The term “automatic writing” is usually associated with a particular psychic phenomenon. However, software now exists that can take data, such as sports results, and generate reports from it.
Robot Reporter, by Terry Freedman
Technology
Tired out, by Terry Freedman
Renaming several files at the same time
If the thought of renaming lots of files individually is exhausting, how can you rename several files simultaneously on either a Mac or a PC?
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Writing prompts for kids
Do you have a child you’d like to encourage to write? This writing prompt website may be of interest.
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The Notepad app, by Terry Freedman
Don't write off Notepad
Notepad can hardly be described as “feature-rich”, but can it still be useful?
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Review of the Wakelet Resources Organiser
in Technology, Utility, Reviews
Wakelet is a free online application for collating resources.
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Filing my writing ideas
Where to store your writing ideas
Author Anne Tyler has a good solution to the question of how to store your writing ideas.
Read MoreRich-featured software often leads to headaches
in Audio, Archives, Technology, The lighter side, Word
Solving one problem in a writing program like Word can lead to others.
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Kindle Fire, by Terry Freedman
How to use your Kindle pdf annotations in a wordprocessed document
in How to, Technology
Once you’ve annotated a pdf on your Kindle, how can you copy and paste your notes into a wordprocessor?
Read MoreFinding a book when you can't remember its name
If you can’t remember the name of a book you wish to read, fret not. Here are some ideas for finding it. UPDATED!
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Blog reading, by Terry Freedman
How to have blog posts come to you (instead of having to go to them)
in Handy hints, How to, Technology, Utility, Archives, Audio
You don’t always have to visit a blog to see the most recent article. Although it has fallen into disuse to some extent in recent years, there is a way of having the blog posts come to you. All you need are what is called an RSS feed, and an RSS feed reader.
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Zoom virtual background, by Terry Freedman
Zoom meeting backgrounds: a glimpse into the lives of others
Is having a virtual background cheating in a sense? And is having a virtual background that looks like your own but isn’t really, cheating even more?
Read MoreMy audio experiment
in News & views, Technology, Audio
Updated! Now includes an audio version! I’ve been trying out an application which lets you create an audio version of an article. Here are some early results.
Read MoreHow good is online workshopping?
Tutors, especially, but also students, should do their utmost to make full use of all the facilities that online tools afford.
Read MoreThe perils of online discussions: messaging
Now that your experience of being in a classroom has narrowed to the dimensions of your own study or living room, you may be interested to learn from some of the mistakes I have made when it comes to learning online.
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Utility: AZZCardfile
in Technology, Utility
Goal-setting, Screenshot by Terry Freedman
How to automate your writing schedule with Google Calendar
in Technology
Unfortunately, Google cannot (yet!) do your writing for you, but it can help you by identifying times when you could write, and inserting “Writing” (or “Research” or whatever you choose) into your calendar.
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Further thoughts on listening to documents on the Kindle Fire
I found listening to documents on the Kindle Fire very useful on the whole, so today I extended the practice by listening to a document while driving. Here’s what I found.
Read MoreListening to documents on the Kindle Fire UPDATED
in Reviews, Technology, Research
The Kindle Fire has a text-to-speech facility. I’ve been using it to listen to a book in the form of a pdf document. Here’s my evaluation of it.
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Frustration, by Terry Freedman
How to fix a phantom paper jam
What can you do if your printer tells you there’s a paper jam even though there isn’t? Try this solution.
Read MoreHow to rework your old articles from print-outs
If you’re anything like me, you keep stacks of clippings. But if you own the copyright to the articles, and you want to update them , how can you do so? The good news is that you don't need to retype them. In this article I explain how to convert them into text for word processing.
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