Category: instructional technology

These are posts in which LeMasney Consulting was involved in the use of technology to assist in teaching and learning.

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What I love about Destination Dogs and New Brunswick, NJ (3/52) cc-by lemasney

What I love about Destination Dogs and New Brunswick cc-by lemasney
What I love about Destination Dogs and New Brunswick cc-by lemasney

Hey, friends! It’s John and this time I’m talking about my visit to Destination Dogs, a travel themed restaurant that does some pretty amazing things with sausages. It’s in New Brunswick, NJ, and I talk a little bit about why I love that too!

About Destination Dogs in New Brunswick, NJ

This delicious restaurant in New Brunswick, NJ (http://www.destinationdogs.com/) serves up international flavors using the universal language of sausage. It’s in a great (if windy) small city along Route 1 in New Jersey on the Northern side. In the video, their house chips, house baked pretzel, and two hot dogs are featured. Then we move to a corner and ponder the beauty of clouds. You’ll enjoy it if you try! The music in this week’s video is Gold cc-by Artificial and 40A via Soundcloud’s commons group. I felt like it added just the right kind of vibe to this hip and tasty topic. This video is creative commons licensed as well, cc-by lemasney, and you can use it as you wish, even commercially, if you attribute me.

I would love the opportunity to help you, wherever you are, whenever you are ready. I always enjoy talking with groups and individuals on topics like technology, training, open source, and design. If there is some way that I can help you with these and related topics, please contact lemasney at lemasney@gmail.com, 609 553 9498 or Let’s do something great together! This content is released under a creative commons attribution license, some rights reserved. cc-by lemasney

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What I love about Google Calendar: Productivity abundance cc-by lemasney

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What I love about Google Calendar thumbnail and title

What I love about Google Calendar cc-by lemasney

The Playlist for my weekly video series “What I love about…” is growing! This week is what I love about Google Calendar — the answer is productivity.

Number two of fifty-two is on one of my essential tools for productivity, time management, customer relationship management, task and to-do, and scheduling, Google Calendar! This was prompted by a conversation I was having with Peter Bromberg and friends on Facebook about what I use for productivity and time management, and I said Google Calendar. When I got some feedback that their experience was less than stellar, I decided to share a screenshot of my GCal:

Google Calendar Week of Dec 6 2015
Google Calendar Week of Dec 6 2015

When they saw it, they asked if I would share my experience to demonstrate Google Calendar, and this week’s video is my answer.

I would love the opportunity to help you, wherever you are, when you are ready. I always enjoy talking with groups and people on topics like technology, training, open source, and design. If there is some way that I can help you with these and related topics, please contact lemasney at lemasney@gmail.com, 609 553 9498 or Let’s do something great together! This content is released under a creative commons attribution license, some rights reserved. cc-by lemasney

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What I Love About… cc-by lemasney

What I love about... cc-by lemasney
What I love about… cc-by lemasney

is a weekly video series in 2016. I’m using it in the same way I used 365 Sketches: to learn, to share, to master something I should be better at.The playlist is growing! Stay tuned throughout 2016, thumbs up and subscribe please, and thanks as always for your support!

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Branding Starter Package: What if it was easy?

LeMasney Consulting Logo 2015
LeMasney Consulting Logo 2015
we get in our own way cc-by lemasney
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LeMasney Consulting is now offering a branding starter package for individuals and companies

You keep seeing beautiful, informational web sites. What about your own site? Do you have one? Can you update it? Are you happy with your online presence? When you are just getting started with that presence, the answer is often no. Our small business starter package can help.

To feel supported in your online presence, you will need a few things for the digital side, and a few things on the real-life side. I have helped thousands of people with technology, and I have learned a lot about what my clients want. Take a look at the Testimonials page for more on what people are saying about their experience with me, then consider my Small Business Starter Package to get your own great online presence!

We want to make having a great online business presence easy! I’m excited to help you! If this package does not cover all that you need, fear not! Maybe you need a graphics package. Maybe you are looking for help with a podcast. Maybe you already have a site and just need to migrate to an easier system. I’m flexible, and we can do everything that you want at a reasonable price. Too much? Too little? Let us know what you need, and I assure you that I will do everything I can to get you set up at the right price.

Does this describe you?

