Tech of the Day

[Daniel E.]

Upcoming, free Wordpress course (from the same company that makes Wordpress):

Create Your Site

Build any website with the hands-on guidance you need for creating pages, menus, customizations and more — perfect for beginners and skill-builders.

wpcourses.com

This FREE course is coming soon. Join the waitlist below!

Is this your first time building a website? Are you returning to WordPress after a break? Are you looking for a basic understanding of how things work? You’re in the right place!

This free, self-paced, Create Your Site course will give bloggers, business owners, and creators from every niche a solid foundation on how to make a WordPress.com website. In this course, you will learn:

• How to make a WordPress.com website with:
  • A clear roadmap for building a WordPress site
  • Detailed, hands-on exercises broken down into step-by-step instructions
  • A self-paced environment that lets you learn at a rate that works best for you
  • A private community where you can engage with other course students, collaborate, get feedback, and provide feedback
  • Additional tips, resources, ideas, and feedback provided by WordPress experts

By the end of this course, you’ll know which specific actions to take to Create Your Site, as well as your next steps after that. After all, launching your site is only the beginning of your journey.
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Other courses:

Free WordPress.com Courses | Learn At Your Own Pace

Learn WordPress.com with free courses that give you everything you need to know to set up, customize, and maintain your website with confidence.

wpcourses.com

 

[Daniel E.]

How to Get Your WordPress Site Into Google Discover (8 Tips)

Want to get your site to appear in Google Discover? Check out our 8 easy ways to get into the Google Discover section and increase your organic traffic.

www.wpbeginner.com

Google Discover is a personalized feed of content that appears under the search bar on users’ mobile devices. It provides an entirely new way of discovering content.

Get on Discover | Google Search Central | Documentation | Google for Developers

Google's Discover feed shows content related to user interests. This documentation will teach you how to get on Discover and monitor traffic.

developers.google.com

Discover shows users content related to their interests, based on their Web and App Activity.

 

[Daniel E.]

What’s New in WordPress 6.1 (Features and Screenshots)

Wondering what is new in the WordPress 6.1 release? In this guide, we will walk you through the new features in WordPress 6.1 with screenshots.

www.wpbeginner.com

Quickly Search and Use Template Parts​

The site editor in WordPress 6.1 now makes it easier to discover and use template parts.

For instance, if your theme had multiple template parts that can be used in the header, then you can simply click on the template part options and select Replace.


This will bring up a modal popup where you can look for available template parts that you can use.

 

[Daniel E.]

Is your web page mobile-friendly?

Here's a useful tool for admins to verify your forum is running optimally.

Mobile-Friendly Test - Google Search Console

 

[Daniel E.]

If you use your phone's hotspot, you can get a faster connection on your computer using USB tethering:

Tetrd: USB Universal Tethering

Tetrd is a simple tool that allows you to share your internet connection from your Android device to your PC and vice versa through a USB cable.

tetrd.app

The app also offers reverse USB tethering (to use your computer's Internet on your phone, such as to reduce lag for online gaming).

Personally, I use Visible (a Verizon company) for mobile phone service. They include unlimited data for hotspot use. Visible is only offered in the United States, but they do provide free calling to Canada.

 

[Daniel E.]

App Guide | PsyberGuide

Looking for a mental health app? Start here! Search reviewed apps by such as treatment type, target condition, audience, platform, cost, and more!

onemindpsyberguide.org

"One Mind PsyberGuide is a non-profit project that aims to help people to use technology to live a mentally healthier life."

 

[Daniel E.]

Using Forward or Backward Slashes Under Windows

You can use forward slashes ( / ) instead of backward slashes ( \ ) on Windows (as is the case with Linux® and UNIX). If you use backward-slashes, the file name on Windows might be treated as a relative-path instead of an absolute-path.

The Java™ runtime environment automatically converts forward-slashes into backward-slashes on Windows.

 

[Daniel E.]

Mac users can send selected text to an app service by right clicking and selecting "Services."

For example:

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Other ways for Mac users to use app services:

Use services in apps on Mac

On your Mac, use the features of one app while in another. For example, start an email with text selected in a note.

support.apple.com

Use services in apps on Mac​

Services let you use features of other apps for the task you’re doing without having to open those apps.

Use a service​

1. On your Mac, select an item, such as a file on the desktop or text in a document.
2. Open the app menu (to the right of the Apple menu
   
   ), choose Services, then choose a service.

Change the services available in apps​

1. On your Mac, choose Apple menu
   
   > System Settings, click Keyboard
   
   in the sidebar, then click Keyboard Shortcuts on the right. (You may need to scroll down.)
   
   
2. In the sidebar, click Services, then select items to make them available in the Services menu or deselect items to remove them.
   Items appear in an app’s Services menu only if they’re relevant to the app or task.

You can create keyboard shortcuts for services so you don’t have to use an app’s Service menu.

