WFMW: GroupMe
I have to give credit to my Mom for this weeks Works For Me Wednesday edition. If you know me at all, you know I’m not exactly the most tech savvy person on earth. It’s not that I don’t like using technology (far from it). I just don’t like figuring out how it works. Maybe that’s called laziness. I prefer to think of it as satisfied. Haha. Funny how we can make something sound so different with just one word.
It may or may not have taken me months before I switched to using Lightroom after purchasing it. Ten months later I can’t imagine why I waited a day.
Whatever it is, I’m probably not the person you’re going to ask about gadgets.
But, my mom found this one and I LOVE it. (Told you I like using them as soon as I know how.)
Maybe everyone else has been using this for the past two years and I’m the only one who was still hanging out in the dark. But, if you haven’t, you will want it.
What it is:
A free app you can download on your phone or on your computer. You create groups and essentially form your own private chat room.
Why I love it:
I can use it on my phone (I don’t have a smart phone) because someone added me to the group. With one text, my mom and sisters and I all get the same message.
If you download the actual app instead of only being added by someone else, you can share pictures, like each others comments, easily see who sent which message, and add emoticons. Because we all like those funny smiley faces, right?
I can use it on my iPad and text via wifi when I’m at home and don’t have cellphone service. Because it’s all the same group, the messages go to the same place instead of switching conversations from email to text and vice versa.
Even though we’re spread out from Maryland to Georgia, I feel super connected when I get a quick snippet of what’s happening with the rest of my family.
It’s perfect for this stage of my life that doesn’t always afford long emails and phone conversations.
Want it?
Here you go. GroupMe
You’re welcome.
Any favorite tech tips you want to tell me about? I’d love to hear them. Bonus points if you find an app that irons shirts.
Michelle, thank you for sharing this picture of all of you! It has been a long time since I have seen you all, probably not since we were kids back school… You all look great!
Thanks for this tip, I’ll have to check it out! 🙂
Lillie
I’ll have to check GroupMe out. Our family, that is scattered from FL to PA to Ontario to Manitoba, has started using Skype Qik. You take short 40 second video clips and they are instantly shared with your group. Lots of fun as there are three little boy cousins (9 mon, 7 mon, and 6 mon) scattered across the continent and it’s a way to keep us all connected!!