100 social media training programs, conferences, etc.
lots o’ links!wow, I’d love to go to all of these, ok, maybe not ALL of them. Via mashable http://mashable.com/2010/08/16/100-upcoming-social-media-tech-events-3/
1708, 2010
Category Archives: meetups/conferences
0408, 2010
Question of the day: where to find free stock footage
Internet archive has both moving images and stills including publicdomain; others are licensed under creative commons (CC).http://www.internetarchive.org and here are the various searches by CC license type:http://is.gd/dMHCl Also searching flickr by CC licensehttp://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/?flickr does have some very short film clips. I’m sure there are other tools, even the creativecommons website hassearching functionality. Youtube allows searching by license, too. Also, fair
3007, 2010
Question of the Day: Delete or rename friends list in facebook
Q: How do I delete a friends list? I created one for a special event and I don’t need it anymore. A: Facebook always seems to be moving things around and deleting or editing a friends list is no different. It’s easy enough to create a list (several ways, one being> Under the Friends link on the left menu, click
1907, 2010
digital identity & professional networking; blogging & tweeting for academic libraries (upcoming presentations)
I’m on the slate for two preconferences at GLA/COMO 2010 in Athens in October: One Voice, Many Channels: Blogging and Tweeting for LibrariesAmy Watts, Robin FayUniversity of Georgia LibrariesDoes your library blog or tweet? Interested in getting started? Wondering what all the buzz is about? We’ll explore how libraries use Twitter and Blogger to share news, events, as well as
1805, 2010
Question of the Day: Upsize a 72dpi to 300dpi?
Q: Can you take a 72 ppi photo and make it look good at 300 ppi? Or, is it only used for taking a 300 ppi image and making huge posters? A: My first thought (depending on what the image is of and whether I could get a higher res one easily — because that would seem to be the
2904, 2010
Google datasharing and what do about it
Institute of Disruptive Studies… love it… (sorry, I was having a monty python moment…) —– The project, called GoogleSharing, is a Firefox add-on that uses an anonymous proxy service that gives Google false information when someone uses services that don’t require an account, such as its search, news, and images services, said Moxie Marlinspike , a security consultant and penetration
2603, 2010
Question of the day: How to embed youtube videos & make them fit…
Depending on what browser and resolution you are using, you may find that your content (such as blog posts) which have embedded videos are running over your blog post area. You COULD change your stylesheet, but if everything works except for embedded Youtube videos, an easier answer might be to change the width of the Youtube player. This is super
2602, 2010
best of… secrets of the catalog / library metadata (presentation archives)
I decided to start digging out some of my old stuff that I either 1)haven’t posted here before, or perhaps, 2)I posted it 5 years ago, but it is still relevant or 3) it is super popular (on twitter, on a blog, etc.) which makes me think it is worth a re-post. I promise my site is not about to
2402, 2010
Question of the Day: How to search your own tweets at twitter
So, this was MY question today: as in, I wanted to re-post a tweet about moonshine arts & literary magazine. I couldn’t quite remember what I wrote and I didn’t use a #hashtag. So what to do? How do you search your own twitter feed? There are lots of cool trending tools out there, but those are very limited in
0102, 2010
Question of the Day: how does texting to email work?
A question asked by one of my coworkers (and you all thought I just answered social media, opensource, or database questions, right? LOL) Q: How does a phone text to email? Does the computer have to have anything magic?A: You can text to any email system. It’s the phone that has the magic. Each texting phone (which is just about