Luma: give Zoom registration pages a pretty face

I’m a big Zoom user, so I keep a close eye on third-party integrations with the service. The first one I’d like to mention: Luma. If you’ve ever noticed, Zoom registration pages are strictly utilitarian and not particularly exciting. If you’d like to have something more slick and personalized, Luma will help. It’s free for now.

How I generate closed captions for Zoom events

For the webinars I host, I’ve recently added closed captions to make them more accessible. I was surprised at how easy and affordable it was to accomplish this using Rev. Rev is already well-known for its human transcription services, but they also offer AI-based services that are much cheaper. Whether you need closed captions for meetings or webinars, Rev can help. I pay only $20/month for the service—a bargain. My thanks to Nancy Cavillones for letting me know about this tool.

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From Randy Gage:

Exercising skepticism is a powerful tool in your critical thinking arsenal. But skepticism and/or contrarianism have their own set of dangers.  Many people fall into automatic contrarian mode.  If the forecast says it’s going to be sunny, they automatically grab an umbrella.  When you become a default contrarian, you’re even easier manipulated than the ignorant masses who accept everything at face value.  As in so many things, discernment is vital.  

If you practice discernment and are a clear thinker, you can fall prey to automatically disregarding (and/or making snarky comments on social media about) all those who don’t seem as able to exercise critical thinking as you do.  Your unemployed cousin Pookie who can’t keep a job, lives in his mom’s basement, and consumes 12 cans of rancid fermented hops every evening, could still have an idea that would disrupt the entire car wash industry.  That doesn’t mean Pookie is the next tech billionaire, but neither does it mean he is incapable of an idea deserving consideration.