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Tuesday Tech Tip: Give Alexa some skills
July 8th, 2017 | Michael Sauers, Director of Technology
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...
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Tuesday Tech Tip: Get your Google experience while at Do Space
July 1st, 2017 | Michael Sauers, Director of Technology
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...
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Tuesday Tech Tip: Put a file in more than one Google Drive folder (without making a copy!)
June 24th, 2017 | Michael Sauers, Director of Technology
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...
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Tuesday Tech Tip: How SLA 3D Printing Works
June 17th, 2017 | Michael Sauers, Director of Technology
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.
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Tuesday Tech Tip: Make a multimedia timeline with Google Sheets
June 9th, 2017 | Michael Sauers, Director of Technology
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...
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Tuesday Tech Tip: Check your web site for vulnerabilities
June 3rd, 2017 | Michael Sauers, Director of Technology
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...
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Getting to Know WorldCat
June 2nd, 2017 | Dale Kipple, Community Technologist
WorldCat is a catalog database that provides listings for Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) member libraries. The organization has more than two billion holdings and along with three hundred and ninety-five million bibliographic records.
Using WorldCat, It is possible to search libraries all over the world for books in four hundred and ninety-one languages and dialects. WorldCat also...
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Tuesday Tech Tip: Do you need software we don’t have?
May 27th, 2017 | Michael Sauers, Director of Technology
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...
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Tuesday Tech Tip: Gmail tips straight from Google
May 6th, 2017 | Michael Sauers, Director of Technology
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
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An Introduction to Habitica
May 5th, 2017 | Ruth Williams, Membership Clerk
Habitica is a free habit building and productivity app that treats your real life like a game. With in-game rewards and punishments to motivate you and create a strong social network to inspire you, Habitica can help you achieve your goals to become healthy, hard-working, and happy.
The online application is laid out like an RPG (role-playing game) that allows users collect items like gold and...
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