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Education 2.0: Never Memorize Again? (11)
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Memorization is a waste of time when Google is only a a few clicks away. That's what Don Tapscott, author of the bestselling books Wikinomics and Growing Up Digital, believes. Tapscott, considered by many to be a leading commentator on our Internet age, believes the age of learning through the memorization of facts and figures is coming to an end. Instead, students should be taught to think creatively and better understand the knowledge that's available ...Shared by a77ila (68) Ahmet Yükseltürk (3) Francine Hardaway (8) gisc (25) gmurran (7) J (3) Michael (26) reechard (14) robdiana (24) Sean Brady (8) Shahriar (1)- Francine Hardaway said: Hell yes, I agree. I was saying this 25 years ago when my own kids were in school. And that's despite the fact that I memorized my own way to greatness in school.
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10 of the Best Adobe AIR Applications (38)
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Are you getting the most out of your Adobe AIR installation? Are you one of those people that installed it for one specific application and never explored what else was out there? Well, it’s time to get more out of AIR, and here are 10 apps that will make you anxious to get AIR up and running. What are the Adobe AIR apps that you couldn’t live without? Tell us in the comments! DeskTube - ...Shared by Adamo Lanna (21) Ajai (10) Ange (15) Benjamin (151) Binh An Nguyen (42) Chris J. Guerra (25) Clint Maher (96) David Bisset (sn) (7) Dominik (1) funkyboy (2) Ghosthead (54) gmurran (7) Godzhesas (23) guercheLE (10) Hannibal (17) James Simm (15) Jason Williams (4) JDevL (2) Jennifer (6) Jim (7) John Kochmanski (8) Kol Tregaskes (28) Leena (257) Mani Karthik (70) Matjaž (7) Michael (26) Miguel Lopez (47) Nicke (18) power (1) Riku (11) robie (9) SecondoMe (1) Semiotech (9) Shinil Payamal (3) svartling (10) Tad Chef (28) Twitter Sham (33) XiaoV (2)Contribute comment -
Why Companies Are Investing in SEO During Economic Downturn (8)
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Posted by randfishThere's no two ways about it - SEO is hot again. In the last 6 weeks, SEOmoz has received a higher than normal volume of requests for consulting. Alongside that, we've been getting calls from venture capital firms out of the blue - seven to date - asking either about investments they're considering in the SEO sphere (and requesting insight) or literally asking whether SEOmoz would like to take more capital to grow ...Shared by Atul Arora (76) gmurran (7) Janette Speyer (2) Jeff (95) jflint (6) Neal "thePuck" Jansons (53) Nish (1) Tad Chef (28)Contribute comment -
Easing The Path from Design to Development (11)
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As a web developer, I have the pleasure of working with a lot of different designers. There has been a lot of industry discussion of late about designers and developers, focusing on how different we sometimes are and how the interface between our respective phases of a project (that is to say moving from a design phase into production) can sometimes become a battleground. I don’t believe it has to be a battleground. It’s actually ...Shared by Benjamin Doherty (27) Fatih Turan (9) gmurran (7) Inayaili de Leon (2) Mathew Packer (29) MaTT (4) Mike (7) pereticnr1 (3) Peter N (4) Picky Eater (3) sprae (1)- Mathew Packer said: the start of the web design advent calendar. check it out greg and joel.
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50 Stunning Examples Of Reflection Photography | Inspiration | Smashing Magazine (48)
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50 Stunning Examples Of Reflective PhotographyShared by Angela (2) ax0n (26) Cappy (22) catlion (7) Daniel (4) Daniel Hoerr (2) Danr (296) Darren Ng (4) Deborah Petersen (185) DermDoc (Jeff) (35) DKB (3) eax (1) Eduo (6) ehu4ever (6) Eli Foner (23) Emma (4) Faruk Kaymak (2) fish (3) gmurran (7) Hadi (9) jalam1001 (17) Joan Carles (4) John Heylin (22) JohnTP (15) Kreg (3) Luciano Passuello (3) Marcus5s (109) Mario Fink (3) MaTT (4) mehtileh (1) miasarmento (23) Michael K Pate (14) Mike Fruchter (101) Mohamed Amine (84) paulo (19) pavel (1) Phil Brown (8) R Daneel Olivaw (20) Ram (5) ravidor (0) renganathan (2) River Song (43) Sai Gudigundla (12) Simon Gianoutsos (1) StevieB (20) Sun Tzu (186) Theo Bosdas (16) tzt (1)- DKB said: Insanely great.
