Category: Random Tech Tips
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4 Easy & Secure Ways to Record Screen Videos on iPhone or iPad: A Comparative Guide
I received an email from JP letting me know that a link on an old post of mine, The definitive guide to iOS screencasting, was no longer good. He knew that 'cause he'd just finished writing a much more comprehensive post called 4 Easy & Secure Ways to Record Screen Videos on iPhone or iPad:…
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Please support ResearchBuzz on Patreon!
Received this email earlier today, and would like you to read it as well. If you're an information professional of any stripe and somehow not aware of Tara's work with ResearchBuzz, now's a perfect time. I currently subscribe to well over 200 RSS feeds(!) and multiple email lists, and if I had to choose just…
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The Best Online Tools To Know Everything About a Website
Earlier this year I mentioned a couple of useful tools to help you determine what CMS and plugins are being used on a given site. Amit has an even better list of Online Tools To Know Everything About a Website, including things like what hosting company is being used, and a tool to determine whether a…
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Five Best Desktop Microphones
I've long maintained that one very important, yet often overlooked component of good screencasting is a good microphone. My current rig is the Samson CO1U, but it didn't even make the list of Lifehacker's list of contenders for Five Best Desktop Microphones. Check 'em out, and if you're in the market, pick one up –…
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Add-ons for Google Drive
Yesterday Google launched add-ons for Google Drive, suddenly making their online office product an awful lot more extensible. Lifehacker has a listing of some good tools to get you started, including information on how to create your own add-on, courtesty of Digital Inspiration. Some of the existing add-ons that might be useful for libraries include…
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How do they do that? (WordPress / Drupal)
From time to time I find myself wondering what module a given Drupal site uses to perform some nifty action or another. A while back I found a tool that helps with that spy work for WordPress called simply What WordPress Theme is that? And then I finally found Drupal X-Ray, which does the same…