These stock image and video sites are far from generic. Here’s my curated list of the best curated sites. Most are 100 percent free for personal and commercial use, but you should read the fine print each and every time to see if an artist asks for attribution, a link back or (gasp!) money. Here is a gallery of some …
Using Canva for Brochures
Continuing on the theme of #BethBuysAHouse, here’s a quick and easy way to create a brochure that looks like it was professionally designed. My favorite graphic design tool, Canva, has thousands of templates you can use with a click. Their magazine templates are wonderful for creating rich brochures. I wrote and designed our “house story” within a couple of hours …
Photo Apps for Special Editing Needs
As smartphone prices sneak higher and higher, the biggest beneficiary is the camera. Snapping a quick pic with your phone can produce a beautiful shot for even the most untalented photographers. But sometimes you still need a little extra editing to make a photo pop. Here are some great apps for very specific looks. NOTE: Add to my list! Which …
Breakout Breakdown: Design Tools
Note: This is part of a 3-Post series on the tools I used to create one of my best presentations ever. Check out the Video Magic and the Closed Captioning posts as well. The American Society of Association Executives is the association of associations… in other words, the people who attend this event are the people who hire people like …
Your Questions… Answered at Last!
Oh you guys… I have to apologize. We get questions about apps all the time, and here’s what happens: I see the question. I ponder the question. I start looking up the answer to the question (click here to see how crazy that process is). Life happens… The presentation starts The cat jumps on my lap The plane starts boarding …
A Gift for the New Year
Dear friends, Every year, we like to give you a great list of apps to print out and keep at your desk as a quick reference. I’m particularly proud of this year’s edition because it’s a highlight of the 450 tools from The Big Book of Apps (which you TOTALLY need, people!). So without further delay, here’s the Quick Reference …
Five Fun Fiverr Projects
Fiverr is my secret weapon for creating unique projects and products. Here are five of my favorite projects and the artists behind them. ONE: Explain Artificial Intelligence with Old Man Steve I’m doing a new session on AI, and I wanted a way to explain the concept without having me just blab away about it. So I wrote a script …
The Best Free Image Sites (Updated for 2019)
Find Royalty-Free Images and Multimedia Way back in the day, when small-business folks like me needed a nice image for our blogs, marketing or other stuff, we were forced to either, umm, “borrow” an image we found on the web (which was often low-resolution, thus bad for printing) or pony up hundreds for royalty-free stock photography from high-end sites such …
Canva for Videos: Typito
Everyone loves the drag-and-drop, template-rich graphic tool called Canva. But it handles images, not video. Yesterday I discovered a new video editor that has the same types of tools, and you’re gonna (mostly) love it. You know all those cool recipe and news videos you see all over social media? The ones where you can watch silently and get everything …
One Session’s Top Ten Apps
After a presentation this week, the group asked me to write a summary of the best apps from the session since we had covered so many so quickly. Here’s my take on the top ten apps from a short program by Your Nerdy Best Friend…. Best Audience App: RunPee Tee hee… I love this app. Download it before you go to …
Fantastic Font Tools: DaFont, Font Squirrel, Google Web Fonts and Wordmark.it
If you’re one of those people who spends 30 minutes finding the perfect font for a flyer, you’ll love these tools! Changing the font in a document or online resource can change the personality, and it’s easy to find free fonts to download and use. DaFont Free Font Site with Interactive Preview Feature DaFont is an oldie but a very goodie. …
Our New Year Gift to You: NerdWords 2017
Happy New Year, Friends! Each year we put together every single app we talked about for the previous year into one handy guide. This year’s edition is the longest one yet. Flip through it. Download it. Print it out. Keep it handy. It’s full of great tech ideas for 2017 and beyond. NerdWords 2017
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