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 ride sharing apps, and share your location with friends. Tune in to make your night out more tech-savvy!

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.