Tech Tip: Automotivator Poster

(made using random image from Automotivator)

(Info on how to do this tech tip here)

Usually around this point in the semester I wish I was doing anything but paddling, and the urge to give up and just watch the sunset is very, very strong. It's a trick to be able to keep an eye on the boat and the sunset and keep paddling, but someday I'll learn it...

Tech Tip: Soundcloud Embedded

Here's the link to learn how to embed Soundcloud in a blog post...it's fun, if you need some extra credit points...

Week 13 Tech Tip: Weather Widget

So I've finally gotten around to adding a weather widget to the sidebar of my blog--better late than never, I suppose! Anyway, if you want to add one to your blog as well (it's a seriously easy process, and you can get extra credit from it) the info for doing so is here.

Google Timer Tech Tip

So since I talked about writing in short, timed bursts in my last post, I thought I would also do a Tech Tip post about Google Timer, which is awesome. As I learned from this class, basically you type "set timer for" into Google and it pops up with a timer. Which is much, much more convenient than the method I was using previously, which involved an app on my laptop (there is also a timer on my phone, but I dislike that one because then I can't leave my phone in the other room so it can't distract me.

So, as for any tips I have for timed (ha!) time management, I have this blog post by Maggie Stiefvater. And this one. And this one. Those last two are less about timers and more about time management in general and spreading the awesomeness of Maggie, but I digress...

There's also the Pomodoro Technique, which I used just this past weekend to write many, many pages. So that works, too--you just need more time than 10 minutes to accomplish it...