Category Archives: Technology

0104, 2010

Developing mobile, scrolling horizontally, undergrads usage of wikipedia (links, links)

robinna/ April 1, 2010/ Technology, Libraries, Design, webdesign, web 2.0+, life 2.0+, Blog posts/ 0 comments

Just a couple of various links from various places: how to build mobile versions of existing sites, including links to some mobile site building tools: http://designshack.co.uk/articles/css/quick-tips-for-creating-a-mobile-optimized-site How undergraduates use wikipedia:http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2830/2476 scrolling horizontally!https://xd.adobe.com/#/articles/article/530direct link to the horizontally scrolled page:http://www.thinkingforaliving.org/

2703, 2010

web dev links

robinna/ March 27, 2010/ Technology/ 0 comments

Just passing along a couple of web dev links: http://go2web20.net/ http://www.killerstartups.com/ that is all…

2603, 2010

Question of the day: How to embed youtube videos & make them fit…

robinna/ March 26, 2010/ Technology, meetups/conferences, question of the day, that's cool, tools/tips, tutorials, Training, web 2.0+, life 2.0+/ 0 comments

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

2003, 2010

end of books? (video)

robinna/ March 20, 2010/ Technology, History of Technology, Culture, watch.see.hear, life 2.0+/ 0 comments

this is kind of nifty.. Just about the time that I was feeling that I was about to click off, it actually changed direction. So stick with it — lots of stereotypes about ‘net users and millenials (altho’ never called such):

0103, 2010

Mobile dev resources

robinna/ March 1, 2010/ Technology, Blog posts/ 0 comments

For those of you developing for mobile devices… I know, I should be… great list from a friend…————————-The Complete iPhone Development Toolboxa list of blogs,tutorials,screencastss,code snippets, and booksshttp://iphone.appstorm.net/roundups/developer/the-complete-iphone-development-toolbox/ A great list of links for creating mobile enabled sites 18 Mobile Frameworks and Development Tools for Creating iPhone Appshttp://iphoneized.com/2009/11/18-mobile-frameworks-development-tools-creating-iphone-apps/

2402, 2010

Question of the Day: How to search your own tweets at twitter

robinna/ February 24, 2010/ Technology, publishing, History of Technology, Culture, social media, semantic web, meetups/conferences, question of the day, twitter, tutorials, web 2.0+, life 2.0+/ 0 comments

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

1602, 2010

Free mobile learning/education webinar

robinna/ February 16, 2010/ Technology, Libraries, Design, Training, web 2.0+, training / tutorials, Blog posts/ 0 comments

Sorry for the late notice, this just came across my desk.As far as I can see, it is free.——————————-https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/948880016 Mobile Learning Fundamentals: Innovation Showcase and Real-World Examples – Presented by A.J. Ripin with special guest, Dr. David Metcalf The way that we live, work, play, and learn is being impacted by the increasing mobility of our global society. As leaders,

0302, 2010

spam, spam, spam @ google groups

robinna/ February 3, 2010/ Technology, History of Technology, Culture/ 0 comments

So, I’m the admin for like 5 different google groups. I’ve set the groups to moderation for new members and membership has to be approved. Still, still, we are getting hit with spam. Finally, as a desperate last measure, I’ve closed the list down for reading, unless you are logged in. I kind of wanted to keep the list open

2911, 2009

Creating digital art via touch

robinna/ November 29, 2009/ Technology, Culture, Design, 3D, Blog posts/ 0 comments

Touch screens aren’t the only way of doing this. Shillito is leading a team that has developed software that allows artists to receive physical feedback when designing virtual 3D objects. The team’s approach uses a haptic device called Falcon, which vibrates and moves to allow users to “feel” virtual objects. Originally developed for 3D gaming, Falcon is a cross between