Our digital lives may be making us more distracted, distant and drained, according to research presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association. For instance, even minor phone use during a meal with friends was enough to make the diners feel distracted and reduced their enjoyment of the experience, one study found. Source: Dealing…
Gifntext can easily add text to an animated gif. After you upload an animated gif or load an animated gif by URL, Gifntext gets started with showing you the tools you can use and help on how to do certain tasks. Gifntext doesn’t look like much, but it is a pretty powerful tool for adding to animated gifs. And…
Depending on how knowledgeable you are, you might have heard about all of the aforementioned. Even if you have, the question is how well do you know all of them? Would you be comfortable explaining to a complete novice what all of these are at a high level and be sure that you aren’t skewing…
The mainstreaming of the popular roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons has significantly changed how people address and understand the game. It’s become a spectator sport and a way for some gamers to earn their living. D&D gameplay and its symbolism have become a significant plot point in geek-oriented TV shows like Stranger Things and The Big Bang Theory. It’s the subject of copious scientific…
Workona | Browse like it’s your job If you use a browser, tabs can sometimes get out of control. I knew I had a problem when I installed an extension that would give me a count of how many tabs I had open in Chrome. When I hit 86 tabs across 5 windows, I knew…
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As a parent, it is obvious that children learn more when they engage their entire body in a meaningful experience than when they sit at a computer. If you doubt this, just observe children watching an activity on a screen and then doing the same activity for themselves. They are much more engaged riding a…
Applicationize – Convert Web Apps to Desktop Apps Google is deprecating Chrome apps for Mac, X, And windows. But, Applicationize can still be used to create apps for Chrome OS and chrome books. What this means, is that if there is a website you want to use with your students, you can use Applicationize to…
Jake Miller lays out 7 fantastic ways to make the most of your Chrome bookmarks bar, and it’s quite a list. None of the hints are specific to Chrome, and will work in any browser. I would add an 8th to the list: 8. Bookmark Gmail searches Any search you perform in Gmail is bookmarkable (if…