Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Tech Fest Resources


Check out the link below for all session resources:

          tinyurl.com/fhsdpd

See link below for FHN's Padlet with our takeaways:

         http://padlet.com/cjbirch/mo67aej29ffr
         

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Edit photos online with Pixlr

Looking for a good tool to edit photos? Maybe you want to change the tones. Maybe you want to crop the photo. Maybe you want to size it down so it looks better on the web. For people who work with photos a lot, Adobe Photoshop is the go-to program. However, there is a photo program online that has most of the tools you need from Photoshop and looks very similar if you are familiar with the former. It's called Pixlr. Check it out there at the link.

If you'd like an online tutorial on how to use some of the features, search Youtube or even google as there are a variety of resources out there for you.

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Secure Password Generator and Apps to Store Your Passwords

Looking to strengthen up your passwords. Here are a couple tips that can help.

1. Use a website like: https://identitysafe.norton.com/password-generator/ to generate your passwords. They will be much more complex than ABC123 and will be much more likely to keep your info safe.

2. While passwords like the ones generated from the link in #1 are great to have, they are not fun to memorize. Never fear, there are some tools out there like Dashlane and 1Password to help. Check out the applications and what they have to offer. If you have any questions, don't hesitate contacting me and I'll be glad to assist.