![]() Click on a font, you can also, if you want to, go up and actually search Typekit by typing in a font name. Maybe this one, Urbana, I'm just trying something out. I'm gonna find the font that I really want, and sort by something, like sans serif, that type of thing. You can do it based on web, you can do all kinds of things. You can do things like sort them if you want to do that. You're gonna go in and find a font you want. Now, if you've ever been on a Typekit website, you kinda know how to get around. Now if I go to fonts, we can go and basically sync fonts from Typekit. And you're gonna see that we have files, fonts, and what's called market. On Windows, it's gonna be down in the system tray. I'm gonna come up to the Creative Cloud desktop app. What we're gonna do is we're gonna go out and find some fonts, okay? To do that, you can go to Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, just about any program, and pull those fonts down. So, if I wanna use Typekit fonts, let's say you're a Creative Cloud member, and you have access to Typekit. If you have fonts that you want to use, that are web specific, app specific, whatever it happens to be, what you're gonna do is you're gonna go out and you're gonna pull them down from some other source or some other way. We're not gonna do that within XD, I should say. Now as far as fonts are concerned, if we wanna bring in a font, and we wanna use that on our text, we're not gonna go out and pick, let's say a Typekit font. You can click on the font family menu over there and you can see all the different types of fonts. So, if you wanna try a different font, you can do that. It's S-E-G-O-E I think, something like that, U-I. Now on Mac, it's actually Helvetica Neue, on Windows, if I'm pronouncing this correctly, it's Segoe UI. The different text formatting, okay? Now the text formatting, you're gonna notice that we actually have a different font for Windows than we do for Mac. If you look on the right, you're gonna see the text properties that we can change. Now with that selected, either dragging across or the object selected. Or, if you press escape like you had, you can change the formatting for that text with the object selected. You can either click a bunch of times to select the text, or drag across it. Now, what I wanna do is I wanna change a little bit of the formatting out there. ![]() If you're designing on the fly, and you wanna work a little bit faster, that type of thing, you can do something like that. This is a great way for us to visually change the size of the text. Come to that dot, and click and drag, and watch what happens. And let me zoom into this so you can see it a little bit easier. If you press escape right now, it's sort of like selecting the select tool, okay? Look out there, you're gonna see that you now have a dot at the bottom, alright? Now, what we can do is, you can actually come to that little dot at the bottom of the text. But there's kind of a cool thing with point type. You can do all your stuff if you want to. Now once you create the text, you're gonna see that you can go in and select it. So, we can use this to our advantage for a lot of different cases, or a lot of different things. Now the point type is, it's really good for headlines, for button copy, different things like that. Now, when we type in text like this by clicking, we're actually creating what's called point type. Your guide, I'll just go out, your guide to the world. So, with that out there, let's just type in, I think I've got something I wanna say here. And, we're gonna create a little bit of text out here. So what I'm gonna do is just click to start. I'm gonna do that off the left edge over here. It's very much, like I said, like Illustrator. We can go in and we can start to draw a text frame if we want to. Now, to create text out here, there's a couple different things we can do. And what we're gonna do is we're gonna draw or. So once you come to the text tool, click on that. So look on the left side over there and you're gonna see the text tool. So, what we're gonna do is go in and start to work a little bit with that content. And we're gonna add a little bit of text to this now, okay? And do a little bit of style formatting, that type of thing. Move things around a little bit, there we go. And I'm gonna kind of just reorganize things a little bit. ![]() You can also, if you want, you can zoom in, zoom out, do things like that. So, come over to the home screen, you can press the space bar, get to the hand tool. Then we're gonna bring in text and put a bunch more on one of the other screens. So, with text, it's gonna be similar to working with text in Illustrator, okay? So what we're gonna do is we're gonna put a little text in the home screen. How that works, and talk a little bit about styling as well. So we're gonna talk a little bit about text.