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The 4 C's of Community (18)
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From latest contribution to Ad Age Digital:Content:Quality content is a great way to attract the people who are needed to form the elusive community that your brand is hoping will to help build. When considering community initiatives, there are three questions to ask yourself. 1. Where will the content come from? 2. Does it provide indisputable value? Can a regular flow of quality content be maintained? Even pre Web 2.0 initiatives such as beinggirl.com, another ...Shared by Botgirl Questi (8) Chris (2) Esther Rudolph (4) Florian Michalik (0) Genaro (4) gmurran (7) iAlja (3) Johan Bryggare (0) John (6) meriksen (13) Mike Fruchter (101) Neal "thePuck" Jansons (53) Nicole (20) Riku Vassinen (2) Roger Chen (5) SAPRI'S 2008 (21) Saul (4) Tony (11)Contribute comment -
Ten People All Twitter Beginners Should be Following (18)
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In this post Mark Hayward (follow @mark_hayward) provides a list of ten people that all twitter beginners should be following. If you have other “must follow” recommendations for beginners, please feel free to put them in the comments. Did you just take the big leap and open your first Twitter account? Is it for work, business, or pleasure? A few months ago I joined Twitter, primarily as a way to network, but also to help ...Shared by (jeff)isageek (50) Brian (7) David Finch (1) David Goldmann (4) Devindra Hardawar (5) ELIZABETH (2) gmurran (7) Katherine (5) Kim (1) louisgray (26) Marc van Waardenburg (0) Michael (26) Rob (2) Robert Scoble (11) sam (27) Sarah (5) Stewart (11) TiTi (44)Contribute comment -
Presentation slides on the Social Semantic Web (from last night’s IET/CompSoc talk) (1)
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Here are my slides from last night’s joint talk for the Institution of Engineering and Technology and the Computer Society… The Social Semantic Web View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: socialweb semanticweb)Shared by gmurran (7)Contribute comment -
Is Your Blog Search Lijit [REVIEW] (15)
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Search on blogs is a relatively simple concept. You type in a few keywords related to a post and results are presented to you that are local to that blog. However, what if you could extend the functionality of the search function to go beyond your blog to cover the videos you have published on YouTube, your Twitter account, bookmarks, network of friends, and the blogs you read in your RSS reader? That’s exactly what ...Shared by Andy Beal (19) Annette Schwindt (0) Ashwin (0) Brandon J. Mendelson (2) DavidSS (4) gmurran (7) Jeff (0) John Grinde (0) Jon (13) Michael (0) Michael Hocter (15) Richard (1) Shari (0) Shashi Bellamkonda (3) spidaman (0)Contribute comment -
Web 2.0 Applications in Learning : eLearning Technology (1)
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... eLearning Technology Tony Karrers eLearning Blog on e-Learning Trends eLearning 2.0 LMS Web 2.0 Enterprise 2.0 Personal Learning Informal Learning Corporate eLearning eLearning Design Authoring Tools Rapid e-Learning Tools eLearning (e-Learning) e-Learning Software Blended e-Learning e-Learning Tools Open Source eLearning e-Learning ROI and Metrics ... Learning : eLearning Technology Last week I presented a session at ASTD ...Shared by gmurran (7)Contribute comment -
Prize winners visualise Irish online life in the boards.ie SIOC Data Competition (1)
onThe winners of the SIOC (pronounced “shock”) data competition being run by DERI at the National University of Ireland, Galway have been announced. The competition ran from September to October 2008, and the brief was to produce an interesting creation based on a data set of discussion posts reflecting ten years of Irish online life from boards.ie, Ireland’s largest community website. The competition had about sixty registrants and there were eight final submissions of very ...Shared by gmurran (7)Contribute comment
