Mac & i Extra 2021 is now also available in well-stocked newsagents - and of course still in the Heise Shop, either on paper (free shipping until November 11th) or as a PDF. It again contains 13 exciting workshops, written by professionals, comprehensible for laypeople. You can start right away.
Your own podcast and your own startup
Learn from the podcaster and radio operator Larissa Vassilian, for example, how to start your own podcast, from finding a name to hardware and recording tips to hosting and monitoring success.
Let startup expert Manuel Hecker explain to you what is important if you want to found a company. He also starts with the idea, helps with the search for fellow campaigners and an investor. He also gives tips on how to make your startup known in order to grow economically.
Just invest money and blog
Financial expert Ümit Mericler shows that entering the stock market with equity funds is very easy. The timing is ideal: interest rates are low, prices are rising. If you have 25 euros a month to spare, you should set up a deposit with the ETF (Exchange Traded Fund) and minimize the risk.
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A first look at Mac & i extra workshops 2021 (15 pictures)
Do you love your hobby and want to tell the world about it? Maybe in a blog? With WordPress, even beginners can set this up quickly, but there are a few things to keep in mind. Daniel Berger, WordPress expert and blogger himself, tells you which ones.
Photographing and filming – for example with a drone
Do you like photography? Whether with a smartphone or a single-lens reflex camera – let Markus Linden help you with the creative use of format, light, perspective and motif so that your pictures become significantly better.
Photographing and filming with a drone has a very special appeal. YouTuber and multicopter specialist Tom David Frey describes what is important when buying a drone and how you can use it to capture brilliant scenes.
Even conventionally created videos often need that decisive kick that turns an amateur video into a professional film. Video pros Philipp Mohaupt, Marius Di Noro and Joachim Sauer reveal how to enchant your viewers with Adobe After Effects.
Regulate the digital legacy
Of course, our workshops are not just fun, loud and colourful. The lawyer Brian Scheuch, for example, is dedicated to the last will. When someone dies these days, they not only leave behind material goods and bank accounts, but also password-protected devices and access to digital services such as Apple, Google or Dropbox. Some of the data and media even have considerable values. What you should know if you want to make provisions for your heirs – or inherit yourself.
3D CAD and scientific work
CAD programs don't have to be expensive: With the free FreeCAD, anyone can create parametric sketches from which 3D models are later created. Using a smartphone holder as an example, Florian Stolz shows how, with a little training, you can construct an object that can be printed out with a 3D printer.
If you have to write a scientific paper, it doesn't always have to be in Word. Mac owners like using the free Pages because of its ease of use and good layout features. It is now also well suited for bachelor's or master's theses because Apple has added the functions required for scientific papers, as Inge Schwabe shows. If you like, take the iPad or browser version.
HTML, JavaScript, SQL
Allow JavaScript: Developer Golo Roden uses a small quiz to teach you how to develop a web-based client-server application. He also covers the server side with Node.js.
If you want to create a simple website, you don't have to set up a complex CMS right away, handle databases or scripts, buy expensive software or hire professionals. Web designer Vladimir Simović shows that even today, HTML and CSS files created in any editor are enough to create attractive websites. This has numerous advantages, such as increased security or lower demands on the server and on your technical know-how.
CD collection, accounting, employee lists - all of this can be managed with a spreadsheet without any problems. However, a relational database such as the free SQLite and the SQL language do a lot better. Christian Kirsch shows step by step how to create and manage a database.
Mac & i extra workshops 2021 can also be read in the browser, as a PDF or prepared for reading on iPhone and iPad, Android devices and Kindle Fire) in the Mac & i apps. Subscribers already have it in their hands, and Plus subscribers get the paper and the digital edition, which is enriched with bonus material, an interactive reading mode and a search function, among other things.(se)
