This Week
GREAT 78
This is what the internet does best – the Internet archive, and it’s free!!
The Great78 project digitizes audio from old 78 rpm collections and makes them available.
Fabulous idea and well worth listening to.
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http://great78.archive.org SPEECH RECOGNITION ANYWHERE
Now you can dictate anything – just try Speech Recognition anywhere.
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https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/speech-recognition-anywhe/kdnnmhpmcakdilnofmllgcigkibjonof?ref=producthunt LOGORANK
You’ve got a new logo – you’ve spent a chunk of change on it too! But the real question is – will it stand out?
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http://brandmark.io GUDAK
Remember the good old days of cameras? The ones which used film that came in a little yellow and red box.
Now you can replicate that whole experience with Gudak!
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http://screw-bar.com MANAGERSCORE
Just how good a manager are you?
Check yourself out and find out what your team really think of your management style – you could learn something too!
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http://getlighthouse.comRecent Programming
RENDERMAN
hose wizards at Pixar have a secret – it’s Renderman, a tool for making animation magic. And while it’s a pro-tool, Pixar says it’s attracting more people to animation.
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https://renderman.pixar.com FRUITJUICE
Keeping your laptop battery plugged in ALL the time isn’t good for its health.
If you’ve got a Mac – you need FruitJuice. I use it, it’s really useful.
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https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fruitjuice-active-battery-health-and-monitoring/id671736912 TILT BRUSH
Paint in 3D – in virtual reality – it sounds extraordinary, and it is.
It’s used for animation and game creation and it’s from Google.
Check out titmouse animation studios – masters of Tilt Brush
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http://titmouse.net MEDIUM 3.0
Is it a blog? Is it a news site? No???
It’s medium – and it’s a hot platform for sharing ideas.
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https://medium.com SLIDEBEAN
A whole new approach to presentations – you bring the content, slidebean does the rest!
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GET RAISED
Do you deserve a raise (don’t we all?)
Find out if you’re underpaid and get a raise!
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https://getraised.com POCKETSENSE
Keep your phone safe for Android. It’s a lockout for your phone.
pocket sense for android at google play
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SPIFFY OR IFFY
Crowd source comments about your clothes – got a date? a job interview? a visit to the in-laws?
The spiffy or iffy community will help!
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http://spiffyoriffy.com EARTHQUICK
Check on earthquakes – up to the minute anywhere they happen.
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http://www.earthquick.world THE SKIMM
Looks like a calendar app – but it populates your calendar with the things you’d do if you knew they were out there!
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https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/theskimm/id1034995058?mt=8 CUPPERMARKET
When you want coffee that’s real coffee and not just a cup of joe, try Cuppermarket.
A great name for an eclectic choice of coffees.
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https://market.cupperapp.com FRONT
An email app for all the members of your team from Frontapp.
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https://frontapp.com HACKSY
With hacks you can keep the bad guys out!
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https://meethacksy.com GYMATIC
Track your exercise routine, your pushups, your floor exercises, rep counts and workout log.
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https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gymaholic-your-workout-and-progress-tracker/id648518560?mt=8 APP USAGE TRACKER
You m!ay have 100s of apps on your phone – but how many do you use and how long do you use them?
Load appusagetracker and find out just how much time you spend on what!!
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https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/app-usage-tracker-monitor-time-spent-on-apps/id1240765788?mt=8 FLLIKE
Rate your airline experience on Fllike – easy as pie.
Scan your boarding pass or enter your flight number – set the sliders and you’re done!
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http://www.fllike.com LITERAI
Forget your fingers doing the walking – now there’s way to train your computer to write for you.
That scares me – but some love it.
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http://literai.com GO SKILLS
Get the skills you need to move along in life – at go skills.com
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https://www.goskills.com BETTER
If your health insurance provider owes you money – track your reimbursement with “better”.
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https://www.getbetter.co JUMPSHOT
Lets you save the great shots and ditch the bad ones – jumpshot from Canon.
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https://canonlabs.io