Have you ever wished your team had a place online where you could easily discuss a project, and share information? Enter Podling by SitePoint, self-dubbed, “Social glue for teams.”
What is Podling? SitePoint , the makers of the platform, gives us a succinct explaination:
Podling is designed to take group (or team) based discussion out of your inbox and …Read more at the full article: Podling – A Promising Solution for Web-based Team Discussion
“Hold down the home button and ask Siri, ‘Who am I?’” was the question that returned an iPhone to its rightful owner. Last week I got a call from a coworker. She had found a guest’s iPhone in the Digital Union. Being the thorough person that she is, she had narrowed down the list of …Read more at the full article: How to Find an iPhone’s Owner with Siri
Getting your eBook on a Mobile Device
Finally! We’ve made our eBook, exported it into an “.epub” format, and now we just need to get our eBook onto our mobile device. If you’re wondering what I am talking about, check out the links at the bottom of the post for the rest of the series. Depending on …Read more at the full article: So You Want to Make an eBook – A How To Guide: Part 6
Calibre
If you’ve been following the series up to this point, you will have made an accessible word document, exported as a web page, that we then zipped (compressed). Now comes the exciting part! We get to convert our painstakingly made document into an actual eBook. In my last article, I left you with the zip …Read more at the full article: So You Want to Make an eBook – A How To Guide: Part 5
Formatting in Microsoft Word on a PC
Understanding what is an eBook, and why it is important to make it accessible allows us to move on to the primary purpose of this series, making the eBook. With just a little bit of Word knowledge, we will be able to craft a flowing eBook that can be …Read more at the full article: So You Want to Make an eBook – A How To Guide: Part 4
Formatting in Microsoft Word on a Mac
Understanding what is an eBook, and why it is important to make it accessible allows us to move on to the primary purpose of this series, making the eBook. With just a little bit of Word knowledge, we will be able to craft a flowing eBook that can be …Read more at the full article: So You Want to Make an eBook – A How To Guide: Part 3
Now that we understand what is an eBook, let’s continue on to the second part of this “how to” series: accessibility.
Importance of Accessibility
We know how to proceed through a document thanks to a lifetime of visual hierarchy and design. We consider the text that is bolded, larger, or higher on the page more important than …Read more at the full article: So You Want to Make an eBook – A How To Guide: Part 2
Making your own eBook may seem like a daunting task, but in reality it can be a fairly easy process. Ask yourself this:
Do you know how to write a document in Microsoft Word?
Do you know how to write a document in Microsoft Word?
Do you know how to write a document in Microsoft Word?
If you answered …Read more at the full article: So You Want to Make an eBook – A How To Guide: Part 1
Now that we know a little bit more about what an ePub is, I thought it might be beneficial to hear from a self-publishing author. Ruth Ellen Parlor, a new author from the UK, was kind enough to let me interview her about the release of her book, Earth Angel (available on Amazon and Smashwords).
What made …Read more at the full article: So you want to publish an eBook? – Interview with a self-publishing author
iPhone Photography – Telescopic Lens
“Can you zoom in any more?” is a common question that I hear when showing friends and family pictures that I have taken with my smartphone. If you use your phone as your prodominant camera, then you probably have experience the same thing.
Almost all smart devices lack optical zoom, the ability to really “zoom-in” with …Read more at the full article: iPhone Photography – Telescopic Lens