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College GraduateFor educators or anyone that is tasked with the need to do cited research on a topic creating the bibliography page is always a pain.  If you have an iPhone or an Android smartphone it might help to take a look at a new app called QuickCite that does the hard work for you.  Simply hold you phone up to the book’s UPC code, scan it with QuickCite, and the app will email you a properly formatted citation for that book in your choice of APA, MLA, Chicago, or IEEE formatting styles.

QuickCite is only 99 cents on the iTunes app store, no idea how much it is for Android but I would bet it is the same.  Save yourself some pain and suffering the next time you are working on your graduate thesis and try it out!

Tales From The Podium

musical notesThe folks over at MakeMusic just announced the results of their nation wide composition contest on February 1st.  There are three finalists and a dozen other honorable mentions in the list.  Read on to see the complete press release regarding the announcement.

Tales From The Podium

Dropbox LogoOkay, I talk a lot about Dropbox on here but it is only because I don't know how I ever managed to work at four different buildings without it.  It syncs all of my computers together so that all my teaching materials and music files are always up to date on each machine that I use and I can even use it on my iPhone (plus I never have to worry about losing a thumb drive ever again). 

Well, Dropbox is currently giving away an extra gigabyte of storage space for free for going through their DropQuest scavenger hunt.  It is only good until January 29th so get hopping and read on to find out the details on getting the extra space.

Tales From The Podium

OnSong for iOS is an iPhone and iPad application that turns your phone into a neat little chord sheet tool.  From the app's description: 

With OnSong, you can manage huge collections of chord sheets for your band or worship team on a simple, lightweight device. Quickly pull and reorder lists and flip from one song to the next with ease. Transpose and highlight chords or change font size with a brush of your finger! Playing music has never been more simple. This software is built for live performance musicians.

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Music notationThere are many different ways today to publish music notation on the Internet.  Using services like Noteflight or uploading Sibelius Scorch files are two of the options that thousands of people use on a regular basis.  Now however, a new addition to the HTML standard (the language that allows web pages to be displayed on the screen) allows for actual music notation, and a few individuals have come up with ways to fairly easily incorporate any MusicXML file into a web page with just a few lines of code.

Tales From The Podium

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