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Video: History of the Internet (42)
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If you've ever wondered how the Internet was born, but can't be bothered reading a whole book on the subject, check out this short animated documentary from Milah Bilgil. Entitled History of the internet, it does a great job explaining time-sharing, file-sharing, arpanet and internet. The video uses a new type of info-graphic called PICOL icons, which will soon be made available for free on picol.org. PICOL stands for Pictorial Communication Language - it's a ...Shared by 手气不错 (61) Adam Sherk (14) Andy Sowards (208) Atul Arora (230) AutomaticPixel (20) caine (12) Camille Roux (19) cdogzilla (38) Danielle (96) Danr (84) Dominik Lukeš (73) Erik S (29) Erin (19) Hagen (59) Hervey (66) Jason Sperske (32) Jennifer Dorman (66) Jesper Lind (81) Joakim Jardenberg (57) Johan (40) John Kotsaftis (40) John Magnus (27) JTF Burgess (37) kmohr25 (68) Leximo (1121) Mark Roberts (53) Martina Stewart (33) Paul Moss (5) Pierce Hickey (19) Rex (115) Richard (14) Rob (15) Robin (33) Rodzvilla (46) Roger Chen (148) RomanZolotarev (21) Shahriar (31) Spudsstuff (58) stefano principato (6) Sutee Dee (28) Syed Syiddul Akram (16) Tim Burden (2) Tom Murphy (4)- Joakim Jardenberg said: Ha, jag var ett dygn före RWW med den här.
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Bit.ly Plug-in Extends Tiny URLs, Shows Clickthrough Numbers (26)
onOur favorite URL shortening service, Bit.ly, has just released a Firefox plug-in that you'll probably want to add to your browser. It lets users hover over shortened URLs from a wide variety of services, including TinyURL, and see the resulting full URL - as well as how many people have clicked through the shortcut. Along with Bit.ly's semantic analysis of destination pages, the data unearthed by this new plug-in holds a lot of promise. The ...Shared by (jeff)isageek (92) AJ Batac (89) Alan Levine (52) Andy Beal (50) Andy Sowards (208) Brian R. Robinson (59) Bwana (104) cesaracardoso (91) Chris Charabaruk (120) Chul Park (26) Jason David Pelker (43) Jeremy (67) louisgray (183) Mark Roberts (53) Marshall Kirkpatrick (44) Mindy Koch (29) Nicholas (84) Robin (33) Roshan (149) Stagekid (29) Tac (35) tamihania (46) Tim Hoeck (48) tjd1 (37) Votis (77) Woodrow Jarvis Hill (13)Contribute comment
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Soonr Lets You View All Your Documents on the iPhone (22)
onWe are still hoping to see a full office suite on the iPhone, but while there are already some apps that allow you to edit documents on the phone, the device's size currently makes it more useful for reading documents than actually creating them. Today, Soonr launched an application in the App Store (iTunes link) that allows you to sync files from your desktop to Soonr's online storage and then view them on your iPhone. ...Shared by 0m4r (29) alejandrodibattista (38) byBalsam (27) chriseldridge (74) Dom (40) gadgetboy (51) Hagen (59) Jason Shellen (111) Kenny Kim (28) kevan (29) Konstantin (22) Kristina D.C. Hoeppner (64) Leximo (1121) Luke (40) Qian (76) robdiana (184) Robin (33) Stuart Maxwell (24) Syng (66) Tao (49) Tom Steel (27) Yohan Launay - ConceptSL (20)
- chriseldridge said: iPhone apps are just getting better and better.
