Did I tell you about that thing that happened?
-
Batch Copying – When you Need Lots of One File
Recently I found myself needing 20 of the same blank document to be filled out with unique information. Think of something like a form to be filled out by different people, but a PDF form, not a form that spits data into a spreadsheet. The thought of copying and pasting the document 20 times in…
-
Great-Grandpa’s Draft Card
Today I’m highlighting another genealogy document that showed me something new when I was ready to see it. When I first found it, I was excited to see my great-grandparents’ names and home address in 1941. At first I was just pleased to see it, but I wasn’t sure what it would mean. I love…
-
Great Grandpa’s Crossing
98 years ago one of my great grandpas crossed the border at Laredo, TX, heading toward San Antonio. He would eventually end up in Chicago and become a naturalized citizen in the 1950s. Most if not all public libraries have access to Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest, and genealogy is an evergreen topic. As time ticks forward,…
-
I made a gif from a music video
Gifs are a fun addition to messages, and I recently felt a need to create a gif for the Thanksgiving holiday. I am not sentimental about Thanksgiving, and in my mind’s eye, I remembered a dancing, naked bird in a music video, probably Peter Gabriel, because his videos were really bizarre. I searched Giphy, but…
-
We visited Sonoma
We talked about taking a trip with my mom off and on for two years and decided on Sonoma County. It was not yet day when we departed for the airport. Our cab driver was in good spirits. The driver pulled onto I-55, heading westward to the airport, and in the windshield, low and close,…
-
‘Design is storytelling’ really clicked
I’m reading Writing is Designing by Michael J. Metts and Andy Welfle and they use an example with an image about a module and finding balance between concise and precise language. The module is in an app on a smartphone with limited screen real estate. Ultimately they declined to use the exact module, and it…