How to Book Tee Times for Less I like to play golf but I don’t play often, and when I do it’s only for nine holes because I don’t have the attention span to play 18. However,… Johnny Jet , March 6, 2018
Meet Instagram’s New Rival I was happy to learn that Instagram finally has a bona fide rival in Vero (for iOS and Android), a photo-sharing app created in 2015 by Lebanese billionaire Ayman Hariri (the son of… Johnny Jet , February 28, 2018
How to Stop Forgetting to Water Your Plants Before and After a Trip I use FollowUpThen often to remind me of appointments, of tasks and to water my plant. I’ve had the same plant for over 25 years! For those that don’t use… Johnny Jet , February 13, 2018
How to Translate Signs and Objects in Dozens of Languages In the old days (by which I mean 15 years ago), when I traveled internationally it was challenging. There wasn’t any Wi-Fi and there weren’t any apps to translate signs,… Johnny Jet , January 30, 2018
Find Your Face in a Famous Painting With Google’s Hit App If you spend a lot of time on social media, you’ve probably heard about Google’s Arts & Culture app that all of a sudden became the most-downloaded app in the… Johnny Jet , January 23, 2018
This Mindfulness App Is One of Apple’s 2017 Apps of the Year One of my New Year’s resolutions is to slow down and be more calm. It seems the Calm app (iOS and Android)—one of Apple’s apps of the year for 2017—is… Johnny Jet , January 16, 2018
How to Get Paid for Flight Delays and Cancellations If your flight to or from Europe has been delayed by two hours or more, an app called Service may be a big help to you. Service scans your inbox… Johnny Jet , December 20, 2017
How to Find Places You’ll Love in Cities Around the World Don’t you wish you had a cool cousin in every city you visited who had the 411 on places to go and eat? Well, thanks to this free iOS app… Johnny Jet , December 6, 2017
How to Rent a Trusted Luxury Car in the U.S. CarHopper is billed as the first online booking platform for luxury and exotic car rentals that supposedly takes less than 60 seconds to book. Users can choose from BMWs to… Johnny Jet , November 28, 2017
The Amazing Art App That Works Like Shazam Smartify, a London-based company, just launched what may be the Shazam of artwork. Smartify is a free app available for both Android and iOS with which users can scan art… Johnny Jet , November 20, 2017
Download the Gogo Entertainment App Yesterday, I flew from Los Angeles to Nashville on American Airlines. As passengers were boarding, the flight attendant kept telling people that the plane was new and didn’t have entertainment… Johnny Jet , November 9, 2017
The Free First Aid App That Everyone Needs to Download Right Now Natalie and I just hired a babysitter to watch Jack a few hours a week so that we can get some solid work done. When I asked our (highly recommended)… Johnny Jet , November 6, 2017
Heal: A Tool for Doctor House Calls, Including to Hotels Last week I wrote about a great service that I used to find a baby doctor in New York City. Baby Doctor (as it’s called), however, is only for kids and… Johnny Jet , October 31, 2017
Leaf Peepr: Yankee Magazine’s Free Leaf-Peeping App Yankee magazine has a free leaf-peeping app that fans of fall foliage will love! It’s called—are you ready?—Leaf Peepr and it’s available for both iOS and Android. Leaf Peepr helps… Johnny Jet , October 17, 2017
Brightly: A Free App That Will Brighten Your Photos Like most Instagram users, I touch up my photos before uploading them. I usually use either Adobe Photo Shop Express or Snapseed. Well, Snapseed was never that easy to figure out… Johnny Jet , October 4, 2017