Category: Software

Jot Script

Digital Note-Taking With Penultimate and Jot Script

James Floyd Kelly3

People who know me will tell you I don’t go too many places without my iPad. I’ve made it an indispensable tool for both my job and my personal life. It’s the only personal assistant I can afford, so I’m always on the lookout for new ways to use it. I get a lot of requests from friends and family (but also from complete strangers at my second office — aka, the coffee shop) who see me doing something with my tablet that they’ve not seen before. Many times it’s an app… and many times it’s an accessory of some sort. And sometimes it’s a bit of both.

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Deluxe Kit

Perfect All-in-One Raspberry Pi Starter Kit (UK Only)

James Floyd Kelly15

I’ve been tinkering for some time with the Arduino family of micro controllers, but lately I’ve been wanting to start investigating the new Raspberry Pi credit card-sized computer. When the Pi first arrived, users simply purchased the small circuit board and provided their own add-ons like a keyboard, mouse, and display. But now, the Pi has arrived and is finally being bundled in kits that allow beginners to jump right in with a minimum of fuss. One of these is the U:Create Raspberry Pi Deluxe Starter Kit available in the UK for £99.99.

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Cool Tools Cover

The Perfect Gift for Every Tool Lover — Cool Tools

James Floyd Kelly2

I want to tell you right now that if you know someone who is always on the lookout for a new tool, someone who has a dedicated place on the pegboard for their current tools, someone who is always wanting to show you their latest addition, someone who recognizes the word “tool” doesn’t just apply to hand tools but also software or clothing or even books, someone who is always learning a new skill, someone who is just plain difficult to shop for because you’re certain they already have any tool you might purchase for them… today’s your lucky day.

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Email cover

Become an Email Ninja — Email: A MacSparky Field Guide

James Floyd Kelly

David Sparks has just released his latest book, Email: A MacSparky Field Guide, and this one is all about getting control of your email. As with Sparks’ other guides, this 300-page book is filled with almost two hours of screencasts and over 200 screenshots that support Sparks’ premise that you can get control of your email with just a few key behavior changes. And toss in a few specialized third-party apps and you can actually reduce the amount of time you spend in your favorite email application.

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The SV600

Review: The Fujitsu ScanSnap SV600 Overhead Scanner

James Floyd Kelly13

The SV600 is an overhead scanner that allows for scanning of books, magazines, individual sheets, business cards, photos, and much more. It has some very special software under the hood that allows it to not only identify multiple items placed in front of it, but it can also handle the curve of the pages from an open book or magazine scan, flattening the scan and performing clean up to create a clear image.

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The Geek Immigrant's Guide to Learning Coding (aka Learn Like a Kid)

Melissa Ford2

Being a Geek Immigrant mother to two Geek Native children, I set off to learn coding so I could turn around and help my kids learn coding. And I learned some valuable things along the way. Enough to construct this guide in case you are like me and coming to Geekhood in middle age. It will help you learn coding as an adult so that you can turn around and teach coding to kids. It’s for every teacher, every Coderdojo organizer, every parent, every person who wants-to-learn-coding-for-whatever-reason-but-knows-nothing-about-computers.

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What if You Don't Fall in Love with iOS7?

Melissa Ford3

An hour later, he came into my room, his lip quivering. “I hate the new operating system.” He could get used to the new look, the new set-up, but he couldn’t get accustomed to a new sound. Siri’s voice had changed ever so slightly; it was less robotic, less hesitant. The fluidity of sound made him feel as if it wasn’t his Siri anyone.

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Evernote

Back-to-School With Evernote

James Floyd Kelly39

I’m not in school any longer. (But I still consider myself a life-long student and am always learning new skills and subjects.) But every now and then when thinking back to high school and college, I shake my head and think how useful today’s technology (both hardware and software) would have been to me. How might I have used it? Glad you asked.

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Field Is Set for Microsoft Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals

John Booth

Microsoft announced the field today for its 11th annual Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals, which will be held in July in St. Petersburg, Russia. The competition includes of 86 teams made up of more than 300 students from 69 countries. The teams are tasked with designing projects built on Microsoft technology that fall into one of three categories: innovation, games, and world citizenship.

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International Space Apps Challenge 2013

Join the International Space Apps Challenge This Weekend, Possibly Save the World

Tim Bailey

The International Space Apps Challenge is a two-day technology development event collectively presented by NASA in collaboration with 100 partner organizations including the European Space Agency, TechShop, Raspberry Pi, and the National Science Foundation. Participants will work together, hackathon style, in a 48-hour sprint to solve challenges relevant to improving life on Earth–and in space.

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Random Geek Roundup #6

Jenny Bristol1

Welcome to the sixth irregular installment of Random Geek Roundup! This is where I collect a variety of links and sites and products that have come across my virtual desk in recent days. Just because you’ve discovered a specific interesting tidbit doesn’t mean that everyone has. So in the spirit of sharing awesome, here is the next collection of links.

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