Joseph Dickson – Page 159

Tools of my Presentation Preparation using Linux

I’m rehearsing my talk into a webcam, here are my tools.

LibreOffice Impress (Free Software slide presentation alternative to PowerPoint)
Simple Screen Recorder (Free Software to record my desktop)
GUVCVIEW (Free Software to display my webcam on the desktop)
POP_OS! (Linux distribution based on Ubuntu by System76)
Notebook with at a glance slide order to help with transitions and keep me on track.

Thoughts on SEO

A few months back I purchased the domain joseph-dickson.com to serve as my “professional blog” and alternative to relying on third parties like LinkedIn and social media for my “public image.” Today, I decided to search for myself incognito and was impressed with the results.

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Dequeue Google Maps API for Events Calendar Pro

After Google started requiring information to obtain an API I realized I had no practical need for the API as all my events tend to be in the same location.

With the help from Modern Tribe support I created the following plugin. Once activated it will remove the API call to Google Maps. Likewise deactivating or deleting the plugin will restore Event Calendar Pro’s default behavior.

Plugin: Remove Google Maps API for ECP