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The 6 Best Free Microsoft Office Alternatives
Sourced from Getty Images. While Microsoft Office is still the vastly popular and ubiquitous choice for word processing, slideshow presentations, spreadsheet calculations and a bounty of many more digital tasks, steep subscription costs can lead to some users turning instead to ad-riddled freeware or ‘free’ apps that lock most of their features behind hidden paywalls. If this sounds like you, then fear not! There are many good and usable free alternatives to Microsoft Office. No subscription required. According to How-To Geek, these are the 6 best free app suites for all your productivity needs: 1. LibreOffice /* custom css */ .tdi_3_8ec.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_3_8ec.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Like the best free software, LibreOffice is an open-source project fro...
Jonah Ray: Tracking The Sounds Of My Life (Memories and the Corresponding Music)
Each month, musician/comedian/podcaster/overall Renaissance man Jonah Ray will share memories about his “music adjacent life” that will often be more embarrassing than informative. The Worst Roadie…. I was 19, living in San Pedro, California and floating around my own life. I had moved out to Los Angeles to do comedy but was too scared to start. I knew people down in “Pedro” because the year before, THE JAG-OFFS came and played some shows in Hawaii (where I’m from). So, when it came time to head to Los Angeles to start on my journey to FAME AND FORTUNE, I moved to the only town I knew people in. While living in San Pedro, I auditioned to play drums for TOYS THAT KILL, the fairly new incarnation of one of my favorite bands, F.Y.P. I didn’t get the gig. Then, I had an unfortunate, short-run ...
To Emerge from COVID-19 Businesses Will have to “Re-Think” Traditional Models
Sourced from Tech Loot Traditional models of business funding need a re-think if South Africa’s small businesses and entrepreneurs are to emerge from the financially crippling “winter of coronavirus” into a spring of growth and rejuvenation. Accepting that downturns, recessions and economic crises are inevitable, one needs to shift the focus into building “Zebra” companies – sustainable businesses with steady growth, strong balance sheets and cash flows, and able to withstand downturns – rather than “Unicorns that will die without the next round of funding”, says University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) Senior Extraordinary Lecturer, Daniel Strauss. “In the past, we had a mindset of ‘or’ – we either had a traditional SMME that was funded through debt or we had a start-up that was f...
How Well Do You Know Kygo? Take Our Quiz
Synonymous with the summertime, tropical house pioneer Kygo has brought sunshine to the masses, regardless of climate or season. With a staggering number of hit remixes and dazzling originals under his belt, he rose to the top of the EDM world in meteoric fashion and he is now on the verge of releasing third studio album, Golden Hour. In honor of one of Norway’s finest, we whipped up a true test of Kygo knowledge. Enter below if you dare. FOLLOW KYGO: Facebook: facebook.com/kygoofficialInstagram: instagram.com/kygomusicTwitter: twitter.com/KygoMusicSoundCloud: soundcloud.com/kygo
Underground Vibes | 049
Underground Vibes 049 includes forward-thinking gems by LUXLEY and problem solved, dancefloor-ready tracks by VOWED and Laibert, and explosive singles by Rootkit and MIRAE. “All On The Line” – LUXLEY Talented artist LUXLEY, whose musical output is inspired by a condition called chromesthesia, which allows him to see sound in color, never stops experimenting and trying to push boundaries, and his latest single “All On The Line” is a testament to that. Starting off with a psychedelic, fast-paced vibe filled with vocal samples and effects, it turns into a high-energy and emotional future bass gem towards the second half. “Sublime” – VOWED Young producer and DJ VOWED has been making waves over the past few years, showcasing his unique taste in house music, and his latest release “S...
Why African Governments Must Continue Supporting Tech Systems
Sourced from Redbubble and iStock. For the first time in living memory, nations across the world have imposed strict travel restrictions to minimize the damage caused by COVID-19. Many countries have decided to pre-emptively close their borders and halt the spread and transmission of the virus. The current health crisis and the closure of borders remind us of the importance and origin of biometric technologies and African governments’ core ICT infrastructure when, only a few years ago, basic information systems were non-existent. Tracing the presence of foreign nationals within a particular country would have simply not been possible. As little as 20 to 30 years ago, many African nations had little to no ICT infrastructure embedded into government operations. Technologies that did exist el...
