Tech Tip: Frost, a free online writing tool
Tech Tip: This month’s tip shares an online writing tool called Frost. It provides a clean, minimalist interface that can help you focus on the writing process by eliminating distractions.
Author Archives: Chase Masters, University Library
3D interactive anatomy table gets new features
Note: This article was co-authored by Kai Donovan, Media & Learning Technologies Specialist, University Library. The Taubman Health Sciences Library (THSL) is excited to announce that the new Table 8 software update is available on their anatomy dissection Anatomage Table to enhance human and animal anatomy and physiology instruction, learning, and research. Located just inside the glass doors… Read More »
Tech Tip: Google Calendar working location
Tech Tip: This month’s tip shares a recent Google Calendar update that makes it easy to list your working location. This is especially valuable with hybrid schedules.
Tech Tip: Raindrop.io
Tech Tip: This month’s tip is a bookmark manager tool called Raindrop.io.
Tech Tip: Ecosia
Tech Tip: This month’s tip is a search engine that helps the environment each time you use it: Ecosia. They donate 80% of their profits to non-profit organizations that focus on reforestation.
Tech Tip: Workflowy
Tech Tip: Workflowy, a productivity tool that can help you capture notes, develop to do lists, and supports sharing, which can be useful for project management.
Tech Tip: OneTab
Use OneTab to reduce the amount of memory your browser is using, and to easily export and share the tabs that you currently have open.
Tech Tip: 12 things you didn’t know you could do with Dropbox
This month’s tip is a Chrome extension that will help your computer run smoother by automatically snoozing browser tabs that you are not currently using: The Marvellous Suspender.
Tech Tip: Plume
This month’s tip is a Chrome extension that will help your computer run smoother by automatically snoozing browser tabs that you are not currently using: The Marvellous Suspender.
Tech Tip: The Marvellous Suspender
This month’s tip is a Chrome extension that will help your computer run smoother by automatically snoozing browser tabs that you are not currently using: The Marvellous Suspender.
Tech Tip: OneLook Dictionary Search
OneLook Dictionary search helps you find the exact word or phrase that you’re looking for.
Tech Tip: Toby
Toby’s drag-and-drop interface enables you to close tabs that you are not currently using, reducing memory usage on your computer.
Tech Tip: Visualping
This month’s tip is an online tool to help you monitor changes on websites. Maybe you are waiting for an article to be updated, a paper to be published, a news item to refresh, or simply for an out-of-stock product to be available again. Visualping will send you an email or other notification when it detects changes in… Read More »
Tech Tip: Etherpad
For this month’s tip, I am sharing an open source Google Docs alternative: Etherpad. You can install your own instance of it, or can use one of the many free available online options listed below. If you would like to collaborate with someone who does not have a Google account, only need a temporary collaborative document, or would… Read More »
Tech Tip: Beautiful.ai
While we continue to work remotely, many of us continue to build and present information visually using PowerPoint or Google Slides via Zoom screen sharing. Beautiful.ai is a quick, automated way to create visually-appealing presentations with features like automatic alignment, instant color palettes, well-designed templates, and a huge image library. To present, you may simply screen share and… Read More »
Tech Tip: f.lux
This month, I’m sharing an app that I’ve used for many years, but runs so seamlessly in the background that I didn’t think of sharing it until recently: f.lux. F.lux “makes the color of your computer’s display adapt to the time of day, warm at night and like sunlight during the day.” Years ago, an app like this… Read More »
Tech Tip: Mockuuups Studio
This month’s recommendation is a service that you may have seen referenced in a few of my previous Tech Tips: Mockuuups Studio. The software takes any selected image and inserts it onto the screen of a computer, tablet, or phone within a visually pleasing scene (see examples above). The resulting image is high-resolution, and can be used in… Read More »
Tech Tip: Feedly
This month, I’m sharing a service that I have used off and on for quite a few years to stay up-to-date on my favorite topics: Feedly. It enables you to “Organize and read all your trusted publications and blogs in one place.” I like to use it to keep track of my RSS feeds, but you can also… Read More »
Tech Tip: Fancy Unicode Text Converter
I was recently asked how to add formatting to some of the text fields within the Google Forms editor. The fields do not include a visual editor nor do they accept HTML. How can you bold, italicize, or underline the text? Fortunately, there’s a workaround available. This tool is only one of many, but I like its simplicity.… Read More »
Tech Tip: Private search engines
This month, I am sharing a few internet search services that focus on privacy. Yes, Google is a great way to find information on the internet. However, there are quite a few alternatives available that may produce similar/better results, do not store user data, provide identical results for all users (not personalized), and do not track you as… Read More »