tech

tech news
Breaking Tech News - https://www.techmeme.com/
Panda (Daily news & inspiration for designers, developers & entrepreneurs) - https://app.usepanda.com/#/
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apple ios
3d virtual reality

Wilderle​ss

Featuring my favorite open-world sim for iPad, Wilderless.  Traverse beautiful forests and meadows up north as an avatar or wildlife.  Now with paths for more adventure!  A relaxing escape from the drudgery of modern life.  
​For download information, see link here - apps.apple.com/us/app/wilderless/id1485263737

​Mozilla (Firefox) Hubs (private, virtual 3D worlds in your browser) Demo - https://hubs.mozilla.com/Pvg5MMt/hubs-demo
SecondLife coming to Mobile, video here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tjRlVwlAXA

Search 3D Models on Sketchfab - https://sketchfab.com/
tech reference websites

​WikiWeb, Useful Tools & Utilities to make life easier - https://wikiweb.tools/
​Online HTML Editor - https://www.w3schools.com/icons/tryit.asp?filename=tryicons_google-widgets
HTML & CSS free programming books - https://github.com/EbookFoundation/free-programming-books/blob/main/books/free-programming-books-langs.md
Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing - https://foldoc.org/home.html
​File Converter (for audio, video, document, image, etc.) - https://cloudconvert.com/
​What is my browser (some info may be incorrect) - https://www.whatismybrowser.com/
tech tutorials
website design color picker
...pick your color online - https://imagecolorpicker.com/en
RedKetchup | Color Picker - https://redketchup.io/color-picker
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)
AI General Information & Websites
Also see AI Tools (Art & Photos, Essay Generator & Music Generator) on Home Page
OpenAI Image GPT - https://openai.com/research/image-gpt
OpenAI, GPT-4 - https://openai.com/
GPT-3 powers the next generation of apps (OpenAI) - https://openai.com/blog/gpt-3-apps
Introducing ChatGPT (OpenAI) - https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt
Real-time Market Map, 700+ ChatGPT & GPT-3 Examples, Demos, Apps, etc. - https://gpt3demo.com/map
stability.ai - https://stability.ai/
AI-generated Panoramas

Skybox Lab (360 degree image generator from Blockade Labs) - https://skybox.blockadelabs.com/
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Here is an example of a pano I created.  As you can see if you look closely, it has multiple defects; however, it does look lovely from a distance and shows what amazing auto-generated art is possible with this technology.
​Online here - https://skybox.blockadelabs.com/cc711d56d8f832d47288340f0251e623
Flat jpg pano below:
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APPLE APPS FOR IOS & MAC
Here are some of my favorite apps for productivity, creativity, and just having fun.
App Sliced (Most Popular iOS App Price Drops) - https://appsliced.co/apps?sth=1501301213#0

​NOTES
Apple iOS offers a great Notes app; however, if you are looking for a little something more...
Craft - (My favorite/subscription $44.99/year) -  www.craft.do

WHITEBOARD*
Corkulous Pro, Organize Everything! - (subscription or one-time fee) - www.corkulous.com/
*Note that now Apple iOS16 comes with Freeform, which is pretty good (see below).
Freeform - Now available on all newer iPads and iPhones with iOS16 installed.  No PDF yet, but hopefully that's forthcoming.

COLLAGE
Bazaart - Graphic design, AI art editing ($71.99/year) - bazaart.me/ ​; More info PDF here:
bazaart_photo_editor.pdf
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File Type: pdf
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Over by GoDaddy (offers thousands of graphics & videos for collage & design; $ subscription) - madewithover.com

TASKS
Things 3 for iPad, text-only app for organizing your tasks & reminders (one-time fee) - culturedcode.com/things/

ARTIFY (my term for one-click art from photos)
BeCasso, "Turn Your Life into Art." - https://digitalmasterpieces.com/becasso/

PHOTO EDITING
For iPad:
Raw Power, best RAW photo editing software for mobile - https://www.gentlemencoders.com/
For Mac:
Luminar Neo, Advanced yet easy-to-use photo editor for everyone - https://skylum.com/luminar
ON1 Photo RAW (photo editing software offering everything photographers need to organize, edit, style, and share photos (I suggest one-time purchase for software, as subscriptions are very expensive!) - https://www.on1.com/products/photo-raw/

PHOTO EFFECTS
Lightricks' photo editing apps (Facetune, Videoleap, Photoleap, Filtertune, Artleap & more) - https://www.lightricks.com/products

​To be continued...
TEch hints & tips
Prevent web link opening in app
To avoid a web link opening in its app you have installed (this drives me nuts), long-press and click Open in Background.
Example here:
In this example, I do NOT wish to open the Biblia app (installed on my iPad).  Links will open in-app by default unless I take the following actions.
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Google Advanced Search Cheat Sheet PDF:
googleadvancedsearch_cheatsheet.pdf
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File Type: pdf
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Search my website by individual page:
  • Go to Share (first icon in top right corner)
  • Scroll down to find "Find on Page"
  • Enter the word you wish to look for at the bottom
  • Apple will yellow-highlight all instances of the word on that page
How to search for PDF's on Google:
  1. Open Google.com in your web browser.
  2. Type in filetype:pdf search query.
  3. Replace "search query" with the PDF file name or topic.
  4.  Click Google Search or hit Enter.
  5. Google will return a list of PDF files related to your search query.       ​​

Music...

Lifts the soul, provides escape,  praises our Creator

History of music

Music History, The Short Version, covers 6 periods of Musical history - https://www.smore.com/cupd5-music-history

Classical music

Music Theory Academy, Classical Music Periods:
https://www.musictheoryacademy.com/periods-of-music/classical-music/

​Classical Archive Radio (1 min. clips without subscription):
​https://www.classicalarchives.com/newca/#!/ClassicalArchivesRadio

piano cheat sheet 

PDF:
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File Size: 224 kb
File Type: jpg
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play the piano online

​VIRTUALPIANO.NET

make music online with beepbox

Click on box above to open the utility
BeepBox is a tool to create your own free musical track which could be used as a background score for social media, etc.  The app offers 4 channels of instruments, including a variety of guitars, trumpets, drums, vocals, and other strings, brass, and percussion.  Set an instrument in a channel, and then click on different points of the virtual scale to produce a sound from it.  A click keeps the sound going; another click swath it off.  Press play to hear the whole sound.  You can tweak many features such as tempo, reverb, and rhythm.  Play around with it to get a sound you like, then download it as a WAV, MP3, MID, JSON, and HTML file for free and use it as a background for videos.
radio stations

radio apps
music apps
SoundHound (song identifier) -  soundhound.com/soundhound
EQu (Equalizer) - www.elephantcandy.com/app/equ/
Boom 3D equalizer app - https://www.globaldelight.com/boom/thankyou-download-win

YouTube music videos

A variety of genres below are representative of my eclectic tastes.  This list needs updating; I will be adding more, as well.
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Leonid & Friends (excellent online cover band):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHRt_EtbzdY&list=RDEMclg0uXG-9wD00z18fmLmlQ&index=2​
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Andrea Bocelli (modern opera) - www.andreabocelli.com/
Sarah Brightman (modern opera) - sarahbrightman.com/

Coldplay (modern popular alternative/official YouTube channel) - www.youtube.com/user/ColdplayVEVO​

Sadeness, by Enigma -https://www.google.com/search?q=sadeness+by+Enigma&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari
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Lindsey Stirling (pop violinist) - www.lindseystirling.com/home/to be continued...
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