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10 websites you didn't know you were missing (until now) :

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People are visual learners.

Easily turn your data into stunning charts, maps, and interactive stories.

Upload a spreadsheet, and return with:

• Animated bar charts
• Survey data
• Scatter plots
• Story maps & more
https://t.co/g9YBl2ELwq

Looking for a way to make your presentations more engaging?

Build interactive polls, quizzes, and more allowing your audience to engage in real-time.

Using their smartphone, attendees can answer questions and the results are visualized as they happen.
https://t.co/wsUNfyHzFb

An online collaborative whiteboard ideal for remote meetings, brainstorming, and ideation across teams.

• Make flowcharts
• Build product roadmaps
• Engage in a quick retrospective

The best part?

It's free.
https://t.co/RxDEsvPB2w

My friend @thejustinwelsh brought this site to my attention recently.

If you're in the solopreneur game and need to spin up a quick landing page or website for just about anything, Carrd is tough to beat.

Simple, free, mobile responsive.

Check 'em out.
https://t.co/PUlPxjieyi

Here's one for the nerds (like me).

Ever wondered what tech stack is running that cool website you're viewing?

With 'whatruns' it's easy.

Once you have the Chrome extension installed, just click the icon & see everything behind the scenes.

Like this:
https://t.co/s9sbOvDGdv

A free and open-source graph drawing software developed in HTML5 and JavaScript.

Its interface can be used to create diagrams such as flowcharts, wireframes, UML diagrams, and organizational charts.

No login to create and no account required.
https://t.co/CPHIaJ4yW8

A free online photo editor you can use directly in your browser.

No ads, no account to create, no cookies to accept.

Just drag, drop, edit, and save.
https://t.co/MCtLVhp2Uw

There's no denying that mental models, frameworks, and tools to help you make better decisions are super popular.

With untools, you get a categorized list:

• Mental models
• Instructions on how they're used
• Examples you can put into practice.
https://t.co/F4CMCeIWqn

Millions of books: Available for free.

Booklists seem to be all the rage recently on Twitter.

(I'm guilty of posting a couple myself)

Instead of a list, here's a link to a library full of them.

The goal:
"A web page for every book ever published."
https://t.co/mOFGsJ1NxF

Learn to code for free:

It's never too late to learn a new skill & I think it's safe to say, computers aren't going away anytime soon.

HTML, CSS, Python & more.

They also have an awesome YouTube channel with 1,000's of hours of instructional videos.
Bonus: https://t.co/86cQHaQgUA

Put your diet on autopilot.

Create a free, personalized meal plan based on:

• Food preferences
• Diet type
• Budget
• Schedule

Eating smart has never been easier.
That's it for today!

Follow me @blakeaburge for weekly threads on business & productivity.

Join 12,500+ others & check out my newsletter––It's free!

•The best of Twitter
•In your Inbox
•Every Sunday
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If you enjoyed finding a few sites you were missing, you might enjoy finding a Twitter account or two you're missing out on as well.

Here's one of my favorites.

@wdmorrisjr dropping knowledge on a regular basis,

Def, worth a follow.
https://t.co/OKdYVIYS27

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Blake Burge 💡
@blakeaburge
I built a monthly budget & expense tracker in Google Sheets this week.

Here's a breakdown of how it works and a free template you can use: 📊

First things first:

There are about 1,000,000 different ways you can budget your money.

But if you're looking for a financial advisor, that ain't me.

I'm just sharing a simple template that anyone can use to get started.

(Link at the end)

Wanna know how it works?

Read on:👇🏻


Step 1: Setup

We'll start by creating our framework.

Put simply:

• What do we want to track?
• How often?

I prefer to track finances on a monthly basis.

Begin by renaming one tab (or worksheet) within your doc & creating another.

Tab 1 - "YTD Dashboard"
Tab 2 - "January"


Step 2: What to track?

For the sake of time & simplicity, I've gone ahead & populated January with a few sample ideas:

• High-level categories: Income, Savings, & Expenses.

• Subitems below each:

Income → Salary
Housing → Lawn Care
Utilities → Electric

And so on...


Step 3: Basic Formatting

I like things to be formatted in a similar manner across sheets.

A few quick rules of thumb I've used here:

• Headings: Merge + Center, ⬆ Font, Bold
• Sheet Gridlines: Turned off
• Subitems: Heavy borders
• Totals: ⬆ Font, Bold

For example:
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Blake Burge 💡
@blakeaburge
Things don't get easier.

We get better.

THREAD: 10 principles to narrow your focus, conquer your fear, and overcome life's obstacles.

1/ Narrow your focus

Time is finite.

It is both our most valuable resource & the one we are most likely to waste.

Ask yourself:

Of the things I say are important to me, which am I willing to take immediate action toward?

Focus on these. Start today.

