Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | October 23, 2020

“Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn’t be done.” Amelia Earhart Happy Friday! I'm excited to have a working shower in the house again after 4 weeks of imposing on friends and "bucket showers" in the back yard. I'm glad the weather has mostly cooperated but not as glad as I'll be to beContinue reading "Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | October 23, 2020"

Tech Tuesday Toolbox | Issue #06

Spotlight App Lunacy – Free graphic design software with built-in assets Lunacy is a powerful vector design tool for Windows. Sketch is a standard file type for design projects, but it is focused on the Mac environment. Lunacy unlocks the Sketch world for those of us working in Window, including reading and saving (!) SketchContinue reading "Tech Tuesday Toolbox | Issue #06"

Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | October 16, 2020

“A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.” — Bruce Lee Happy Friday! Not a lot to say this morning. Looks like a busy day heading into a chilly weekend around here. I hope this finds you doing well and feeling happy! All theContinue reading "Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | October 16, 2020"

Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | October 9, 2020

"If there is doubt, don't claim you are certain. It's amazing how relaxing it is not to pretend to know more than you do." Christopher Hitchens Just like the remodeling we’re doing in our house right now, things are a bit ‘under construction’ with this newsletter as well. I’ve bumped up against the limits ofContinue reading "Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | October 9, 2020"

Tech Tuesday Toolbox | Issue #05

App of the Week: Bublup Visually Organize Anything with Bublup. The stuff you save in Bublup is easy to navigate at a glance with pictures and titles. Keep links in the same folders as PDFs, photos, videos, GIFs, notes, and other files. It all looks good together, whether you’re collecting recipes or funny memes, planningContinue reading "Tech Tuesday Toolbox | Issue #05"

Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | October 2, 2020

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death. Albert Einstein Today is our 15th anniversary and I’m reflecting on how lucky I am. Among the many amazing qualities that my wife has, she is literally the only person I know who is more beautiful today than 15 years ago. Seriously, how isContinue reading "Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | October 2, 2020"

Tech Tuesday Toolbox | Issue #04

App of the Week StreamYard | Browser-based live studio for professionals Streamyard is an easy way to create professional live streams. This is a live streaming studio in your browser. Interview guests, share your screen, and much more. Stream directly to Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, and other platforms. Apps of the Day Audience Interaction Tool forContinue reading "Tech Tuesday Toolbox | Issue #04"

Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | September 25, 2020

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela It is getting to be my favorite time of year and we've been enjoying some beautifully cool days and getting outside as much as we can to counter being tied to our computers inside for school and work. IContinue reading "Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | September 25, 2020"

Tech Tuesday Toolbox | Issue #3

App of the Week https://youtu.be/Be-dnnHWwlA Create Narrated Videos Quickly with Narakeet!  Narakeet is video presentation maker with voice over. Use it to convert PPT to video easily, add background music for videos with automated narrator voice online. Just type your voice over text into presenter notes, and upload it to Narakeet, and it will createContinue reading "Tech Tuesday Toolbox | Issue #3"

Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | September 18, 2020

“We live in a society absolutely dependent on science and technology and yet have cleverly arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. That’s a clear prescription for disaster”.  Carl Sagan We have just started some work updating the bathrooms in our house, which means we are without a shower for aboutContinue reading "Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | September 18, 2020"