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If you have an Amazon Alexa in your home, (whether an Echo, Echo Dot, or Echo Tap,) did you know that there are many more skills that you can add to your device beyond what's built in by default? Just head on over to the Alexa Skills page and take a look at what's available. Here's just a few that I've found interesting. (The usefulness of any of these may be up for debate...) I'm BoredIf you've...

When you check out a Chromebook at Do Space, we generally recommend that members log in as "guest" as that's the quickest way to get up and running. But, if you're a regular Google Chrome user at home or work, and would like to use your bookmarks, extensions, and other customizations while at Do Space, just log in to your account on our Chromebooks. It'll take a moment or two but you'll quickly...

We use Google Drive behind the scenes at Do Space and one of the things I've always wished I could do was put a file into multiple folders but without creating an extra copy of the file. For example, I want to be able to find that statistics spreadsheet about 3D lab useage in both my 3D Lab folder and in my Stats folder. But if I made a copy for each folder, then if I updated one, the other would...

You may have heard that Do Space now offers a "resin-based" 3D printing. This process is known as Stereolithography or SLA printing. Here's a great short video explaining how this amazing technology works. Image:...

In my past life as a presenter I sometimes needed to create a timeline in order to show the development of a topic over time. While not everyone need to create timelines on a regular basis, they can be a welcome change from the standard PowerPoint presentation. Enter TimelineJS from Knight Lab. While the tool will take a little getting used to, the key idea is that you enter your information into...

Do you run a Web site? If you do, head on over to GravityScan and run a free malware and vulnerability test of your site. I've run it on my own sites and luckily no issues were found. Even though I was sure it wouldn't find anything, the piece of mind it gave me was worth the sort time it took for the scan to run. So much so that I'm seriously considering upgrading to the paid version for the...

Here at Do Space we have installed a program named DeepFreeze on our computers. This means that when you log out, the computer reboots, and resets itself to the way it was when you started. It helps us maintain the computers, and it protects your information from the next member to use that computer. But, this also allows you to do something on our computers that you may not have previously...

Did you know that Google has a great site for tips and tricks when it comes to Gmail and many of it's other projects? Just head on over to the Gsuite Learning Center and check them out. When it comes to Gmail some of my favorite tips listed include: Send mail from multiple addresses in one inbox Turn one email address into multiple task-specific addresses Create email templates And, maybe most...

Even after a year and a half of Do Space being open, I still consider myself a beginner when it comes to 3D printing. Sure, I can download a model from Thingiverse and send it to our industrial-level printers and get a good result. But ask me to send something to our enthusiast-level Taz 5 and it's going to be slow going. So I took a look for some "beginner tips" and came across this wonderful...

Continuing our discussion of privacy and security while online, here's a great tutorial from the folks at Lifehacker on how to set up an anonymous WiFi hot spot with the TOR browser and a Raspberry Pi. This one will take a little work to get up and running but here's a tease to get you started: If you’ve been thinking about trying out Tor to anonymize all your web browsing, you could...