If you can’t use a service​

• If you don’t have permission to open the app that’s providing the service, you need to log in as an administrator to use the service.
• If an app is missing or can’t be opened, try searching for it on your Mac and opening it. Then try using the service again.
• If the app is in the Trash, select it and choose File > Put Back. Then try using the service again.

See also

Keep your Mac up to date

Install and uninstall apps from the internet or a disc on Mac

 

[Daniel E.]

How to Copy and Paste Text Between Your Android Phone and Windows PC

With the help of Microsoft's SwiftKey keyboard app, you can copy and paste items between a PC and Android device. If you have a Samsung phone, try the Link to Windows app.

www.pcmag.com

 

[Daniel E.]

A robot wrote this entire article. Are you scared yet, human? | GPT-3

We asked GPT-3, OpenAI’s powerful new language generator, to write an essay for us from scratch. The assignment? To convince us robots come in peace

www.theguardian.com

 

[Daniel E.]

The 5 Biggest Canadian Software Companies

Explore information on the largest software companies headquartered in Canada, which include some of the largest Canadian businesses overall.

www.investopedia.com

1. Shopify​

Market Capitalization: $209 billion.
The newest entrant to the list of Canada's leading software companies is also the largest. Founded in 2006, this small Ottawa-based startup skyrocketed to the top of Canada's burgeoning e-commerce sector, and it is now the largest publicly-traded Canadian company in any industry.

Shopify is a commercial platform used to launch and operate online stores, allowing individuals to easily sell their products online. As of 2020, more than one million businesses use Shopify for online sales.

 

[Daniel E.]

How to build a language processing pipeline using AI with Redis - Redis

Build a language processing pipeline with AI and Redis. Read the blog post at Redis.com.

redis.com

 

[Daniel E.]

What’s Happening When the Deceased Send Facebook Friend Requests?

Could your loved ones be vulnerable to digital grave robbers? Learn how to prevent scammers from hacking into their accounts and sending Facebook friend requests.

www.discovermagazine.com

"A Legacy Contact is an individual designated to handle a deceased account after a user has passed on."

“You can select a Legacy Contact in the Memorialization Settings section of Facebook’s General Account Settings...The Legacy Contact does not gain access to the account and messages but is permitted through assignment to moderate the deceased user’s profile, download the deceased’s shared content and disable the profile.”

"By 2070, Facebook will have more deceased users than live ones."

 

[Daniel E.]

Remove Citations - Chrome Web Store

Remove the citations found on Wikipedia pages

chrome.google.com

(no setup required; works automatically when you visit Wikipedia; includes a "disable" button)

 

[Daniel E.]

New iPhone safety feature allows users to send emergency texts without service or WiFi

Apple CEO Tim Cook reflected on his own experience hiking "out in places where there is no service" when discussing the new safety feature.

news.yahoo.com

"I'm a hiker. And so, I'm frequently out in places where there is no service. The national parks are largely not covered by cellular service. And so, this happens to people all the time. And it feels so great to be able to talk to a satellite hundreds of miles away, traveling at 15,000 miles an hour."

~ Tim Cook, CEO

 

[Daniel E.]

A robot wrote this entire article. Are you scared yet, human? | GPT-3

We asked GPT-3, OpenAI’s powerful new language generator, to write an essay for us from scratch. The assignment? To convince us robots come in peace

www.theguardian.com

To try such AI oneself:

TextCortex: Personal AI Assistant & AI Writer - Chrome Web Store

Tailor your AI assistant to your style & needs — uniquely crafted from your own inputs and integrated with 10.000+ platforms.

chrome.google.com

Part of the post below was written primarily by TextCortex:

Finding Your Why and Finding Your Way (Upcoming Workbook)

To be released in January: https://www.newharbinger.com/9781648480713/finding-your-why-and-finding-your-way/ by Daniel J. Moran and Siri Ming Put mindfulness into action, and create a “map” for your chosen life path with this powerful, step-by-step workbook. Do you feel “stuck” in your...

forum.psychlinks.ca

 

[Daniel E.]

12 Best Free PDF Readers for Windows and Mac in 2023 - TechPP

Trying to find a PDF reader that won't cost you an arm and a leg? Check out our list of the 12 best free PDF readers for Windows and Mac. We've got you covered, whether you're looking for a basic PDF reader or one with more advanced features. Read on to find the perfect PDF reader for you.

techpp.com

 

[Daniel E.]

Tips for annotating and organizing PDFs:

Annotate Smarter | Notion

Annotate books

www.notion.so

Organise Smarter

Dropbox or Box

www.notion.so

 

[Daniel E.]

Bootstrap

The most popular HTML, CSS, and JS library in the world.

ncarb.github.io

"Build responsive, mobile-first projects on the web with the world's most popular front-end component library."

Bootstrap examples:

Examples

Quickly get a project started with any of our examples ranging from using parts of the framework to custom components and layouts.

getbootstrap.com

 

[Daniel E.]

Masonry

Cascading grid layout library

masonry.desandro.com

To implement with Bootstrap: Masonry example · Bootstrap v5.0