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Get Windows 7's Best Features Right Now (152)
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If you're tired of hearing about Windows 7's upcoming features while you sit and stare at your aging XP or Vista desktop, take solace in a few free apps and themes that can give you a taste right now. While it's true that Windows 7 isn't much different from Windows Vista (inside and out), a few neat features are worth trying out, and you can do it without installing the Windows 7 Preview. Here are ...Shared by 盐没完 (0) Aaron (0) aegreen (0) Ahmed Naguib (14) Alan Le (0) Alex (13) Alex (3) Alex Flint (4) alsiladka (7) Alvin A. (1) Amit Chowdhry (92) AmyVernon (196) Andrew (5) Andrew Hughes (10) ani625 (21) Ankesh (4) arjo (0) Arne (1) AshTR (9) Avi (124) Benedict Lee Zhi En (23) Bicho Pro (15) Bradley Askew (2) Brendon Wadey (50) Brent Yager (0) Brian (39) Cam (7) Cameron Yeager (7) Carl Golden (2) Chad Ledford (1) charles (22) charris1980 (0) Chetan Thaker (25) Christian Davis (4) Christian Santos (0) Christopher Elliott (4) Compuwizard123 (13) Daniel (15) darkeye11547 (10) DaveBinM (0) David (0) derek markham (126) digits12 (38) Diogo Bispo (0) Dreamside (23) dudtn (1) Eduardo Carrillo (3) Erdal Özsular (1) Eric Chen (48) Eric Geller (3) Ethan (0) Fatih Turan (9) Firzy Yuansyah (9) Franklin Pettit (0) Ghareb (0) Gianluca (1) gmurran (7) gruvsyco (19) Guy Davis (0) Gyuri Grell (3) Hans Henrik (3) Huang (3) James Lowery (13) Jamie Martin (2) Jason (1) Jason Kingery (9) jason o (103) Jason Snowden (0) Jason Williams (4) Jeff Weisbein (0) Jim Wilkerson (1) Joe (1) Johannes W. (0) John Boitnott (42) John Storer II (10) Jonathan (12) jonviray (0) Jordan Calhoun (3) Josh (5) Kate (1) Keith B (6) Keith Bradbury (5) Keith Chapman (6) kevin (25) Kevin Severud (1) kfc (0) Konstantinos Foutzopoulos (0) Kraki (20) kskobac (3) Kurt Vermeersch (1) Lance (124) LANjackal (7) Leena (257) Leon Ridge-Cooke (5) ManiacD (0) Marcelo Lee (9) Mario (0) Max (0) medraught (32) mike (2) Mike Norman (19) MJ (5) NeonPlanet (2) p@r@noid (175) Pat (3) Pedro (1) Peety (16) pejman (1) Plasmie (3) Richie Rump (5) Rick Butterfield (2) Ritu (18) Robert Wheeler (0) Roland (21) Ryan (12) ryanshepherd (8) rzklkng (33) Saad Kamal (4) sana167 (1) Scott (0) Sean Rasmussen (31) Simon Wren (13) Soulhuntre (12) Squaker (2) Stefan (8) Steve Zerr (4) Steven Bullen (23) StevieB (20) studiophi (0) sushi (13) tarman (20) Thomas (3) Thomas Einwaller (3) Thomson (99) Trav1sty (4) Trevor Wermund (93) Tyson Williams (16) useallfive (18) vahediabbas (2) Valeria (12) vesa (4) Victor Barrera (182) will (18) William Fong (2) WindPower (0) Yatin Vadhia (89) Yorkali (18) Yotofuji Tanaki (17) Z'HuNG Lee (13) Zach Mabrey (1) zoti (0) zukibusa (7)Contribute comment -
YouTube Widescreen (33)
onYouTube a few minutes ago announced that they’re officially changing the size and aspect ratio of the standard video player on the site. We’re expanding the width of the page to 960 pixels to better reflect the quality of the videos you create and the screens that you use to watch them. This new, wider player is in a widescreen aspect ratio which we hope will provide you with a cleaner, more powerful viewing experience. ...Shared by Abhishek (0) Alex (0) Ali (12) Andrew Procter (0) arturo.servin (2) assbach (2) Aviva Gabriel (26) b3cak (3) Botgirl Questi (8) BritCrit (12) chriszla (11) Daniel Patricio (4) f0gh0rn (0) Gimleteyes (0) gmurran (7) Jarred (12) Jim Williams (1) Leximo (47) Matt Dickman (8) Matthew (1) Mermaid (33) MrMatt57 (0) Omer Kaplan (0) Patrick (0) pixelcollector (0) Rebecca (20) ro11z (0) Ronald Hennessy (0) Ryan Petty (6) Ryan Sholin (1) Santosh Puthran (0) SliceInCircles (0) vanlandw (7)
- vanlandw said: Personally I don't like it. Watching my video's with black bars around them is not my cup of teal. 4x3 videos should have just stayed the same where if you wanted widescreen you should be able to upload now.
