting series called RWA (Reading, Writing, Arithmetic). The first post focused on Writing using a technique called Bullet Journaling. Today’s post is the second in that series, focused on Arithmetic and Subscriptions. Subscriptions are those things you sign up and are automatically billed for each month. You don’t…

  BriAlys

  December 2018

  Business, Money

  audible, birchbox, books, business, cash, cashflow, finance, finances, forgetit, gq, gym, justsayno, magazine, memberships, model, money, movies, music, netflix, prime, service, setit, spotify, subscribe, subscription