Marty and Eric reflect on the tech that surprised and inspired them this year with a look toward the future.

Ecamm

Elgato Streamdeck XL

Elegoo 3D printers

Meta Quest 3 VR headset

Apple Vision Pro

Plaud NotePin

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YouTube.com/@TechSavvyProfessor

Marty and Eric have suggestions for the requests from family and work requests for help.

See Mac Power Users episode for December 8th 2024

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Marty and Eric talk about how to make effective PowerPoint presentations.

5 golden rules of PowerPoint design

10 Tips to Make Your PowerPoint Presentation Effective

17 Tips On How To Write A Professional PowerPoint Presentation

60 Effective PowerPoint Presentation Tips & Tricks

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Marty lets Eric in on his mistakes with live-streaming and how he settled on OBS software.

OBS Software site

Restream

History of Videoconferencing

Marty brings up a tech problem for Eric to solve: setting up live streaming for academic projects. This episode addresses the software involved.

Eric and Marty describe two currently hot apps in academic circles, NotebookLM and Slidespeak.

NotebookLM

Elicit

Slidespeak

Marty and Eric speak about their use of the Canva app for making designs and artwork

Marty and Eric discuss their methods for dealing with meeting appointments.

APPS

Meetingbar

Calendly

Youcanbook.me

Marty and Eric lament about how to keep your academic emails under control

Textblaze

Textexpander

Spark Mail

Eric and Marty talk about the basics of cybersecurity for your devices and how to avoid getting scammed on "good' tech deals.