Leading Hands Through Technology

Have you tried YouTube Music? How does it stack up to Spotify or Apple Music? The new music streaming service proclaims it has all the music releases you need: official songs, full albums, music videos, playlists, remixes, covers, and live performances. It costs $9.99 a month.

https://music.youtube.com

I stumbled upon this article that gives you quick ways to avoid stress.

1. Breathe it out – use all of your lungs
2. Open up your fitness app – comes up with a personalized breathing pattern
3. Put on a happy face – smiling facilitates relaxation
4. Get your brain to help – stop, breathe, reflect, and choose
5. Move! – Doing something physical can make it a lot easier to calm down

Read the entire article below.
https://blog.fitbit.com/squash-stress/

Have you donated to “A Little Free Library”? It’s a free book exchange! Their motto is a “take a book, return a book”. If you spot one, they come in many shapes and sizes, but the most common version is a small wooden box of books. Anyone may take a book or bring a book to share.

Little Free Library book exchanges have a unique, personal touch. There is an understanding that real people are sharing their favorite books with their community. It is a nonprofit organization that inspires a love of reading, builds community, and sparks creativity by fostering neighborhood book exchanges around the world. Find one near you!

https://littlefreelibrary.org/

The text replacement feature of iOS (find it under Settings/General/Keyboards) is a useful tool to speed up typing, especially as a way to quickly post repetitive things like Instagram hashtags.

However, there’s a limit of 128 characters, and it’s not always easy to figure out how close you might be to that limit when you’re creating your text replacement shortcuts.

Here’s a great online tool that quickly checks anything that you cut and paste into it. I use it often.

https://www.lettercount.com/

Google is continually exploring tool that are more accessible for everyone. They currently have 1,500 experiments and counting. They are conducting experiments that push the boundaries of art, technology, design and culture. Like Shadow Art, where you try your hands at the art of shadow puppetrywith some help from artificial intelligence (AI) or Alphabets Got Talent where you use Morse Code, input a letter and receive a dancing animal with the same letter.

https://experiments.withgoogle.com/

Discover the easiest way to find manuals online. We’ve all been there before, we lost the manual to the product and we need to look something up. If you need to glance at instructions, then look no further than ManualsLib!

Their database consists of more than three million pdf files. All you have to do is enter the keywords in the search field and find what you are looking for! Search results include manual name, description, size and number of pages. You can either read manual online or download it to your computer.

https://www.manualslib.com/

Trying to learn computer programming? If you want to discover one of the best coding bootcamps, then you should consider We Can Code It. You can learn hardcore languages with real people. You also discover software development in a collaborative, inclusive and engaging community.

https://wecancodeit.org/

Are you a Raspberry Pi fan? Their mission is to put the power of computing and digital making into the hands of people all over the world. You build a small and affordable computer that you can use to learn programming.

If you are interested getting in computer programming and want to have fun at the same time, then you should check out it. Raspberry Pi is perfect for Educators and Parents looking for something exciting to introduce to students. There are computing clubs in your area such as Code Club, CoderDojo, and Raspberry Jams – there isn’t a shortage of interactivity!

https://www.raspberrypi.org/

I stumbled upon a service that writes essays and helps tackle homework.  If you are in a pinch and need some help at the last minute, this could be your solution. Parents are you aware this service exists? How do you feel about it?

How does it work?

1. Place an order with instructions
2. Professional writer assigned
3. Writer starts working immediately
4. Completed paper sent to your account

https://essayassist.com/

A friend of mine told me the other week they booked their travel through Google Flights. I discovered you can find plane tickets, track flights, and find the best fares on flight prices with Google Flights. You can also find out which airlines have bag fees and what currency you’ll need depending on where you are traveling.

If you are looking for a great way to book your flight, check out Google Flights.

https://www.google.com/flights