okay, I think the name is a little odd (? isn’t it?), but freebase.com looks kind of cool but who knows because I don’t have an ACCOUNT yet. If you have an extra invite, could you slide one over this way? 😉 http://www.freebase.com thanks!georgiawebgurl@gmail.com
When I first read this article about “hip” librarians, I just thought yuck, not again! At least this article appears in a lifestyle section instead of being presented as serious news. I suppose that it is kind of nice to see that librarians are interesting enough to be included in a lifestyle section. 😉 However, isn’t it all just promoting
Okay, I don’t have a personal use for this YET, but I can see all kinds of fun applications. Got family or friends visiting for a week? Create a map of fun stuff to do. Got folks coming to a conference? Create a map of activities and places to eat. Campus tours? Art about town walking tours? Hmm…. Next vacation,
Lifehacks — http://www.lifehack.org/ productivity through technology domystuff. I didn’t think this was a real site, but it appears that it is. Outsource your life. REALLY. Maybe I’ll sign up to do some freelance web stuff. See if anyone hires me for my next project. 😉 http://www.domystuff.com/
As far as I can see it doesn’t work as a meta engine collecting results from all sites, but still kind of neat. sputtr searches sites/search engines of your choosing such as google, digg, flickr, youtube, yahoo, wikipedia, even imdb and deviantart: http://www.sputtr.com/
Well, I’ve finally got drupal up and running (again, second time is a charm, correct?). It’s kind of bare bones at the moment – no portfolio, not much content, and the design is kind of funky. However, the goal is to create my dossier/portfolio using drupal. I’ll be able to control access and I think (hope!) that I’ll be able
On one list I read (sorry, I forgot which one) a user posted that they thought the term Web 2.0 would slowly fade away. As we all become more comfortable with the dynamic, interactive and user oriented technology on the web (my paraphrasing), Web 2.0 would just become the “web.” Thinking over all of the various technological advancements in modern
Nanotechnology enables it to reassemble itself when thrown against wall Exclusive link to Google Street View so you can watch yourself using your iPhone at all times Takes Polaroids When moved from hand to ear, makes Lightsaber sound effects Prominent Apple logo Reproduces through asexual budding Has way, way more PRAM than the last thingy Comes with an iPhone hat,
an article about how myspace and social networking sites are eating up bandwidth (I love it that these sorts of sites are deemed ‘recreational’. I happen to have learned a few things from tutorials on youtube. I guess that falls under recreational learning….!) http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/062207-myspace.html
people and their avatars… http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2007/06/15/magazine/20070617_AVATAR_SLIDESHOW_1.html