July 11th, 2008
18:32
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The Multicolr Search Lab is a fantastic tool that does an excellent job of finding great images based on the colors you select…
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While IBM and Linden Labs are cozying up to each other, Google has just released its own virtual world: Lively…
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The site offers chat, blogs, wikis, forums, mailing lists, photo albums, bookmarking, calendaring and maps among other features. You can run all of your group’s collaboration tools from one Grou.ps domain using a single login…
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Move over Second Life. The 3D Web is starting to make inroads into the plain old browser…
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Getty will hand-pick a number of Flickr members to participate in the program, with a goal of acquiring thousands of images in the next few months…
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…the intention behind Kiwi Heroes is to promote social awareness and responsibility to children by addressing environmental issues and global concerns in the game…
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thousands of students nationwide, including many who were previously reluctant to study online, have suddenly decided to take one or more college classes over the Internet…
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July 10th, 2008
18:35
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Merriam-Webster Inc. has added more than 100 new entries to its new edition of the Collegiate Dictionary…
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Our purposes are (1) to review new methods and tools for doing ID, (2) to survey some promising models of training design that incorporate cognitive learning principles, then (3) to offer some guidelines for the design of training programs based on those
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Here are some of his tips for how to prepare and deliver world-class presentations, whether to a small group of colleagues or a huge room of UN delegates and media…
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For experienced instructional design practitioners who want to expand their skills based on the latest theory and practice in the ID field, as well as graduate students in advanced instructional design course, Writing Training Materials That Work will pro
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July 8th, 2008
18:36
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The semantically enriched common database Freebase announced today that it will soon reach the milestone of 4 million topics added to its collection. That’s 60% more than English Wikipedia’s 2,445,041 articles and almost half the size of Wikipedia’s full
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The idea behind the site is to bring together people with rare disorders, who often don’t have much of a support network within their local community….
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In the modern age, do we primarily treat information as a substitute for experience? Good discussion in the comments.
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…announced last night that they have achieved the first recorded teleport of their avatars from one virtual world into another…
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July 7th, 2008
18:35
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The Court’s erroneous ruling is a set-back to privacy rights, and will allow Viacom to see what you are watching on YouTube….
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Google will have to turn over every record of every video watched by YouTube users, including users’ names and IP addresses, to Viacom, which is suing Google for allowing clips of its copyright videos to appear on YouTube…
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The featured content ranges from internet apps to mobile technology…
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Wouldn’t it be great to have messages self-destruct after being read, Harry Potter style? Well Privnote is just the service for you…
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July 3rd, 2008
18:37
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Simply Audiobooks has announced plans to make a full range of Random House audiobook titles available for purchase and download in a DRM-free format….
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A new computer game developed by MIT and Singaporean students makes it possible for visually impaired people to play the game on a level field with their sighted friends…
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As today’s mobile phones become more like mini-computers, the need for standards and security is paramount…
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July 1st, 2008
18:34
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Blogs just got a whole new audience: the casual reader. There has been some concern as of late that mainstream web users don’t really read blogs, but a new Facebook app called “Blog Networks” aims to change that…
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If you’re looking to manage a well-organized project and want to do it simply, here are a handful of programs…
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Researchers at the University of California at Santa Cruz have built a test extension called WikiTrust that evaluates every word on Wikipedia and highlights text that was added by authors with a less than stellar reputation…
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For those of you who like a little more serious brand of economics, Harvard economists Claudia Goldin and Larry Katz have an excellent new book entitled The Race Between Education and Technology…
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But if you just want the highlights and then do some experimenting within Facebook on a lazy Saturday or Sunday, then here they are…
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The AIGA|Aquent Survey of Design Salaries is the most comprehensive survey of compensation for the communication design profession in the United States…
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If you’re looking for a ridiculously dead-simple blogging tool, check out Posterous…
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June 26th, 2008
18:34
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Nevertheless, the sites seem largely incapable of generating revenues commensurate with their popularity.
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By next spring, businesses and other organizations will be able to apply for any top-level domain they can possibly think of, like arstechnica.awesome or google.thegoogle…
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But right or wrong, that’s the sort of calculus that’s required in the new era of global data. Anything can be anywhere. Where do you want to go today?
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…now there’s a one-click way to discover if an old book is in the public domain (more or less) and who holds the copyright if it isn’t…
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YouTube’s huge lead in market share over other online video sites continues to get bigger, even as the over all video viewing market continues a decline…
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Facebook will add the ability to comment on items in the Mini-Feed today, making it even more similar to Friendfeed…
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June 24th, 2008
18:37
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This beautifully designed site makes it far easier and more fun to track activities in the US congress than it’s ever been since the organization was formed.
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NBC’s online learning-video-gaming environment
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You may disagree about whether some of these ways of using IM are irritating or not. That’s part of IM’s unique ability to annoy–no one quite agrees on its proper use.
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MagCloud enables you to publish your own magazines. All you have to do is upload a PDF and we’ll take care of the rest: printing, mailing, subscription management, and more.
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Computer Science Unplugged is a collection of activities designed to teach the fundamentals of computer science without requiring a computer.
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June 23rd, 2008
18:36
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up-to-date designs and breadth of material—images, CSS templates, and standard HTML are all available. The site is free to use…
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…a lot of the science and technology documents on the web aren’t typically indexed by major search engines. They’re a part of the “deep web”…
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A Social Network for Researchers to Share Recorded URLs, Track Websites, Review Notes Online, and Encourage Online Collaborative Research.
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However, what if you just don’t have the time or you don’t feel like giving your legs the extra exercise? Zoomii, a virtual bookstore browsing service, may be just what you were looking for…
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June 20th, 2008
18:34
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For many kids, computers are indeed more of a distraction than a learning opportunity…
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tweetup n. A real world meeting between two or more people who know each other through the online Twitter service…
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In total, 46% of all adults are using the internet, email or phone text messaging for political purposes in this election…
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