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Sunday 26 November 2023
Tuesday 12 September 2023
Useful Chrome Shortcuts
Here's another set of keyboard shortcuts to help you streamline your workflow. You may be familiar with some of them, but it's worth it even if you just pick up one from watching the video! They can make things a lot easier.
45 Mac Keyboard Shortcuts
These will make your life easier. It is worth the time to learn some of them. I promise!
Sunday 10 September 2023
Poor Design #1
Here are some funny examples of poor design that might make for some interesting conversation while we wait for everyone to arrive in class. Obviously, this is ridiculous, but take a moment and think about where they went wrong. How did they not see this mistake ahead of time?
Wednesday 30 August 2023
Solve One Problem, Create Another One
Apparently paper straws may be just as bad as the plastic ones… Interesting read:
Tuesday 22 August 2023
Design Matters: Soccer Balls
Every World Cup gets a new ball. Learn about why. The next World Cup is 2026. I wonder when we will be score to see the next iteration…
Saturday 5 August 2023
AI Will Kill Us / AI Will Save Us…
This video comes from one of my favourite content creators, Cleo Abrams, and I think it answers a lot if questions that come up in my classes about AI. It will probably elicit even more.
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After our very positive experience with the X,Y Plotter that Uunatek sent us, they kindly shipped us another product for review. This time...
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Recently, a company called UUNATEK reached out to me to ask for a review of their iDraw Pen Plotter. This happens from time to time and I...
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(Below is an article that I posted on what was going to be the blog for our school Makerspace/STEAMlab. When the school ended up moving to ...