This month’s Carnival of Journalism is hack-your-workflow, otherwise known as tips and tricks…. I don’t know how this got posted twice! Here is the most current version.
Category Archives: Resources
Tips For Enhancing Recorded Interviews Using Audacity
We’ve all had it happen : the money quote from our interviewee is marred by the subject’s voice trailing off at the end of the sentence. Or someone coughs! What can we do?
Audacity, the cross-platform audio editor of choice, makes it easy to boost the amplification of a quiet voice or edit out that annoying cough.
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Are There Really More eBook Sales Than Paperback Sales?
Updated 23 April : The Answer Is “No”
There was a flurry of press during the past week with headlines like this one: “E-book sales make history in the US, top paperback books in sales.”
But is that really what the Association of American Publishers (AAP) data (or the press release) said?
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How To Convert Time To UTC
Many official government reports regarding natural disasters (like tsunamis) are timestamped with UTC (coodinated universal time). It’s also the default timestamp for WordPress. UTC, a 24-hour time notation, used to be known as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Continue reading
How To Reset Your Jawbone Icon
Jawbone Icon Rogue Series
Last month, I upgraded from the first generation Jawbone to the Jawbone Icon, Rogue series. I bought it because it could be paired with two devices (my iPhone and my MBP).
After two charging cycles, the bloody thing would not turn on when I needed it for an online video conference.
Who knows why this happens — certainly not me. But I did find a solution that worked for me in the Jawbone forums: a hardware reset.
If you have a Jawbone Icon and it won’t “turn on” — a reset may be your answer, too. Here’s what to do:
