And We've Launched... Bonus Material!
A round-up of curious fun and research tools
Newsletter launch week has been fantastic. Thank you for the amazing comments, research requests, and support. Here is some bonus material. Feel free to share.
Do You Have 10 Minutes to Waste and Want a Smile?
Blob Opera will make you smile as you compose your own opera fantasy with four colorful Blobs. You can see my composition on Instagram at the Other Curious People page - connect there!
A Quick Curated Tour of The Google Universe
We all know and use Google as the Internet Search engine but for Researchers and well … anyone, Google has amazing, powerful, and insightful tools.
artsandculture.google.com is where you can find Blob Opera and dozens of creative and fun apps and cultural information. Currently it’s Valentine’s Day themed. It’s well worth the time to see interesting images, discover events near you, and more.
flights.google.com should be your newest go-to travel tool. Here you can research flights and prices for cities around the world. Set price alerts and comparison shop all in one place.
finance.google.com won’t lead to a Blob Opera discovery, but you will find stock market articles and stock quotes for your own financial research.
maps.google.com is one of my bookmarks. In addition to planning local trips, use this feature to explore locations and settings in your fiction.
earth.google.com is still in test mode but provides a world view of geographic areas in time laps useful for settings and developing a sense of where you are or want to be in the world.
scholar.google.com uses the Google search engine for scholarly research. If you’ve been told not to use Google as your source, this is different. This flavor of Google search finds journals and research materials. It includes PDFs, links, and citations! While it won’t take the place of JStor or other library subscription-based services, if you don’t have access to an academic library, this will take you far.
Power Your Writing !
Looking for a coffee shop to meet-up with friends, a date, or do some writing?
Findmecoffee.com is a resources to discover new sources of caffeine in your neighborhood or another.
Big fan of Counter Culture coffee. I’ll travel for it. Here’s where you can too.
Starbucks has a store locator tool.
Oh, Intelligensia Black Cat espresso how I love thee.
In Need of a Writing Date or a Date with Writers?
Spending hours scribbling away can be lonely work, even for introverts. No matter what you write, or want to write, there is a community for you. Here is one of several lists to help you connect to your people.
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Coming next issue, author Tzivia Gover and using your dreams to power your creativity.