Tuesday Tips February 2, 2016

TECH TIP:  Adobe Slate

Adobe Slate is a free software that makes beautiful, scrolling and interactive stories.  They look very much like a slick website.  You add in text, photos, and links and select a theme.  It then publishes it for you.  The end product is ready to share via Facebook or by weblink.  Only limitation is you can't download.  

I always test out these tools in creating my quarterly reports for the library.  To see Slate in action, here is a link to the library's 2nd Quarter Report: https://slate.adobe.com/cp/UfqA9/

BOOK TIP:  In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume

Judy Blume has long been a favorite of mine (Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret was a personal favorite from my youth), and she is back with a book geared towards adults.  Set in Elizabeth, NJ in 1952.   Elizabeth was right in the flight path of Newark Airport, and there were 3 plane crashes in the town within months.  The novel follows many of the townsfolks as they deal with these tragic events, but also as they just deal with the normal dramas of middle class America.  Offers good insight into what the 1950's were like.