  • You are building your idea somewhere in the world, but you need to build your online presence too.
  • You want to truly own the message you are putting out, down to the colors and fonts.
  • You are an individual who wants to focus on ideas, not technologies.
  • You have tried other solutions, and they were too expensive or too difficult.
  • You do not have an endless budget for your web presence, but you know it is important to be out there.
  • You just want it taken care of, and ASAP.

How long will it take, what will I get, and how much does it cost?

I want to help you in your new task. For just $500 (10 hours at the standard rate), you’ll get the following (20 hours estimated work — that’s half price!). I’ll help you to:

  • define your brand
  • purchase and set up your domain with a domain host and email
  • create a wordmark based logo
  • set up your new website with a great content management system
  • add a beautiful theme from a curated set for business owners like you
  • carry out SEO (search engine optimization) best practices
  • Responsive design for mobile audiences
  • 5 edited photos/images of your location, products, or staff
  • Analytics so you can see who came to your site and what they did there
  • create a standard 10 page set, including
    • a home page
    • an about page,
    • a contact page with social media connections and contact form,
    • a portfolio/gallery page for your completed projects,
    • your first news post,
    • your first offer post
    • your first featured post
    • A testimonials page
    • A work philosophy page
    • An introduction post
  • and finally, I’ll teach you how to manage it all with a training session.

The average time from start to launch is about two weeks.

Examples coming soon!

Interested?

It starts with a free hour-long meeting that you set up in one of two ways:

Contact me by email at lemasney@gmail.com

Contact me by phone at (609) 553-9498

I’m John from LeMasney Consulting. Let’s do something great together!

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What I love about Inkscape cc-by lemasney (1/52)

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What I love about inkscape thumbnail and title

What I love about Inkscape

What do I love about Inkscape? Why am I sharing it? I am committing myself to making one new video a week as part of a series. Each one will explore a different topic that I love, and hopefully effectively convey what I love about it. If you like them, please give them a thumbs-up on YouTube! If you like the series, go ahead and subscribe to the playlist on YouTube for more!

“Learn how to design your own original waveform tattoo with Inkscape, Audacity, and Linux! In this, the first of 52 planned videos for 2016, John LeMasney starts off the “What I love about…” series with a true love of his: Inkscape, the open source vector illustration application. Think Illustrator, but free as in freedom. In order to show his love, he’s going to share how to make your voice into a tattoo using free software like Ubuntu, Inkscape, and Audacity. It’s a fun time, and it would not be the same without you.    Music: Chorale Prelude ‘Machs mit mir, Gott, nach deiner Güt’, BWV 957 (Bach, 1880)” found in What I love about… Inkscape! – YouTube at

About LeMasney Consulting

I want to help people. I typically do this in regards to technology, productivity, or living, but I like talking with people about just about anything. If you think I might be able to help you, please contact me at lemasney@gmail.com or 609 553 9498. I’d love to either help you directly, or help you to get the help that you need – lemasney@gmail.com. Try me!

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My recent work with Que Publishing

John LeMasney Que
John LeMasney Que
Introduction to Raspberry Pi LiveLessons Video Training Que
Introduction to Raspberry Pi LiveLessons Video Training Que – http://goo.gl/dzID3i

I made some videos earlier this year.

I had the great pleasure earlier this year of working with Que Publishing to develop and release several video how to products about WordPress and Raspberry Pi. You can see some samples here: I really enjoyed the experience of walking to the studio in San Francisco. The air was so warm, and the food was so very good and fresh. It made it a joy to work in the studio and come out into the bright sunshine.

I loved it. It wasn’t until recently that I had an opportunity to reflect on my experience, and it was really healing. Thanks to Que and Pearson for the professionalism and gratitude that I was shown in that process. It was a delight to get to know all of you.

John LeMasney Que
John LeMasney Que http://goo.gl/dzID3i

“John LeMasney is a designer, artist, writer, poet, technologist, consultant, open web advocate and open source evangelist. He is most interested in helping people to use technology to make their lives, work, and world better.” found in John LeMasney | Que at http://goo.gl/dzID3i

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Technology and the Arts: Episode 78

Technology and the Arts
Technology and the Arts

“After a few weeks off, John LeMasney and Brian Kelley return for another episode of Technology and the Arts, as they continue to take you behind the scenes of the creative process of a collaborative music project. Watch live starting at around 10:20 pm ET on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015.” found in Technology and the Arts – Ep. 78 (10.22.2015) – YouTube at

 

In this episode, John and Brian talk about updates in local arts, their adventures with Ardour, and their new plan to start bringing ideas together for the collaborative song project.