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![]() Step 2 – Select Airfrom the Elements panel and drop it on the Stone which you already placed on the playing board in step 1. Step 1 – Select Stonefrom the Elements panel and drag it on the playing board The next step in creating Little Alchemy in Little Alchemy 2 is to create Sand. Now onwards to the next step in making Little Alchemy. Lake – a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land. ![]() How to make Lake in Little Alchemy 2 – Definition ![]() Step 2 – Select Pondfrom the Elements panel and drop it on the Water which you already placed on the playing board in step 1. The next step in creating Little Alchemy in Little Alchemy 2 is to create Lake. Stone – the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist. How to make Stone in Little Alchemy 2 – Definition Step 2 – Select Airfrom the Elements panel and drop it on the Lava which you already placed on the playing board in step 1. Step 1 – Select Lavafrom the Elements panel and drag it on the playing board The next step in creating Little Alchemy in Little Alchemy 2 is to create Stone. Pond – a body of water smaller than a lake, sometimes artificially formed, as by damming a stream. How to make Pond in Little Alchemy 2 – Definition Step 2 – Select Puddlefrom the Elements panel and drop it on the Water which you already placed on the playing board in step 1. The next step in creating Little Alchemy in Little Alchemy 2 is to create Pond. How to make Energy in Little Alchemy 2 – DefinitionĮnergy – the capacity for vigorous activity available power: I eat chocolate to get quick energy. Step 2 – Select Firefrom the Elements panel and drop it on the Fire which you already placed on the playing board in step 1. The next step in creating Little Alchemy in Little Alchemy 2 is to create Energy. Lava – the molten, fluid rock that issues from a volcano or volcanic vent. How to make Lava in Little Alchemy 2 – Definition Step 2 – Select Earthfrom the Elements panel and drop it on the Fire which you already placed on the playing board in step 1. Step 1 – Select Firefrom the Elements panel and drag it on the playing board The next step in creating Little Alchemy in Little Alchemy 2 is to create Lava. Mud – wet, soft earth or earthy matter, as on the ground after rain, at the bottom of a pond, or along the banks of a river mire. How to make Mud in Little Alchemy 2 – Definition Step 2 – Select Earthfrom the Elements panel and drop it on the Water which you already placed on the playing board in step 1. The next step in creating Little Alchemy in Little Alchemy 2 is to create Mud. Puddle – a small pool of water, as of rainwater on the ground. How to make Puddle in Little Alchemy 2 – Definition Step 2 – Select Waterfrom the Elements panel and drop it on the Water which you already placed on the playing board in step 1. Step 1 – Select Waterfrom the Elements panel and drag it on the playing board The next step in creating Little Alchemy in Little Alchemy 2 is to create Puddle. How to make Little Alchemy in Little Alchemy 2 in Full Detail with Images How to make Puddle in Little Alchemy 2 The following sections will guide you through in full detail with images and even item definitions for your convenience and education. If you are new to the game and would like further details or you’re sharing this with a friend who is just starting our, we do go into more detail below which may be helpful. If you have made some of the items within these steps already, you are able to pick up from whereever you are at in your Little Alchemy 2 journey. You’re able to start from Step 1 if you are new and getting started in Little Alchemy 2. There are 28 steps to making Little Alchemy from scratch. How to make Little Alchemy in Little Alchemy 2 from scratch ![]() Remember? We see what you did there, and we like it. However, this is the best name for a password manager - ever. ![]() ![]() RememBear comes from the same developers as TunnelBear, a freeware VPN. Even if you don’t need some of the extra features such as secure cloud storage or dark web monitoring, it would be nice to see form-filling and multi-factor authentication.īut if you’re just getting started with password managers, the process can be tedious and daunting - and RememBear does a great job of making it fun and easy, which is half the battle.RememBear is a free password manager that can remember and auto-fill forms and designed with ease of use in mind. The premium price tag is a little much, considering there are several services that are both cheaper and more robust. The bears are a cute touch - password management isn’t exactly the most thrilling topic, but RememBear is doing its best to keep people interested in staying secure. It was simple and straightforward to get started with, and each section had clear, illustrated step-by-step instructions. RememBear is definitely the easiest password manager I’ve tested. When you sign up, you’re given a 29-digit New Device Key (and QR code) to ensure you’re the only one adding devices to your account. RememBear uses end-to-end AES 256-bit encryption, which grants you exclusive control over your account and leaves fewer ways for someone else to gain access to your passwords. (Image credit: