You know the kind of thing – recycle your plastic bags, turn your telly off standby, bring your own cup to work".
When you go to the toilet, press the power button and choose Standby, so your colleagues can't sneak into your email, and you save battery power and can resume working immediately after pressing any button.
That means if you are hoping to catch a last-minute flight, flying standby, or your flight is cancelled, you are less likely to get to where you want to go on time.
As importantly, it also supports connected standby, where your information will always be fresh three times longer and also improved battery life by up to 50%.
Take a picture of your home screen (do this by pressing your standby button on the top of your iPad and your "home screen button" at the bottom of your iPad).
Then take some simple measures to reduce your daily energy use: switch appliances off standby and set your thermostat to come on when you need it.
Delta, United and American also let you monitor your standby status (Delta and United track upgrades, too) and save a digital boarding pass on your phone.
Rather than relying on the old standby to upload your videos, try something that will allow you to build your email list: Wistia not only allows you to upload your videos online, but also has unique features that help you turn a video watcher into a qualified lead.
It holds enough juice for days of standby time on your phone or 40 hours of iPod music, and can be recharged using either mains sockets (worldwide) or its tough, fold-out solar panel.
