Jesse Stay

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Cheat Sheet / Updated 01-13-2025
This Canva For Dummies Cheat Sheet complements the Canva For Dummies book (by author Jesse Stay) and is full of handy, time-saving ideas for streamlining interaction with the Canva design platform. A busy entrepreneur, teacher — or aspiring designer of any kind — can find that time is a most valuable asset. Canva’s design tools and shortcuts can help create stunning visuals and multiple projects in minutes, without the assistance of a graphic design professional.
Canva For Dummies
The essential guide to the popular, beginner-friendly graphic design platform Canva For Dummies is a beautiful full-color reference, covering everything you need to create dazzling visual materials in Canva Free and Pro versions. Discover all tools, templates, and features at the ready, plus utilize expert tips and tricks to improve your design and visual communication skills.
Article / Updated 10-27-2023
Knowing a little about the TikTok algorithm can help you better understand how to go viral on TikTok. An algorithm is a calculation that search engines and social media platforms use to rank content — in the case of TikTok, to rank videos and customize "For You" page results.Don't have time to read the entire article?
Article / Updated 08-03-2023
Like others in my generation — the brief generation known as xennials, for those born on the cusp between Gen X (born in the 1960s and 1970s) and the millennials (born in the 1980s or 1990s) — I've become adept at adapting to ever-changing tech cultures and jargon. After all, we invented the familiar LOLs and BRBs of AOL Instant Messenger, along with social media emojis and other forms of shortened communication styles.
Article / Updated 08-03-2023
Creating TikTok videos is easy. Maybe you already created a video when TikTok prompted you to try after you set up your account. There are many things you can do with TikTok, like adding sounds and music, photos and other videos, but for this article, here are the basics: Tap the plus (+) icon. The plus icon appears at the bottom of the screen after you log in.
Article / Updated 04-25-2023
The availability of enchantments in Minecraft ranges from low to high and requires Experience points and bookshelves. To reach the highest levels of enchantment, 15 bookshelves need to surround your enchantment table. (However, the bookshelves don’t have to be connected.) To achieve a lower enchantment, you should place a block, such as a piece of carpet or a torch, between the enchantment table and a bookcase.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 10-20-2022
To master Minecraft, you must gather resources in the three major areas of the game: the Overland, the mines, and the Nether. Being prepared with these resources allows you to survive, build, create, and advance through the game.Getting started in the OverlandThe majority of survival gameplay takes place in the extensive biomes found in the Overland.
Article / Updated 10-18-2022
Minecraft is a virtual open world video game where players can dig, mine, build, craft, and enchant things. The game is typically described as a “sandbox game” because players can create their own worlds and experiences where the possibilities are truly limitless.Unlike normal video games, Minecraft allows you to be in control of the game, and it even has options allowing players to act as moderators and build their own coding/modding directly into the game!
Minecraft Basics For Dummies
The easy way to get started with Minecraft Want to creep into the biggest video game of all time? Grab your pickaxe and let's go! Minecraft Basics For Dummies helps you (or your kids) get started and join the infinite online world that keeps millions of players of all ages engaged every day. Inside this portable-trim book, crafters will get all the tips and tricks needed to get started—on their own or with multiple players—in each of the three gameplay modes.
Step by Step / Updated 01-18-2022
You can do many things with natural elements in Minecraft. You will have several types of bricks, stones and rocks at your disposal. Here are just a few ways you can use them to your advantage.How to Make a Brick in MinecraftBricks have fire immunity (as does cobblestone), making them an ideal block to build in certain situations, such as making a fireplace.