Tech tips to boost your productivity

Falls in full swing. It's the perfect time to reset, refresh and find smarter ways to get things done. Tech expert Katie Lindendahl joins us with tech tips to boost your productivity and help us get a head start on holiday gift shopping. Great to see you as always, Katie. Thanks for being here. So first, first of all, what's the first tech tool that can help us save time and be more productive? How does it work? Yes, let me tell you about these some awesome technologies I had a chance to partner with and this is WhisperFlow and it is voice dictation. It has completely changed the way that I work. Essentially, you talk it types for you works on your phone works on your laptop and inside any program. So if you're writing those long emails or you want to take notes on the go, you just hit a button and it will convert your words into polished grammatically correct text, even taking out the filler words. To date, they have dictated over 100 billion words, so it's not just me that's obsessed with WhisperFlow. Everybody loves to use it, and it has just amped my productivity through the roof. I'm always talking to tech, so I need that. Okay, so people who love making personalized gifts, what do you have to show us about this machine? Cool. Yes, I was actually making ornaments last night. I was so excited about this. This is a laser cutter and engraver. It's from X-Tool, which is one of the leaders in this space. And personally, my unit is called the M2. You can make your own custom gifts right at home. You can make keychains. You can make thousands of templates of design ideas of things that you can create. And you can print on fabric, you can print on wood, you can print on paper. It is unbelievable. There's not enough hours in the day to build and create everything that you want to do, but it's so easy and intuitive. And I think that's the big differentiator. People hear that you have a laser engraver and printer and they think it's overwhelming, but here you have in a matter of a minute. I just made key chains last night too. So fun from X-Tool, the M2. Okay, that's so cool. That would be a great Christmas gift. Or like you, if you already have it, make gifts with it for Christmas. Um, very cool. So this next one stopped you in your tracks at Toy Fair. What makes it so fun? Yes. Every year at Toy Fair, there literally is a toy fair where it showcases the latest toys that are coming out next year. This had me absolutely blown away. And there was more kids and adults at the booth. It was so crowded and rightfully so it's called Air Tubes. And it's all about hands-on creativity. And this is Evo, their latest unit. You connect these tubes in a way that you like for design all your own. You can build and rebuild. And these foam balls go flying Flying through the tunnels. There's a large LED dial that adjusts the airflow, and you can add on as many connectors and tubes as you like. It is so fun, and I think a lot of parents are going to be happy that it is screen-free. So AirTubes Evo, hands-on build that is just fun kids play. Yeah, it looks like it would entertain kids for a long time, which is what parents want. What do you have for kids who love building things and figuring out how they work, besides AirTubes, which has a little bit of that too? Oh, I'm all about robotics. I'm a super nerd and I've been a super nerd since I was little, so I love when something like this comes around. It's from one of my favorite STEM companies, Thames and Cosmos, and it's a remote control robotics kit. 230 pieces, 10 different models that you can build in this kit, so you can build and rebuild everything from a Formula One style racer to a robotic beetle, even a candy dispenser. And at the same time, kids are building, they're learning about gears and motors and how things work, and then also putting them into motion with the remote control. I love this for holidays, especially kids are off. They want something that's not going to last. You know, you get items that are like 10 minutes and then they're bored. This is hours of play, but they're learning at the same time. And under 70 bucks, remote control robotics kit. I think you have some Christmas gifts that you just broke down for us. Lots of ideas for parents this morning. Katie, thanks so much. We appreciate it. If someone wants one of these toys, they need to find it online. What's the best link to find them? Yes, they're all over at katie.gifts, hundreds of gift ideas. Thank you, Katie. Appreciate it.