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- 15 Ways To Beat Procrastination
- Create Cloud Based Presentations With Microsoft’s PowerPoint Destroyer Sway
- 7 Of The Best Xbox 360 Games You Can Get On The Cheap This Black Friday
- Can Emoji Transcend Language Boundaries?
- Turn Any Mac Dashboard Widget Into Its Own App
- Save 92% On The Ruby On Rails Rookie To Rockstar Training Course, Now Only $49
- Windows Gets A Package Manager – Download Software Centrally Via OneGet
- Glyph Studio Review And Giveaway
- Create Powerful Custom Mac Voice Commands With Yosemite & Automator
| 15 Ways To Beat Procrastination Posted: 27 Nov 2014 06:30 PM PST  The holiday season is a perfect time to relax and not get any work done. It’s also a perfect time to fall into the bad habit of procrastinating. “I don’t need to get this done, it’s the holidays.” It’s hard not to think like that, but depending on just what you do for work, productivity doesn’t need to, and shouldn’t, shut off just because it’s the holidays. How do you get out of that procrastination funk? Follow the tips on this useful infographic, and you’ll be getting more done than you ever thought possible! Via Essay.Expert Click To Enlarge Read the full article: 15 Ways To Beat Procrastination |
| Create Cloud Based Presentations With Microsoft’s PowerPoint Destroyer Sway Posted: 27 Nov 2014 09:00 AM PST  Sway is a novel tool for building cloud based presentations. Sway offers a rapid design experience, focusing on the collation of images, text, and video, sourced from the web or your computer. It’s a canvas for your ideas, quick to create, and easy to share. Sway is still in closed preview, but we were lucky enough to have been pulled out of the gigantic hat with a winning raffle ticket. What Is Sway? Sway is part of Microsoft’s Office Online collection. Unlike PowerPoint, a Sway presentation has no borders, page breaks or slides, transitioning seamlessly from idea to idea through a range of preordained styles and moods (more on these... Read the full article: Create Cloud Based Presentations With Microsoft’s PowerPoint Destroyer Sway |
| 7 Of The Best Xbox 360 Games You Can Get On The Cheap This Black Friday Posted: 27 Nov 2014 08:00 AM PST  It’s the week of Thanksgiving, and that can only mean one thing. Black Friday is almost here. For many, this involves the unhappy task of waking up at 6 AM, standing outside a big box store in the unpleasant weather, and hoping that all the bargains haven't been snapped up. But for gamers, this means something else. Year after year, Black Friday presents itself as an opportunity to get the latest and greatest games for not very much money. And you don't even need to leave your house. There are a lot of bargains on offer, including some for Microsoft's... Read the full article: 7 Of The Best Xbox 360 Games You Can Get On The Cheap This Black Friday |
| Can Emoji Transcend Language Boundaries? Posted: 27 Nov 2014 07:00 AM PST  There are a lot of interesting things that Internet-and-smartphone-based communication have done to language, from the ubiquitous and polarizing text-speak to tons of ways to learn new languages online. But will the connected age help us move beyond language as we know it? Some people think that emoji could revolutionize how we communicate. Let’s take a look. What Are Emoji, Exactly? Emoji are, essentially, the next stage in evolution of the text-based emoticons that have been around since the 1980s. Whereas emoticons are limited to using standard keyboard characters, emoji are significantly more complex visual icons, as you can see in the image... Read the full article: Can Emoji Transcend Language Boundaries? |
| Turn Any Mac Dashboard Widget Into Its Own App Posted: 27 Nov 2014 06:00 AM PST  You probably haven’t used Dashboard in years, but there is that one widget you wish you could just turn into an app. Guess what? You can! A free program called Amnesty Singles lets you transform any Dashboard widget into a dedicated app, complete with its own dock icon. This has a lot of great uses, if you have the right widget in mind. For example: I’ve long wished I could turn the XBMC remote widget – which lets you use your Mac’s keyboard to control XBMC on another computer – as a dedicated app. That way I could launch it without... Read the full article: Turn Any Mac Dashboard Widget Into Its Own App |
| Save 92% On The Ruby On Rails Rookie To Rockstar Training Course, Now Only $49 Posted: 27 Nov 2014 05:30 AM PST  Learning to code is no easy task. Sure, there are some techniques you can practice everyday to improve your existing skills, but you need to have basic knowledge before you can really use them. That’s where classes come into play. Of course, education is expensive. Or is it? Today, we’re going to take a look at course that will teach you everything you need to know about Ruby On Rails. Best of all, this course, called The Ruby On Rails Rookie To Rockstar Bundle, is on sale for 92% off the regular price. That’s right, instead of spending the full... Read the full article: Save 92% On The Ruby On Rails Rookie To Rockstar Training Course, Now Only $49 |
| Windows Gets A Package Manager – Download Software Centrally Via OneGet Posted: 27 Nov 2014 05:00 AM PST  If you aren’t excited about Windows 10, you may want to revisit it because the upcoming operating system is shaping up to be a notable improvement in the Windows line. Not only will it make you more productive, but new Windows features are still being added. One of the more interesting features is the OneGet Package Manager. Technically, OneGet has been available for Windows 8.1 for users who install Windows Management Framework 5.0, but Windows 10 will be including OneGet by default as part of the system’s PowerShell package. What Is A Package Manager? One big draw of Linux and... Read the full article: Windows Gets A Package Manager – Download Software Centrally Via OneGet |
| Glyph Studio Review And Giveaway Posted: 27 Nov 2014 04:30 AM PST  Another week, another hard drive. This one is the Glyph Studio. As the name suggests, this powered hard drive is squarely aimed at creative professionals, be they musicians or film makers. We’re going to be testing the 1 TB version, which retails for $199 online. There’s 2 TB, 3 TB and 4 TB versions, with the most expensive model setting you back $389.00. The desktop external drive sphere is a crowded one, and the Glyph Studio compares unfavorably to other drives in the same price point. You can get a 1 TB Seagate Expansion drive for $69, and a slightly... Read the full article: Glyph Studio Review And Giveaway |
| Create Powerful Custom Mac Voice Commands With Yosemite & Automator Posted: 27 Nov 2014 04:00 AM PST  Here’s a Yosemite feature you might have missed: Apple has made it easier to create custom voice commands using Automator. Instead of clicking buttons, typing keyboard shortcuts, and manually launching applications, use voice commands instead and improve your workflow and productivity. The speech command functionality of OS X have improved greatly since we last tried it out. Apple has integrated its improved voice dictation feature with system-wide voice commands that are useful for all types of computer related tasks. Here’s how to run your Automator workflows using this new input method. Basic Voice Commands To use the new speech command features, you will first need to open System... Read the full article: Create Powerful Custom Mac Voice Commands With Yosemite & Automator |
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