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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Emile Burgess

Emile Burgess

Productivity Guild - The online community for macOS and iOS productivity tools and reso... - 2 views

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    Signed up for this to be entered for some freebies from Kourosh Dini, an author, whose books and blog I've read in the past. He's a psychologist and productivity guru, who writes books, among other things, on how to maximize your use of OmniFocus. We'll see if I use the Productivity Guild much. I have to watch out for the trap of getting so caught up in reading about productivity that I become unproductive. :)
Norbert Langbecker

Mevo--do you use it? - 5 views

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  • Emile Burgess
     
    We used it at my former congregation, Trinity, Caledonia, WI. We used it for live streaming the sermon portion of the service and occasionally the full service. We also used it for occasional Bible studies or special presentations. I'd say it works better for smaller venues. At Trinity, we had the camera on a mic stand in front of the front pew. It wasn't as high-res as I would've liked, but it still was worth getting the sermon out on our Facebook pages. You can see some of our videos here: https://www.facebook.com/trinitycaledonia/
    You might join the Mevo Customer Group on Facebook. There are a lot of people from churches that post on there what they're doing and questions. There's also a WELS guy (name escapes me) on there who's using it in his church.
    If you want to ask more questions, feel free to email me. emileburgess@crownoflifemn.org
  • Emile Burgess
     
    Found it. It's Tom Rosenow. https://www.facebook.com/tom.rosenow?fref=gc&dti=1145549685509124
    Here's a post I made in the Mevo Customer Group in which Tom replied: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MevoCustomerGroup/permalink/1341740179223406/
Emile Burgess

Consumer Next Steps | Crashplan - 0 views

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    CrashPlan will no longer be available except for businesses.
Emile Burgess

How Did Unroll.me Get Users to Allow It to Sell Their Inbox Data? - 1 views

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    FYI
Emile Burgess

10 Ugly Numbers Describing Pornography Use in 2017 - Tim Challies - 1 views

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    Reminder: WELS has a trusted and excellent resource in Conquerors Through Christ.
Emile Burgess

Potent LastPass exploit underscores the dark side of password managers | Ars Technica - 2 views

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    LastPass has 90 days to fix the potential exploit before ProjectZero releases the exploit to the public. The Mac Geek Gab Podcast recommends switching password managers if LastPass has not "patched the hole" in half the time (May 1). I personally have LP on all my devices, having paid money for the mobile version. 1Password seems to have a stronger reputation from the podcasts and bloggers I follow, but the desktop app was much more expensive than LastPass. Perhaps I'm getting what I've paid for. :(
Emile Burgess

Mac Power Users #352: Workflows with Ian Byrd - Relay FM - 0 views

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    Interesting episode with a former teacher, now presenter for other teachers on teaching the "gifted and talented" student. The episode isn't so much about the education end, as much as the technology behind Ian's work. Website looks very useful for teachers. http://www.byrdseed.com/
Emile Burgess

Free Online OCR - convert scanned PDF and images to Word, JPEG to Word - 0 views

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    I sometimes want to copy and paste some text from a PDF that wasn't scanned with OCR (e.g. some essays in the Seminary Essay File). I take a screenshot of the paragraph and upload the screenshot file here. (Screenshot-selection-to-file shortcut on a Mac is CMD + SHIFT + 4.)
Emile Burgess

Amazon.com: Send to Kindle for Mac - 1 views

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    Bought a book today in epub and mobi formats, but not from Amazon, so it didn't sync to all my kindle-app devices. Found this. I'm guessing there's a version for Windows too.
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    Bought a book today in epub and mobi formats, but not from Amazon, so it didn't sync to all my kindle-app devices. Found this. I'm guessing there's a version for Windows too. Bonus!: Send documents from other applications to your Kindle via the Print menu, or right-clicking in a Finder/Explorer window.
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    Bought a book today in epub and mobi formats, but not from Amazon, so it didn't sync to all my kindle-app devices. Found this. I'm guessing there's a version for Windows too. Bonus!: Send documents from other applications to your Kindle via the Print menu, or right-clicking in a Finder/Explorer window. The only downside is that the file has to be 50 MB or smaller. :(
Emile Burgess

It's 'digital heroin': How screens turn kids into psychotic junkies | New York Post - 2 views

  • If you have to, demand that your child’s school not give them a tablet or Chromebook until they are at least 10 years old (others recommend 12).
  • Developmental psychologists understand that children’s healthy development involves social interaction, creative imaginative play and an engagement with the real, natural world.
Emile Burgess

Free Bible Memory System & iPhone App | Scripture Typer - 2 views

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    I plan to recommend this to my confirmation classes and my congregation at large.
Emile Burgess

Dear parents: Here's how to protect your kids from porn. You're welcome. | Blogs | Life... - 1 views

  • Most social media, including Instagram, Snapchat and others have no parental controls
  • The truth is, you could hide a search for inappropriate things, and I would never know. But, I love you a ton, and I know that looking at those pictures can really mess with the way God has wired us as men. I want you to know that you can be honest if you ever bump into these kinds of things. It’s every guy’s battle, and I’m in this with you.” This creates an open dialogue, and everything that we keep in the light is easier to deal with. Sin can’t survive in the light.
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    The article is mostly an interview with Covenant Eyes, who makes accountability software and recently produced a free e-book for parents. I downloaded it to check it out and ended up reading the first four chapters just today. Chapters are short and include discussion questions. For a non-WELS resource, so far they do a fairly good job of being gospel-centered/grace-driven. Looks like a great resource.
Emile Burgess

Photo editor online - Pixlr.com - 0 views

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    Almost spent $30 on Pixelmator when a highschooler of mine told me about Pixlr. Great webapp for photo editing. My favorite/most used tool: the magic wand + delete button to make sections of my images transparent.
Emile Burgess

ManualsLib - Makes it easy to find manuals online! - 0 views

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    Bookmark or download owner's manuals. Lots of alternatives of course, such as any bookmarking tool, but if you want a dedicated web app for owner's manuals, this one would work.
Emile Burgess

How to Make Your iPhone or iPad Read Kindle Books to You - The Pastor's Week - 1 views

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    Great tip. Macs have this feature too in some Apple apps (Mail, Pages 5, etc.) under Edit > Start Speaking. There also a chrome extension called "read & write" for this on the web. Article makes a good point that this is better for "lighter" fare. :) Also, hadn't heard of this blog until now, and will now be following it.
Emile Burgess

My typeforms | Typeform - 1 views

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    Neat way to create forms/surveys.
Emile Burgess

TinyCat - Online Catalog for Tiny Libraries - 0 views

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    Not sure if I've shared this in the past, but it may be a nice solution for classrooms, school, and/or church libraries. $3/mo. for 1,000 or fewer titles, which most church libraries would fall under.
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