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Manual:Configuring file uploads - MediaWiki (1)
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BlackBerry Storm: The reviews are in (13)
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The BlackBerry Storm, Verizon (VZ) and RIM’s (RIMM) answer to Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone, opens like a Broadway show on Friday. So naturally, Thursday’s papers and blogs are full of reviews. A sampling of the big ones: Walt Mossberg. The Wall Street Journal. BlackBerry’s Storm Presses Into the Touch-Phone Fray: Mixed positive. He likes the high-res camera (which does video), the replaceable battery, the push e-mail, the ability to cut-and-paste, the corporate security features and Verizon’s ...Shared by Brian Junyor (0) Chris J. Guerra (25) gmurran (7) James (0) Jason Bryant (1) Mike Fruchter (101) Nigel James (22) peiman (4) Rob (3) Robert Scoble (11) Steve (4) Vinodh (0) Zephir (12)Contribute comment -
Open Beta of Google Friend Connect Coming Soon? (84)
onJust about half a year ago, Google announced the limited beta of Friend Connect, which allows site owners to display OpenSocial based gadgets on their sites and site visitors to sign in to these social gadgets with their OpenID, AIM, Yahoo, or Google accounts. Amit Agarwal has been keeping a close eye on Friend Connect since it was announced and he assumes that the service could go live pretty soon. Just last week, Google published ...Shared by (jeff)isageek (50) a77ila (68) Ahmed Naguib (14) Alberto (24) Amiroo (0) AmyVernon (196) Angus Logan (9) Ashub (8) Babluit (0) Benjamin (151) Bob Hazlett (0) Brad Spangler (25) charlie anzman (1) Chul Park (10) Colby (19) Convoluted (0) Crutis (3) Dan (63) Daniel (0) Danielle (21) Danielle Brigida (26) Darren (20) derek markham (126) DrBigFresh (0) dudtn (1) gmurran (7) Goktug Gedik (16) graywolf (7) Hervé (2) homaid (0) Hyejun Park (2) J. Phil (11) J.D. Rucker (52) Jake (5) Jan Tißler (3) jason o (103) JDevL (2) Jeff Blaze (20) Jeremy (1) Jill O'Neill (0) JiN (0) kaskero (0) Kathy Brewis (8) kivab4b (13) Lance (124) Le prof. (0) Lee Allgood (0) Leena (257) Lucid (5) manuscrypts (3) Martinrstone (3) MCK2007 (13) Michael Netsch (0) Mihalcea Razvan (43) Mike Fruchter (101) Morton Fox (42) Nicolas Gosset (3) nicolas.boullosa (9) Pål Hivand (7) Petar (106) raulillana (20) Richard (0) Richard Stelling (0) Rick Turoczy (5) Ritu (18) robdiana (24) Roger Chen (5) rony john (47) Ruben (11) rzklkng (33) Sébastien (0) Sergey (2) SergiAmbel (1) speedyop (0) Stefan (8) StevieB (20) Tal Keinan (0) tamihania (0) tapir (3) Tim Hoeck (25) Todd Mundt (0) Victor Barrera (182) Victor Kotusenko (3) Zee from WeDoCreative (8)
- Convoluted said: YES something new google PICK ME PICK ME!
- JDevL said: nice breakdown video
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Keyword Rich Internal Anchor Text - How Much Is Too Much? (4)
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We’ve heard and seen evidence that internal anchor text over-optimization (sorry, Jill, but this has really become a generally recognizable term) can result in Google penalty. Rand Fishkin, for example mentioned this issue in PRO tips as well as on the blog. Still, while we are pretty sure, this penalty does exist, we don’t know how many internal keyword-rich links are actually too many. Another great WebmasterWorld thread shares some results of experiments regarding this ...Contribute comment -
European online library launches (5)
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The British Library is among more than 1,000 cultural groups contributing to a European online library.Contribute comment -
IE8: What’s After Beta 2 (11)
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The announcement of IE8 Beta 2 started an important and public phase of the product development cycle getting broad public feedback. The team is providing detailed information and answering questions about the product in many different places. Now’s a good time to talk about what comes next. Since the release of Beta 2, the team has been absorbed in the data we get from real people
