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Quickly restart Chrome with a bookmark
November 26th, 2016 | Michael Sauers, Director of Technology
Is your copy of Chrome being a memory hog? Need a quick way to clear the cobwebs and restart your browser? Just create a new bookmark with the URL chrome://restart and save it in a convienent place like your bookmarks bar. Now, whenever you'd like to restart Chrome, just click this handy...
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Part Two: Calibration and Gaze Selection for the Tobii EyeMobile
November 21st, 2016 | Sean Kelly, Community Technologist at Do Space
Before you jump into using the Tobii EyeMobile there a few details and pointers I would like to mention. Firstly, there are two main modes of use for the EyeMobile to control your PC – ‘Gaze Selection’ and ‘Mouse Emulation’. Secondly, calibrating the device correctly is essential to successful use. I will start with the two modes of use and briefly elaborate on how to Calibrate and...
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Tuesday Tech Tip: Fake News Alert
November 18th, 2016 | Michael Sauers, Director of Technology
Concerned that the site you're currently reading might be providing fake news? Well, if you're a Chrome user, you can install the Fake News Alert extension and get a warning if you vist a site on its extensive list of fake news sites. The extension doesn't prevent you from visiting or reading the site, but it does alert you that you might want to be extra careful with the information being...
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Tuesday Tech Tip: Quick Average, Count & Sum in Excel
November 12th, 2016 | Michael Sauers, Director of Technology
Do you have a bunch of cells in Excel for which you need the Average, Count, or Sum, but don’t want to create a dedicated cell containing the right formula? Just highlight the applicable cells and look to the bottom-right of the excel window. You’ll find those three values there.
Tuesday Tech Tip: Quick Average, Count & Sum...
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Tuesday Tech Tip: Giving Alexa More Skills
November 7th, 2016 | Michael Sauers, Director of Technology
If you're an Amazon Echo owner, you know it can do a lot of things. But did you know that there are hundreds of additional skills which you can add to your device ranging from asking if your dog's already been fed to asking about wine pairings. Just head over to the Alexa Skills page and take a look at all the skills you can quickly add to your...
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Tuesday Tech Tip: 10 Tips to Teach Yourself Design & Boost Your Design Skills
October 29th, 2016 | Michael Sauers, Director of Technology
With products and services depending largely on design skills to appeal to their customers, the demand for good design skills is increasing day by the day.
Today’s graphic designers come from all sorts of backgrounds. Some took courses in school while others took it upon themselves to learn design. If you’re one of the latter and need some help in improving your design skills, then read...
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Tuesday Tech Tip: Google has a built in metronome
October 22nd, 2016 | Michael Sauers, Director of Technology
I know we've got some musicians that use Do Space on a regular basis so here's one for them: Did you know that if you search Google for metronome you'll be presented with an on-screen one that you can adjust from 40-208...
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Tuesday Tech Tip: Surf a little more privately with Opera’s built in VPN
October 15th, 2016 | Michael Sauers, Director of Technology
Opera isn't exactly most folks' browser of choice but recently they added a free virtual private networking (VPN) feature which will not exactly make your browsing completley private, but will add an additional level of protection by makining Web site thing you're somwhere else in the world than where you really are. It doesn't give you the ability to pick where your traffic gets routed, but it...
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Social Emotional Learning with Common Sense Media
October 7th, 2016 | Keegan Korf, Guest Blogger
As a child develops, parental emphasis is placed on teaching life skills that will help them grow into thoughtful, well-rounded adults. Teaching social-emotional skills is a top priority for parents. Beyond the home, Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is becoming a large focus in education as well.
With all of this emphasis on teaching the whole-child, how do we incorporate the technology they are...
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Jobs and Drones
October 7th, 2016 | Ean Mikale, J.D., Guest Blogger
Have you ever considered or dreamed of a career operating drones? Ean Mikale, J.D. of Infinite 8 Institute joins us today as a guest blogger. Join Ean at Do Space on Saturday, October 15th at 1pm for his program on Drones and Job Creation. Register at www.dospace.org/events!
In the current economic climate, where large companies are declaring bankruptcy, and retail giants are closing 2500...
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