How Ike Turner Invented Rock ‘N Roll
Ike Turner wasn’t born in a crossfire hurricane, but he more or less died in one. He passed away at 76 in 2007, from a cocaine overdose, but by then he was very sick anyway, with heart disease and emphysema. In the last 30 years of his life, he was mostly broke, mostly disgraced, drug-addicted, sometimes homeless and, for 17 months, in jail. A few years before he died he released a record of new music, Here and Now, which was well received and nominated for a Grammy and went some way towards reshaping his legacy as first and foremost a gifted musician. Notice of his death really just reminded us how much we had forgotten him. An inauspicious end for the creator of Rock ‘n Roll. As even some primitive tribes in the Amazon know, “rock ‘n roll” was first coined to describe the genre by legend...
Bored In Quarantine? Sketch Your Favorite Albums With This Online Music Coloring Book
Coloring in the lines just got easier thanks to Sony Music, who has launched an online coloring book called The Colouring Sessions that allows you to sketch out your favorite albums Crayola style. Available records to color include Foo Fighters‘ In Your Honour, Jamiroquai‘s Funk Odyssey, and Jimi Hendrix‘s debut album Are You Experienced. Simply browse the collection of templates, download, and start coloring. You can print them out and physically color them in, which could make for a therapeutic respite from the revolving door of gloomy COVID-19 news, or do it all online. You’re able to select a wide range of colors and then use your trackpad or mouse to draw before exporting your masterpiece. Heidi Boston-Thompson, Senior Digital Marketing Manager, Sony Music UK, ...
EDM.com Quarantine Diaries: NERVO
“Quarantine Diaries” is an editorial series in which EDM.com invites members of the music community to contribute guest posts about how they’re coping with the pandemic. The goal of the series is to provide a platform for these individuals to share their own experiences and perspectives and ultimately inspire anyone experiencing pitfalls contrived by the impact of COVID-19. The thoughts and viewpoints expressed are those of the author, Miriam Nervo of NERVO. I’m going to start with my mindset. I think this pandemic has really changed a lot for me. It’s changed a lot in terms of the way that I greet strangers moving forward, and the way I take wearing masks, which is very seriously. I think from now on whenever I’m feeling a little under the weather, I’m goi...
Quarantine Classic Concerts: The Up in Smoke Tour
What’s the point in doing a classic concert series if you’re not going to include perhaps the most famous hip-hop tour of all time? It’s certainly one of the most iconic — as well as one of the most controversial. We’re talking about the Up in Smoke Tour. The tour brought a who’s who of predominantly West Coast rap stars together in the summer of 2000. Spearheaded by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube and Eminem, the Up in Smoke Tour hit 44 cities and grossed more than $22 million. But this tour doesn’t stand out, nearly 20 years after its first show near San Diego, because of how much money it made. The Up in Smoke Tour remains relevant because it perfectly captures a particular zeitgeist around Y2K when hip-hop strictly revolved around an element of excess. And yes, it also featured ...
CEO by Day, Raver by Night: 5 Powerful Business Executives Who Love EDM
Tony Hsieh: CEO, Zappos In his 2010 book Delivering Happiness, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh was effusive in his praise not only for electronic dance music, but also the overarching rave culture zeitgeist. In a wide-ranging 2015 interview with Quartz, Hsieh described how he harnesses the ethos of rave culture and implements it in his company in order to keep his employees happy. In his book, Hsieh even tells a visceral story about a rave he attended in 1999. “The entire room felt like one massive, united tribe of thousands of people, and the DJ was the tribal leader of the group,” he wrote. “I made a note to myself to make sure I never lost sight of the value of a tribe where people truly felt connected and cared about the well-being of one another.” Arturas Karnisovas: EVP...