Tom's Hardware) How Secure is RememBear? If you need to access your credit card for shopping, you can cut and paste it from the app. RememBear handles passwords perfectly, but isn’t set up to handle text fields. The mobile experience is very similar to the desktop experience. The directions were once again clear and illustrated, and RememBear did half the work. Next, I needed to add an extension for my mobile browser (in this case, Safari for my iPhone). A little bear with a trophy waited at the bottom of the page. Go to settings, click passwords & accounts, click Autofill Passwords, then enable RememBear. RememBear spelled out the directions step by step on my phone. Once the app was installed, I was able to set up Touch ID and enable Autofill, which can be a pain with some password managers. I still had to enter my Master Password - RememBear doesn’t let its cuteness compromise security. It told me to download the app for my phone, then popped up a QR code so I wouldn’t need to type in the security key. ![]() I clicked “add a new device” on the desktop app, and RememBear held my paw through the whole journey. Using RememBear on MobileĪdding RememBear to my phone was delightfully easy. Still, it was pretty simple to copy and paste my credit card info from RememBear using the browser extension. It can store credit care information, but I found this part to be hit-or-miss in my testing: It worked seamlessly with Amazon, not so much with several small businesses. It doesn’t fill in forms, so you’re stuck manually entering shipping info when you’re shopping online. RememBear is just a password manager, so it will seem limited compared to services that bundle security features and secure storage with password management. But clicking on each entry will give you a color-coded bar that gives you a rough idea of how strong that password is (then it’s up to you to login and change it, if you want). RememBear doesn’t analyze your logins or give you a list of weak passwords like some of its competitors. When you open RememBear on your desktop, you’ll find all your logins, notes and credit card information on the left side. (Image credit: Tom's Hardware) Using RememBear on Desktop The aforementioned Pomodoro apps make a whole lot of sense to try out. While personal productivity is subjective and varies from person to person, the common denominator is to ensure 100 percent focus on the tasks at hand. Personal productivity is an essential component of overall professional success. All in all, following the Pomodoro technique to master productivity, is definitely something you should do. With these Pomodoro apps, you’ll be able to track your time, get valuable insights into your productivity levels, focus better on the tasks at hand, and measure your tasks and their outputs efficiently. Pomotodo seamlessly syncs with iCalendar and Google Calendar in a way that can be shared with your team members too.These reports highlight areas where you have been most productive, including what tasks you finished. Work report gives you access to end-of-the-week work reports that are emailed to you.As one of the simplest Pomodoro apps out there, FocusList syncs with Mac in real-time and works with all iOS products seamlessly. FocusList helps you stay more productive by using 25 minutes intervals. With FocusList, you can plan your day, stay focused and track your time in order to get deep work done. Shared lists make it easy to share the same list with others.įocusList is a simple and effective daily planner & focus app that uses the Pomodoro technique.Minimalist works as a simple to-do list, a reminder, a task manager that helps you to get things done. Minimalist uses a mostly white screen with a thin black circle to work as your Pomodoro timer. If you swipe down, you can add new tasks and assign due dates to each task and also give the task a priority status, from low to high. Upon launching the app, you’re taken to a blank white screen. Minimalist is all black and white and easy to use with a slick look. Minimalist is a great Pomodoro timer app for those who prefer a cutting-edge, modern user interface and design. Timist Pro - $2.49/month (includes 7-day trial) or $19.99/year (includes 14-day trial).Timist offers powerful analytics to get detailed reports for every day, week, month or even year.Custom notifications that remind you to take a break and get back to work.Plus, ClickUp integrates with 1,000 other tools like PomoDone to bring all of your time into ClickUp in seconds. Start and stop time from any device and jump in-between tasks with ClickUp's global timer-even add time retroactively and manually create entries that link back to any task. With hundreds of functional tools including a global time tracker, Chrome Extension, and time estimate feature, ClickUp takes the Pomodoro technique to a whole new level. ClickUpįormat: Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, mobile app, Android.