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These are posts that show LeMasney Consulting’s experiences with contemporary technology, services, innovations and computers of many kinds.

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Tonight at PPL: Google Drive

cloud by lemasney
cloud by lemasney

There’s a free and open to the public class tonight (4/15/2015) at Princeton Public Library at 7 pm on Google Drive. I’m excited for the session because in many of the conversations that I have with clients about how they manage documents and archives, I usually end up discussing Google Drive with them as a solution.

Why Google Drive?

Because of:

  • Cloud-based storage, about 15 GB for free
  • Rich creation, collaboration, and editing tools for documents, spreadsheets, drawings, and presentations
  • The multi-platform nature of drive, in that it opens up anywhere you have a browser or app.
  • The security that protects my documents, especially when using two-factor authentication.

I hope you can join us for my talk on one of my favorite software services,

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Tonight at PMUG: On Evernote

Elephant by lemasney (Evernote)
Elephant by lemasney (Evernote)
Elephant by lemasney (Evernote)
Elephant by lemasney (Evernote)

Tonight at Princeton Theological Seminary, I’ll be joining the members of the Princeton Macintosh Users Group (PMUG) to discuss the various benefits of Evernote. http://pmug-nj.org/

Come and learn about how Evernote can help you to

  • Take typed notes – You can use it as a simple note taking application, and many people do only that.
  • Take image based notes –  you can also use it to take images and add them to your research or study notes.
  • Take voice based notes – You can be your own Don Draper and use it to do voice based dictation, with transcription!
  • Take webpage based notes – You can collect web pages for reference in Evernote
  • Annotate your notes – Once you have created your notes, there are lots of ways to add commentary.
  • Store and organize your notes online – You use Evernote’s cloud service to store your notes, and use notebooks and tags to group them.
  • Get to your notes from anywhere – Because it’s a cloud based service, you get the benefit of access from all of your devices. That includes most OSes on the desktop, phone, tablet, Raspberry Pi, etc.
  • Study – Evernote is a student’s friend, allowing you to collect all of your citations, tag them, add them to a notebook, and include lots of different media types.
  • Do research – Field researchers love the abilities of Evernote, from the multifaceted media input types to the organization and taxonomy tools.
  • Support your business – Some people use Evernote as a customer relationship Management tool, and so might you.

and more! You can see my presentation along with all of my other presentations at https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9-YsRMv5bPqQkhTdDRNLTVkZ00&usp=sharing

My specific presentation on Evernote is here:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vTTPZlyY5VVV0Gl0IcZzqGBZwWX0mbGn427X97Yxp3odPmqC5akOm8WyslcxkwjbCU8vhYYFkqs4oDV/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=60000

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A drawing of a coffee cup by lemasney

coffee cup drawing by lemasney
coffee cup drawing by lemasney

coffee cup drawing by lemasney
coffee cup drawing by lemasney

This is a quick stylus based sketch of a coffee cup. This year, I’m scaling back my posting frequency to a much more manageable at-least-once-a-week. I did the sketch to test using my Wacom tablet in GIMP on Linux. Eraser, pressure sensitivity, and responsiveness all work very nicely. I like the resulting energy of the drawing, as it reminds me a bit of caffeine.

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Free design course tonight at Princeton Public Library

John LeMasney of LeMasney Consulting
John LeMasney of LeMasney Consulting

Don’t eat anything incapable of rotting by lemasney
Rocketship by lemasney
Project 09 – Motorized Pinwheel in Fritzing by lemasney
Marylin Monroe as Pixel art by lemasney
Bowl of noodles by lemasney
Do not covet your ideas by lemasney
panda by lemasney
body sized tablet by lemasney
Helen Keller quote by lemasney

Design Course for the non-designer.

Tonight, at 7 pm in the Technology Center at Princeton Public Library, I will be teaching a design course for free to the public about the basic tenets of graphic design. No registration is necessary. In the class, we will discuss color, typography, layout, shape, format, tools, inspiration and more. The increasing importance of visual literacy for communication in an increasingly visual communication environment means that those who are simply using text, clip-art, and other more common tools are making messages that are getting lost among more visual presentations. Come visit us and let’s fix that.

“This workshop covers the foundations of design principles, key (free) tools for design and illustration, and sources for inspiration to help you create the best visual solution for your particular needs. Learn about color theory, typography, layout and more. Instructor: John LeMasney.  Skill Level: Intermediate” – Graphic Design for Non-Designers | Princeton Public Library –

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Pixelation portrait of Marilyn Monroe

Marylin Monroe as Pixel art by lemasney
Marylin Monroe as Pixel art by lemasney

Marylin Monroe as Pixel art by lemasney
Marylin Monroe as Pixel art by lemasney

marylin

In this transformation of the iconic image of Marilyn Monroe, I decided to make the pixelated image, because I’m observing a special social visual interest in pixelation. Enjoy. 🙂

In the GIMP, I decided to import this image of Marilyn, then to apply a pixelize filter, resize to 128×128, and export as a PNG. Easy to do, but I think it will become more important to be able to do.

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NCompass Live Tech Talk: Using the Arduino to Develop Coding Literacy in Libraries

simple circuit with LED and momentary switch by lemasney
simple circuit with LED and momentary switch by lemasney

“In this talk, John LeMasney will discuss the trials, tribulations, and successes of creating and teaching classes on Arduino as programming at several New Jersey libraries across the state. Arduino is an open source hardware platform for learning about and making electronics prototypes to scratch your own itch. It is a well-supported, low-threshold-of-entry approach of inviting those new to electronics to create their own working circuits at a low monetary cost and little existing knowledge. I’ll demonstrate what Arduino is in the larger sense, and why it’s fun and easy to get started with Arduino.

Presenter: John LeMasney, Owner, LeMasney Consulting, is a technologist, consultant, and open source advocate working in New Jersey and beyond. He often works with schools, businesses and libraries to develop technology-oriented training, programming and solutions for all kinds of people.

In this monthly feature of NCompass Live, the NLC’s Technology Innovation Librarian, Michael Sauers, will discuss the tech news of the month and share new and exciting tech for your library.” –