Author Archives: Chase Masters, University Library
This month, I’m sharing a volunteer-driven project that transforms public domain works into beautifully crafted, modern ebooks that are free to read, reuse, and remix: Standard Ebooks. Drawing on sources like Project Gutenberg, the project meticulously proofs each text, applies a professional-grade style manual, and embeds rich metadata to create consistent, high-quality editions optimized for today’s ereaders and… Read More »
This month’s tip is an uninterruptible power supply, a battery that, in the event of a power outage, will continue to provide power to your PC (or anything that’s plugged into it) long enough to save your work and shut down safely.
This month’s tip is Calibre. It is a free, open‑source e‑book manager that lets you organize, convert, and sync your digital library across nearly any e‑reader or device, all from a single, highly customizable interface. It can download and edit metadata, convert between dozens of formats, serve as a built‑in e‑book viewer, and even fetch news and magazines… Read More »
This month’s tip is PiccyBot, an AI app that provides spoken descriptions of photos and videos, helping blind and low-vision users gain greater independence.
This month’s tip is Dillinger, a browser-based, open-source Markdown editor designed for simplicity, flexibility, and real-time previewing.
This month’s tip is Harper, a fast, open-source grammar and spell checker that runs entirely on your device, ensuring your writing never leaves your computer.
This month’s tech tip is Kagi News: a concise daily briefing designed to deliver a neutral summary of global news in about five minutes.
This month’s tip is Kagi: a privacy-focused search engine that prioritizes delivering high-quality, relevant results without ads or tracking.
This month’s tip is Anonymous View by Startpage, a tool that enables users to visit websites without disclosing their IP addresses or personal information
This month’s tip is DuckDuckGo AI Chat, a free and private way to use AI chatbots.
This month’s tip is Opera Air, a new web browser designed to enhance your digital well-being by seamlessly integrating mindfulness tools into your daily browsing routine.
This month’s tip is a powerful productivity tool designed to streamline and enhance workflow on macOS: Raycast (a Windows version is coming soon!)
This month’s Tech Tip helps you connect Mastodon and Bluesky, allowing you to interact across these decentralized platforms seamlessly.
This month’s Tech Tip allows you to quickly check or uncheck all check boxes on a webpage in a single click.
This month’s Tech Tip is a versatile and innovative open-source app designed to streamline your digital reading and research experience: Omnivore.
This month’s Tech Tip is a super fast-to-load word processor for Mac: Bean. Aimed at providing a simple and fast writing experience, Bean features a minimalist interface and support for basic file formats like RTF, TXT, HTML, DOC, DOCX, and ODT.
Tech Tip: This month’s tip is a sleek and user-friendly weather website that provides hyperlocal forecasts with a focus on precipitation timelines.
Tech Tip: This month’s tip will help you discover the extensive network of parks and nature areas maintained by Ann Arbor’s Parks and Recreation department.
This month’s tip is a non-profit organization that provides free access to sheet music, royalty-free public domain music recordings, and other music resources: Musopen. They offer a wide range of musical content, including solo piano variations, introductions to great composers, and guides to specific musical pieces.
This month’s tip is a service that enables users to integrate weather forecasts directly into their calendar. Weather in Calendar uses emojis to display a 16-day forecast and works for all calendars supporting online .ics and emojis, such as Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, Outlook on iOS, Android, MacOS, and Windows. Users can enter their city, adjust according to… Read More »