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Perplexity AI: Supercharge Your Research | Wonder Tools
Sep 26, 2024 · Accuracy and confabulation: While Perplexity uses retrieval augmented generation to reduce errors, it's not flawless. Always double-check information, especially data, before using it in your work. Real-time information: Perplexity isn’t an optimal source for up-to-the-minute information. I tested it on breaking news.
Terrific Tools for Teaching - by Jeremy Caplan - Substack
Aug 30, 2024 · Google is sadly shutting down Jamboard, a bulletin board brainstorming tool I have long relied upon.Fortunately, Figjam offers an excellent alternative. It’s easy to use individually or in a group to add shapes, text, and images to a digital whiteboard. It’s free for educators, with lots of useful features like timers, commenting stamps, and templates for …
Make Terrific Slides — Wonder Tools - by Jeremy Caplan
Apr 22, 2021 · One of the unique things I like about Google Slides is being able to integrate other live interaction apps. I use the Slido add-on and the Chrome extension from Poll Everywhere so that poll questions show up as a slide. Results populate slides automatically, which is handy when presenting online so you and your viewers don’t have to juggle multiple polling tabs.
Writing tools for busy people - by Jeremy Caplan - Substack
Aug 16, 2024 · I’m continually trying out new apps. Here are a few I’m looking at these days. Butter Docs is a Google Docs alternative that lets you see your research as you write, with built-in space for notes and outlines.. Leaflet is a super simple, early version of a new writing app from the team behind Hyperlink, a collaborative space I like for group work online.
A Year of Wonder Tools - by Jeremy Caplan - Wonder Tools
Apr 15, 2021 · Ideas, notes and links that I’m exploring all end up in Roam, my digital file cabinet. I explained why I find Roam so valuable here, in what turned out to be the most read post I wrote this year.. It does have some limitations: it so far lacks a mobile client and an API (for plugging in with other tools); it’s pricey (though discounted for scholars), and it takes a while to get used to.
Wonder Tools — New Things to Try - by Jeremy Caplan - Substack
Dec 17, 2020 · Spreadsheets: The NY Times has posted its spreadsheet training resources for free. Data search: Google Dataset Search is the first tool I use when searching for datasets. It’s easy to use and allows you to filter by date, cost, file type and more. Video, podcasting and audiograms: Use Wavve.co to turn your podcast or musical audio into animated videos to …
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Wonder Tools | The Best Data Viz Tool - by Jeremy Caplan
Jan 7, 2021 · Flourish is a terrific tool for visualizing data. It’s easy to use and free. Unlike some complex tools aimed at data professionals, Flourish is simple enough for anyone to use. It’s also flexible and polished enough to use in professional newsroom projects.
Wonder Tools — Lots of launches this week - Substack
Oct 22, 2020 · Adobe announced a fresh version of Photoshop 📸 with so-called neural filters to enable new kinds of automated edits.. A major overhaul of Evernote 🐘 also landed, a revamp of the once-leading note-taking tool that had fallen stale. I amassed thousands of notes in Evernote years ago, but have since moved my note-taking to Roam, where notes are interconnected in …