Social Media
- https://wptavern.com/create-per-post-social-media-images-with-the-social-image-generator-wordpress-plugin
I’ve been playing with this plugin the last few days and really enjoying it and where it’s going to fit in with the design (and automation) direction of the new thefierywell.com - https://socialsharepreview.com/
Not sure how your blog post is going to look once shared to social media? Use this tool!
- https://blog.planoly.com/features/canva-integration
Planoly now integrates with Canva and I’ve been playing with it a bit. It’s quite nice and I prefer it to Later’s current “dump everything and label/tag it” method - https://ideadeco.co/2019/05/14/list-of-instagram-banned-hashtags-updated-2021/
Linked from a Later.com article, this is an interesting look at some random-ass banned or censored hashtags. Hint: don’t use these in your posts!
Mindset
Tools
- https://whereby.com/
Whereby is a Zoom/Google Meet alternative that is super fucking easy to use because it’s all browser based. - https://placid.app/
Never want to design a social media image again? There’s a tool for that. It’s like the Social Media Image Generator Plugin, but on steroids
Accessibility
- https://www.ssa.gov/accessibility/andi/help/install.html
I found this through Twitter! Tax payers of the United States, use the resources you’re paying for! ANDI is a bookmark for your browser that runs tests over any website you’re on.
- https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/improve-accessibility-with-the-accessibility-checker-a16f6de0-2f39-4a2b-8bd8-5ad801426c7f
Microsoft Office has improved their accessibility!
- https://quickbooks.intuit.com/r/getting-paid/partial-payment-plans-installment-payments/
We’ve been discussing payment plans and installment plans as a form of accessibility.
- https://www.salon.com/2021/04/04/why-your-brain-loves-closed-captioning/
I don’t just add captions/transcripts for everyone else; I need them, too! I use Descript for quick and easy video editing/transcriptions.
Cool Finds
- https://rally.io
Rally.io is a way for creators to create their own currency (based on the Etherium alt-coin). A way to avoid payment processors/fees/banking in general? Offer crypto as a payment method. With this coin, the payment method is also the perk: you’re trading in “you.”
- https://www.podia.com/wiki
Podia has come out with a Wiki of quick, 5-minute, resources for everything from digital product creation to webinar tips.