In the process of creating Paper, Facebook’s new media viewing and news app, the Facebook team created a rapid prototyping tool for interfaces called Origami. Origami is a Quartz Composer plug-in that allows designers to create interactive mockups featuring complex, original animations without writing any code.
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Productivity tips for work and social media including Chrome extensions, Android and iOS apps.
It’s Now Easier to Find How You’re Connected to Mutual Contacts on LinkedIn
One of the most useful aspects of LinkedIn is the capabilities it provides you for connecting with new contacts. Using LinkedIn’s search, you can find professionals in the fields most relevant to you and see if they are connected with any of your contacts. This has been helpful enough, but today LinkedIn is introducing a… Continue reading It’s Now Easier to Find How You’re Connected to Mutual Contacts on LinkedIn
Evernote Now Syncs 4x Faster With Updated Server Infrastructure
One of our biggest gripes with modern Web services might be Evernote. Despite its useful bookmarking, note taking, sync and collaboration tools, Evernote (otherwise known as “For’Evernote“) can be a bit of a drag to use because of how long it takes to clip items to your notebooks. With Evernote’s new syncing infrastructure, however, slow… Continue reading Evernote Now Syncs 4x Faster With Updated Server Infrastructure
60+ Top LinkedIn Influencers Reveal Their Best Productivity Hacks to Work Smarter
With only a limited number of hours to accomplish everything each day, how can we use our time more productively? When it comes to success and productivity, you can take a good look at some of the leading influencers on LinkedIn for inspiration. A common theme you’ll find is that a healthy body transforms into… Continue reading 60+ Top LinkedIn Influencers Reveal Their Best Productivity Hacks to Work Smarter
These Tiny Windmills Could Soon Power Your Portable Devices
Windmills are considered a clean and safe alternative energy source, but they’re pretty big and could never fit onto something as small as your cellphone, right? Well, researchers from the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) have created and tested a micro-windmill apparatus that can harness wind energy in places that aren’t suitable for larger… Continue reading These Tiny Windmills Could Soon Power Your Portable Devices
Google Now Cards Comes to Desktop to Remind You of Appointments, Sports Scores, Traffic and More
Are you a fan of the cards and reminders of Google Now? If you use Google Now on your mobile device you can now start using certain cards including reminders, weather, sports scores and traffic on your desktop, too, as reported by the Google Operating System blog. Install Google’s ‘Chrome Now’ on Your Mac… Continue reading Google Now Cards Comes to Desktop to Remind You of Appointments, Sports Scores, Traffic and More
8 Required Chrome Extensions for 2014
It may be a new year, but I suspect you are still using Chrome to browse the Web. Chrome is still rising in popularity and went from 36% market share around this time last year to almost 44% of all internet browser usage today according to Statcounter. Things change fast on the internet, though, and… Continue reading 8 Required Chrome Extensions for 2014
Chrome Update Promises Up to 50% Data Savings on Android and iOS
Following an earlier update about improvements to Chrome for desktop, Google announced on its Chrome blog today that a number of new features are coming to Chrome for Android and iOS. Along with the new goodies comes a data compression tool that can supposedly decrease the amount of mobile data Chrome consumes by up to… Continue reading Chrome Update Promises Up to 50% Data Savings on Android and iOS