2/ Fear (Part 1)

A few years ago, after trying to convince the owner for months, I was given the opportunity to run a business.

One day she walked in and said:

"OK, you told me you could do it, it's yours. You start tomorrow."

I was scared to death.

I wanted out.

👇🏻

3/ Fear (Part 2)

I had exactly what I asked for, but fear was taking over.

What if I fail? People will laugh.

What if I succeed? Can I continue to meet these new expectations?

2 years later, we were the most profitable we'd ever been.

Don't let fear be a limiting force.

4/ No straight lines

Don't expect your journey to be linear.

We all map out in our minds the ideal path from where we are to where we want to be.

The secret lies in being able to roll with the punches.

Those who do great things adapt, overcome, and color outside the lines.
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Blake Burge 💡
@blakeaburge
Here are 10 Things you didn't know your Mac could do (until now) 💻

Hot Corners:

Launch various actions within your computer simply by moving your mouse to one corner of the screen or another.

• System Preferences
• Mission Control
• Hot Corners
• Select the action to launch


Specific Screenshots:

SHIFT+CMD+3 will capture your entire screen.

Did you know you can also narrow your capture to a specific portion?

It's easy, & now that I know it exists, I use it every day.

A simple SHIFT+CMD+4 and you're on your way.


Digital Signatures:

Have a PDF you need to sign?

Let's skip all the printing, physical signing, scanning, etc.

Using the "preview" app you can easily create a digital signature.

All you need is a pen, a white piece of paper, & your Mac's

File Stacks:

I'm a bit OCD when it comes to my desktop.

I like to keep things very organized and can't stand to have a bunch of different files scattered across the screen.

• Right Click
• Use Stacks
• Files are now "stacked" by type

Click a group to see the files within.
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Blake Burge \U0001f4a1
Blake Burge 💡
@blakeaburge
10 time-saving Excel functions you should be using: 📊

WORKDAY:

Customers need to know when the job will be done.

The Workday function allows you to easily calculate the time between your start date and a specified number of "business days" in the future.

Automatically exclude weekends & holidays of your choosing.

Like this:


3D FORMULAS:

Let's say you want to add up the values in Column 'D' on 4 different sheets & show a single total.

Quit wasting time on SUM formulas that reference each sheet individually.

3D lets you select the 1st + last sheet in a series and dynamically include any in between.


AGGREGATE:

This function returns the result of an aggregate calculation like Average, Count, Sum, Max, or Min.

What makes it special?

Aggregate performs these functions while allowing you to ignore errors, hidden rows, blanks, and more.

Here's how:


IFS FUNCTION:

The IFS function tests multiple conditions to find out if they are true based on the criteria you provide.

Here, we're going to test if our monthly sales increased, decreased, or remained static in relation to our average.

Use '$' to lock in the reference cell.
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Blake Burge \U0001f4a1
Blake Burge 💡
@blakeaburge
10 must-have Excel skills everyone should know: 📊

Sparklines:

One of my personal favorites.

Sparklines allow you to insert miniature graphs inside an individual cell to easily visualize data.

•Select range
•Insert ⇢ Sparkline
• Choose type


People Graph:

I'm a big fan of visual representations of data.

Using 'People Graph' is an easy way to liven up your spreadsheet, especially when tracking metrics related to, well, humans.

Create an infographic to visualize social media engagement, app users, customers, & more.


Tables:

If you're not using tables in Excel, you should be.

• Clean formatting
• Auto-expand as new data is added
• Total row quick and easy data summaries
• Formulas carry through entire columns
• Create dynamic charts that update automatically & much more.

Here's how:


Slicer:

Now that you're using tables, let's insert one of my favorite filtering tools.

The Slicer

•Click anywhere inside a table
•Go to table ⇢ insert slicer
•Select the fields you want

A dialog box will appear.

Click any slicer button & data is filtered accordingly.
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1. Pixelhunter

AI-based image resizer for social media.

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Just upload your image once.
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Isn't it magical?


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Samayapuram Mariamman Temple is located in Samayapuram of
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no abhishekam done to the main vigraham. Samayapuram Mariamman Temple is one of the famous Shakthi Sthal of Tamilnadu.

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thus the name Kaali. Mariamman is believed to be a form of Kaali, and is also known as Mahamayi. It is also believed that Maharaja Dasharatha offered his prayers here.

Mariamman is Parashakti herself who blesses with prosperity and she is believed to cure all diseases.


Paramashiva, Mahavishnu and Brahma Deva are believed to have taken blessings of Mariamman here.

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Team considered access to call history considered 'high PR risk' but 'growth team will charge ahead'. @Facebook created upgrade path to access data w/o subjecting users to Android permissions dialogue.


3) The above also confirms @kashhill and other's suspicion that call history was used to improve PYMK (People You May Know) suggestions and newsfeed rankings.

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