Sandy’s Great Graphic Find: Textorizer

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Create an Image with Textorizer

Great Find: Textorizer

Permalink: http://lapin-bleu.net/software/textorizer/

Target Audience: Anyone with a photo!

Content:

Here’s a fun tool - actually two tools. They each produce a different look. For this sample I used Textorizer 2. Just locate a photo that you want to “textorize,” select the text to use, and the program creates a textorized image. That’s right - the image is created out of the text you submit.

What could be easier? There are a few parameters you can select to tweak the results. Be sure to choose an image with good contrast.

This is the original photo and the textorized image. I used an image of Oprah and some of her favorite words, “Be grateful every day! Transform your life! Help others! Stay positive!” I think it turned out well. What do you think?

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This tool is on my favorites list because:

  • It’s easy-to-use
  • It’s fun
  • It’s free

Check out the tool yourself. How can you use a textorized image?

See you next time!

–Sandy, Purple Wren

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Sandy’s Great Graphic Find: Pro Data Doctor

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Pro Data Doctor to the Rescue!

Great Find: Pro Data Doctor

Permalink: http://www.datadoctor.biz/

Target Audience: Anyone who has lost data from a memory card!

Content:

Have you ever lost pictures from your camera’s memory card? We were vacationing in August and after two days with the grandkids, I lost all my photos. That’s crushing! The photos just seemed to disappear from the memory card.

So I put in my second memory card. I could only take 5-6 pictures and then the camera thought the disk was was full. I really enjoy taking photos, so it was quite a disappointing trip from that perspective. When I returned home, I took my camera in for repair at our local big-box store. To make a long story short, the manager at the technical repair counter looked at the memory card and suggested that there was nothing on it and to go ahead and reformat the card. I wasn’t ready to give up. After all, if CSI and the FBI can recover files, there must be a solution.

This weekend I started looking online for a program or company that could help me recover my photos.

Memory Card Data Recovery Software


I found Pro Data Doctor and they make a product called Memory Card Data Recovery Software. I downloaded the demo version and it found a lot of files. So I purchased the program. It was successful! Yeah! I was able to recover all the photos of the grandkids and our adventures. Who wouldn’t want this photo?

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This company makes a lot of other recovery programs. Check them out if you have lost data. It’s worth a try!

This tool is on my favorites list because:

  • It’s easy-to-use
  • It works!
  • It’s reasonably priced

Check it out yourself.

See you next time!

–Sandy, Purple Wren

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Great Find: Time Management for Creative People

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No Stopping Mark!

Great Find: Time Managment for Creative People series . . .
Time Management #1: Why You Need to be Organised to be
Permalink: http://www.businessofdesignonline.com/time-management-why-you-need-to-be-organised-to-be-creative/
Target Audience: Anyone creative who has to get work done
Content: Mark McGuinness, who wrote the wonderful enneagram series here, is over at Business of Design Online (BODO) doing a series called Time Management for Creative People. The taghline tells both the focus of the series and its promise: Manage the mundane – create the extraordinary.

The eight posts in the series — which will form an ebook — break out as follows.

  1. Why you need to be organised to be creative
  2. Prioritise work that is ‘important but not urgent’
  3. Ring-fence your most creative time
  4. Avoid the ‘Sisyphus effect’ of endless to-do lists
  5. Get things done by putting them off till tomorrow
  6. Get things off your mind
  7. Review your commitments
  8. Resources to help you get things done

Time Management for Creative People is one of the ways business coach Mark McGuinness helps creative professionals and creative agencies succeed.

For more practical tips and inspiration visit his Wishful Thinking blog.

Bravo, Mark!

–ME “Liz” Strauss
Find out about working with Liz.

A Nonprofit in Your Future? Read 501c Files

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Is that a Real Job

Over the summer and through the fall, I’ve been meeting more and more folks with a specialty in working with nonprofit organizations. Or is it that I’m more sensitive to the idea because the last in-house contract I had was with a nonprofit company? What makes a nonprofit a nonprofit and do they actually pay the people who work there?

This month b5 media started a blog about nonprofit businesses.

Great Find: 501c Files
Permalink: http://www.501cfiles.com
Target Audience: anyone with interest in nonprofits
Content:

What thoughts do you have about nonprofit organizations? Do you think about them at all? If you’re not aware of this sector of the business landscape, you could be missing out on opportunities for job placements, partnerships, and co-ventures of the same value that you find in any other business organization. The 501c Files can show you how to navigate this often overlooked territory.

Every post points to the place of nonprofits in the landscape of business. You’ll read about the Marine Corps Marathon, the Network for Good, the Detroit Stadium Challenge, the main difference between nonprofits and for profit business — and the main similarity, which both sectors often forget. Click the logo to go there.

The 501c Files

It’s an excellent read.

Check it out. You might find a new boss, a new client, or a new partner idea.

–ME “Liz” Strauss
Work with Liz!!

Sandy’s Great Graphic Find: QuickStudy Reference Charts

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QuickStudy Offers Great Reference Charts!

Great Find: QuickStudy by Bar Charts, Inc.

Permalink: http://www.barcharts.com/

Target Audience: Anyone who uses a computer!

Content:

Bar Charts, Inc. produces laminated QuickStudy guides for academic and computer topics. You may have seen them in book stores. But, did you know they also offer free guides in pdf format? My favorite is Computer Shortcuts & Special Characters.

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For example, do you ever forget how to add the accent to an é? I use these special characters occasionally, but not enough to memorize them. So I often turn to this guide.

This tool is on my favorites list because it’s:

  • Free
  • Convenient

Check it out yourself. Maybe there’s something that you will find helpful. Look for the “Free Downloads” link conveniently located on the banner. Click this QuickStudy image to go there.

QuickStudy



See you next time!

–Sandy, Purple Wren

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