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We snap thousands of images a year on our phones, but few of them go anywhere. And the ones that do could use some upgrades to make them more interesting. Here are five tech tools to change your boring image. One: Take out the background You take an Instagram-worthy family portrait in front of a pile of dirty dishes. Time …
Because many of us are no longer in the same room with our colleagues, we’re all seeking new ways to communicate information that doesn’t require the umpteenth PowerPoint this month or a 3-hour Zoom. Lately I’ve been getting a bunch of inquiries about how to make infographics, so I’m releasing the Book Study the Nerdy Best Friends Book Club did …
Thanks for registering for Advanced Zoom Techniques. Here’s the recording. Note the last several minutes have really good Q&A, and we’ll be doing another live session with just your questions!
The longer the pandemic lasts, the more video I produce — and the more cool video tools I find to share. This week I discovered Descript and Type Studio, two tools that let you edit video and audio by editing the text transcription. So instead of trying to clip out your “umms” and “uhhhs” in a standard video editor, you …
As Your Nerdy Best Friend, I get questions all the time about apps I’ve recommended, such as, “Hey, Beth… what was the app you said would remove backgrounds?”… Here are a few of my most frequent questions: How can I remove the background from a picture? I get this question at least once a week. It’s so easy and so …
Y’all know I specialize in finding free and super cheap tech tools to make our lives easier, but when I find a tool that is extra special helpful, I pony up the money for a full-featured version. In the last two weeks, I’ve upgraded three tools I used to use for free because they’ve evolved into awesome. Canva: Graphic Templates …
I just love apps that do things instantly… and the new PhotoRoom app does just that. I don’t know how many hours I’ve spent trying to remove backgrounds from photos. Yes, I love remove.bg (photos) and unscreen.com (videos), for removing backgrounds online. But they require me to be in a browser, and sometimes I just want an app. PhotoRoom instantly …
Sometimes you find random flashes of brilliance on the world wide web. Or you write a blog post that has the perfect written sound bite. And you want to share it online, but by the time you highlight, copy, open a graphics tool, paste, add the source, download the graphic and share it, you find another shiny object and forget …
As always, we want to thank our nerdy community for a great year and wish you a happy holiday season… so why not do it with a video? Or several? Here are some great ways to make holiday videos in a snap for social media or marketing. I have paid versions of all of these tools because they’re worth it. …
The first official draft of the new book arrived Wednesday! To celebrate, I asked people on our Facebook page which sections they wanted to see in an excerpt. Everyone chimed in to choose their favorite sections, and I took all the suggestions and put them into one super excerpt. Download and enjoy! NOTE: There. Are. Errors. Plenty of them. We …
If you’ve been on social media this week, you’ve probably seen a full cycle of a viral app. In a matter of days, the world went from “OMG, FaceApp is COOL!” to “OMG, FaceApp is SCARY!” FaceApp is simple: Upload a headshot (yours or someone else’s), and add a filter to look younger or older, happier or prettier. You can …
Grumpy Cat is dead. Long live the meme. Here are three ways using memes can help your business communications and marketing. Memes are familiar How many times have you seen this photo with different captions? As soon as you see it, you can hear the guy’s voice in your head. It is instantly familiar to you. Memes bring humor without …
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