Routine

I have looked at many apps that would help me time my High Intensity Interval Training a la Body for Life and came up empty until now. I found a timer app that would beep every minute while I walked but it wouldn't allow me to set the first interval for a two minute warm-up. It also gave me no way to keep track of what intensity level I was on.

Enter Routine that allows you to quickly and easily create your own routines. The sound and vibration at each interval are faint but can be perceived over your iPod. I did get lost in the routine while walking and glanced over at the phone on my arm and got back on track quickly.

So let's say you don't do HIIT. How is this app useful? You can use it to create custom workouts but the potential is so much more!

Kids fighting over a toy? How about the Wii? Set the timer to go off every 5 minutes with whose turn it is specified.

Do you use FlyLady.net's crisis cleaning procedure? Set up a routine to spend 5-15 minutes per room with the rooms specified. Or create your morning routine to keep you moving.

Use it for cooking. Set up the exact routine you need (it could really come in handy for making multiple dishes like at Thanksgiving).

What a great way to structure prayer time. Assign a certain number of minutes for certain types of prayer and you won't get distracted.

Have a day where every minute counts? Put your whole schedule in it. You will probably lose battery power if you do this so be prepared to keep it charging.

Do you have any other ideas for using Routine? I would love to hear them.

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ITimesheet

The ITimesheet app is the reason I decided to create the IPhoneWoman blog. Because of the way the app store is set up on ITunes, I literally spent hours looking for an app that would allow me to record my kids homeschool hours. I hoped to share my experience and save others some time! If you're not a homeschooler, this app may still be of interest to you.

I looked through dozens of counter and timer apps to no avail. This was the only one that allowed me to enter hours by hand rather than by timer. Keeping up with 3 or more timers at once isn't possible or even healthy! Fortunately ITinesheet allows both methods of time entry. It's really designed for those who bill by the hour but its flexibility is huge.

One thing it's ideal for is keeping track of kids' reading time. The app allows you to have a picture for each "client." This is a nice personal touch for those who really are using it for billable time, but it's perfect for a mom with several children too. With just a few taps I can enter my child's name, the project "reading"
and the task book.

The analytics allow you to see if they've read enough hours for their reading incentive program and how long it took them to read a particular book.

For homeschooling, the analytics tell me if our school hours are in accordance with my state laws. You should be able to copy tasks to other clients/students but that has been buggy for me so far. All data can be exported in formats (e.g., CSV) that make it compatible with other programs. As far as I have been able to determine, there are no IPhone compatible homeschool record keepers, making this your best choice at the moment.

There are many other uses for this fine app.
Want to know how much time you really spend at work doing unimportant stuff? Use the timer. Anything you want or need to track in terms of time, this is a great little tool.

-- Post From My iPhone

Welcome to my obsession!

If you're a woman with an IPhone you probably understand why I am all about it! Many IPhone sites are for the techie's. If you're a woman who's interested in learning how to get the most out of your IPhone,


this is the blog for you. I hope you will share your ideas and app reviews here. I am also happy to link your blog if you do a post on the IPhone.

I may not be your average woman; I am a homeschooling mother of six, a psychologist no longer in practice, and a writer and speaker in my very little spare time. I will do my best to discuss the IPhone as a tool for single women,working wome, and women without children. With the app store being very difficult to search if you don't have an exact name, I hope this blog will be useful to me. If nothing else, it gives me an outlet to share my favorite IPhone ideas with people who understand.


-- Post From My iPhone