Join Nerd Girl Jess as she untangles the tech that makes your night out smoother. In this episode, listen to Jess explain how you can plan everything using your mobile phone, from finding a meeting spot to making restaurant reservations to navigating to your destination. She teaches how to use apps like Google Maps, OpenTable, and Venmo to manage payments more easily. Jess also touches upon the safety of using apps such as Venmo and Uber, and how they can enhance your night out experience. Discover new tips on how to split bills and calculate tips, save your parking spot and retrieve it, use r ..read more

Join Jess as she untangles how to back up your computer, laptop, phone, and devices. She'll talk in detail about the different types of hard drives, the different options you have to back up each device, how to back up to the cloud (and what that even means!). She'll even tell you how to navigate through the sea of purchasing options once you've settled on an actual method.  Support the show If you have a tech question you'd like answered on the podcast, or have a topic you'd like Jess to cover, send an email to podcast@nerdgirljess.com ..read more

What is a digital voice assistant? What kind of tasks can they do? How can you get over feeling stupid about talking to a machine, or your watch? Why are the voices always female? Nerd Girl Jess untangles how to get started using Siri and Alexa, going over the risks, why you might be hesitant to use a device in your home that's always listening, and ends with some possible ways to get Siri and Google Assistant into your older car that doesn't already have a bluetooth connection. Support the show If you have a tech question you'd like answered on the podcast, or have a topic you'd like Jess to ..read more

Calm. Informative. Relevant.  Follow Nerd Girl Jess as she starts from the beginning of each topic and breaks it down so you don't feel so overwhelmed, going over the risks vs benefits so you can make your own decisions as to whether a particular piece of technology is for you. Send your questions to be answered on air to podcast@nerdgirljess.com.  Support the show If you have a tech question you'd like answered on the podcast, or have a topic you'd like Jess to cover, send an email to podcast@nerdgirljess.com ..read more