ĬlickUp is a free, all-in-one productivity tool for individual users and teams of any size to manage time, organize work, and monitor progress on one platform. ![]() But check out our daily planner software to help you stay organized. Note: Friday is building a timer, but it's not quite ready. ![]() Here is a list of some of the best Pomodoro apps. Some of the best productivity apps use the Pomodoro technique which involves scheduling deep work sessions of 25 minutes with a 5-minute interval for breaks. Looking for a new productivity system that gives you time to work and time for a break? Try the Pomodoro method. ![]() To use OpenCore Legacy Patcher to install macOS Monterey, you must first download and build a macOS installer. ![]() ![]() OpenCore Legacy Patcher is now capable of allowing users to install macOS Monterey on Intel Mac models that are no longer supported by Apple. Not only can this program let you run those newer OS X releases on older Mac computers, but it can even let you run OS X on a PC or Linux computer, which is known as creating a Hackintosh. The good news is that the people at Dortania have worked out a way to allow owners of older Macs that don’t get support for macOS Big Sur and Monterey to still run those OS X versions with relative ease, using a tool called OpenCore Legacy Patcher. What this means is that more and more older Mac models are no longer able to use the latest macOS versions, which may inconvenience a lot of users. Such was the case with macOS Big Sur, and this tendency continues with the recent release of macOS Monterey. Since the release in 2020 of the first Mac models that use the new Apple M1 chip rather than Intel processors, Apple has started rapidly moving away from Intel CPUs and, as a result, is dropping its support for Intel-based Macs in its latest macOS versions. With the help of the OpenCore Legacy Patcher, you can run macOS versions on unsupported computers. OpenCore Legacy Patcher is a software tool that allows PC users and owners of older Mac models to install newer macOS versions on their machines. ![]() As you enter the site along the main avenue and walk towards the standing stones, the position of the Winter Solstice’s sunset is the main focus directly ahead, perhaps in the same way that the most important parts of a church are located ahead of you as you enter. Interestingly, Archaeoastronomers (yes that’s an actual job, amazing!) think that the midwinter solstice may actually have been the more important focus for the builders of Stonehenge, due to the entire monument’s alignment facing toward the setting midwinter sun. It’s likely that on the solstices people gathered at the monument to celebrate, though little archaeological evidence remains of the ceremonies that may have taken place there. The site’s megaliths are aligned with the direction of the sunrise on the Summer Solstice, with the sarsen stones lined up to trace the movements of the sun. Stonehenge, our most famous Neolithic monument, was certainly built to reflect the solstices, and it has long been debated whether one of its functions was to act as ancient solar calendar. ![]() Now that’s the science of a solstice explained (phew!), but just why do we humans place so much significance on the solstices and the days surrounding them? We know that the solstices certainly held importance for Neolithic humans, who may initially have started to observe the Summer Solstice as a marker for planting and harvesting crops. The hemisphere tilted most towards the sun sees its longest day and shortest night (the Summer Solstice), whilst the hemisphere tilted away from the sun sees its shortest day and longest night (the Winter Solstice.) Prehistoric significance On these two dates, day and night are of equal length before the days begin to get either lighter in the spring, or darker in the autumn.ĭuring the solstices, the Earth’s axis tilts us at either our closest or farthest point from the sun. Incidentally, ‘equinox’ comes from the Latin ‘equi’ meaning equal, and ‘nox’ meaning night. It takes place between 20 th and 22 nd June each year, the reason for the shift in date boiling down to the fact that our calendar doesn’t precisely reflect the Earth’s rotation, and so we have to allow some wiggle room!īoth the summer and winter solstices form part of a wider astronomical calendar, flanked by two equinoxes in the spring and the autumn, and other daily and monthly cycles throughout the year. The Summer Solstice marks the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, the end of spring and the start of the astronomical summer. The name derives from the Romans’ observation that during a solstice, the sun’s position in the sky at noon didn’t seem to change much throughout the day, but instead appeared motionless. But what actually is a solstice, and why do we mark them in the way that we do? Read on to find out!įirst things first! The term ‘solstice’ can be traced back to the Latin word ‘solstitium’, combining the words ‘sol’, meaning sun, and ‘-stit’ or ‘-stes’, meaning standing or still. The Summer Solstice is almost upon us! Days are longer, nights are shorter, and the natural world is full of life. |