Google reader tips
A few of my favorite shortcut keys in google reader: s -> Starj -> Open nextk -> Open previousr -> refreshgs -> starred …and lots more here
1007, 2008
Monthly Archives: July 2008
0907, 2008
Blog? Where did that come from? A short history of net lingo.
Blog, Byte, Cell phone, fractal, computer virus, … Network world gives a brief history of common internet & technology words and phrases…
0807, 2008
Organize your inbox
Well, this only works with outlook email at the moment, but here is the claim: …information will become much easier to find. When a new email arrives, the sender’s full communication history appears in the Xobni sidebar, including past conversations, attachments and contact details. Xobni also includes a blazing fast email search tool.. I first read about this free software
0707, 2008
Review Library Technology Reports: Drupal in Libraries
As some of you know, I’ve been working with Drupal (opensource website content management system) for a while. I’ve built several websites in it, from an arts website to my portfolio. I’ve also become part of the Drupal group on campus, just a group of like minded folks interested in Drupal. At the first meeting I was asked (volunteered?) to
0607, 2008
Educational uses for social networking sites
First-of-Its-Kind Study at the University of Minnesota Uncovers the Educational Benefits of Social Networking SitesUniversity of Minnesota News (06/19/08) Badaracco, Luisa University of Minnesota researchers have determined the educational benefits of social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook and also found that low-income students are in many ways just as technologically proficient as their more advantaged counterparts. The researchers
0507, 2008
Flickr pro account — is it worth it?
Just in case you didn’t know, Flickr now allows video upload for “pro” accounts.At this point, running time is limited to 90 seconds. Hopefully, if they want to be a full media site, they will up the time limit, because 90 seconds, well, that is not very long. To be honest, I’m losing my love of flickr quickly anyhow. “Pro”
0307, 2008
LinkedIn, what it is and how to use it
From the excellent commoncraft folks. What is LinkedIn? from LinkedIn Marketing on Vimeo.
0207, 2008
Building an educational flickr collection
Nice well-rounded article about the effort by a group at Lewis & Clark College (Portland, OR) in are building an educational collection of ceramics images in Flickr, including project overviews, sample codes and more. http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/74
0107, 2008
wordpress vs. mt (movable type)
good overview of wordpress vs. movable type (mt):http://mashable.com/2007/08/15/movable-type-wordpress/