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Hype Machine Zeitgeist: Listen in Full to the 50 Most Blogged Albums of 2008, For Free (52)
onMusic mashup site shows how User Experience is done. MP3 blog aggregator Hype Machine launched a new microsite today called the Music Blog Zeitgeist. There you can listen, for free, to entire albums from the most blogged-about musicians of 2008. Bringing together a whole host of different technologies to create one experience, the site is beautiful and a lot of fun to navigate. Sponsor Lots of sites have published top album lists for the past ...Shared by _original (55) Alexandre Gamela (54) Amit Chowdhry (631) Andrea (42) arjo (32) AScott (23) Bob Hazlett (38) bodzasfanta (75) caine (12) Carlo Felice Dalla Pasqua (19) Dave Park (109) David (15) David Young (37) digits12 (538) Dustin (53) Edwin (7) Erez (12) Ernst-Jan (41) Gavin (30) GP (41) hasamba (31) hellokinsella (14) Jason Shellen (111) Joe R (330) Jorge (56) joshjs (18) Kipp Bodnar (59) Leximo (1121) Marc Baumann (45) Mark (46) Marshall Kirkpatrick (44) Michael Kauffman (30) Miguel Lopez (774) Mike (32) mlc (31) Mohamed Amine (587) Nice Fish Films (37) p@r@noid (1187) Paul Vereijken (46) Pete Barry (28) Rafi (33) Richard (14) Rick Turoczy (63) Robin (33) Ryan MF (38) Sam K (13) shawnsmith (264) Stephen Moon (103) Steve (85) Sun Tzu (1309) Tom Langston (6) tomi (32)Contribute comment
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10 of the Best Social Media Tools for PR Professionals and Journalists (8)
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In the ever-evolving world of social media, public relations professionals (PR) and journalists have more opportunities than ever to build strong relationships. It serves each of us well to stay up on social media trends—learning faster, easier ways to share information. With that, here are 10 of the best social media tools for PR professionals and journalists: Help a Report Out (HARO) Help a Reporter Out (HARO) - As a PR professional, this is by ...Shared by darko (6) Jon Ray (47) marlomarketing (1) Mite Kuzevski (8) Robin (33) Tony Fagerlund (60) West (33) Zachary (32)Contribute comment -
Social Media in 2009: Our Predictions and Desires - ReadWriteWeb (21)
onOver the past year, we've been inundated with social media. We've seen Twitter go mainstream, lifestreaming take over blogging, and we've tried what felt like a million different applications. We've joined then abandoned new services recklessly, leaving our accounts to wither away on platforms long forgotten. What more could we possibly do in 2009? Sponsor What Will Our Social Media Experience Be Like in 2009? Given the current economy, there may be fewer applications and ...Shared by 결 (17) byBalsam (27) Charlie Hope (17) dan3 (107) Dave Vanhoudt (42) David (39) farzad (22) Francine Hardaway (14) Herrero (33) Johan (40) Josh Young (30) Krispijn (36) Maddie (20) Mark McKay (39) Mary (35) mase (45) matthooper (32) Nina Scaletti (34) Robin (33) Rudeboy (41) Rudy De Waele (28)
- Francine Hardaway said: This is a great post that should get around...
- David said: "we need tools that let us better filter our subscriptions to reduce noise. Why can't we click a button to hide all the posts where someone has spliced in their delicious links or Twitter updates, for example?"Amen, brother.
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6 New Web Technologies of 2008 You Need to Use Now (Michael Calore/Wired News) (9)
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Michael Calore / Wired News: 6 New Web Technologies of 2008 You Need to Use Now — Every year, we see scores of innovations trickle onto the web — everything from new browser features to cool web apps to entire programming languages. Some of these concepts just make us smile, then we move on.Shared by Goktug Gedik (42) Jeremy (67) Jordi (27) jyamasaki (58) Michael (27) Nocky100 (49) Robin (33) Stephen Moon (103) Tim (21)Contribute comment -
HOW TO: Add Facebook Connect to Your Blog in 8 Minutes (25)
onFacebook Connect can now be instantly added to any blog (see video above). Are you adding it to your blog? Give us your blog URL in the comments and we’ll check it out! [hat tip to Dave Morin for the video] ---Related Articles at Mashable | All That's New on the Web:Facebook Connect: The News is the NewsTwitter, We Are Poking You to Fix Your Facebook AppDon’t Miss Facebook Developer Garage New YorkFacebook Blocks Google’s ...Shared by Allie (32) Andrew (34) Antonello Maresca (22) Chris (38) Colin (16) David Sharpe (7) Dawid (20) DHP (25) Frankie W (39) JP (23) Keith Watson (33) kevin (8) Kevin B. Gilnack (131) Mark Simonds (54) Massimiliano Balestrieri (25) Matt Dell (29) Mitchell McKenna (34) Robin (33) Serverless (40) Seshu Karthick (25) Takatsugu Shigeta (31) TriFatlete (30) Valerа Zolotukhin (26) Walter Reade (20) wortgefecht (36)Explore read four notes
- Colin said: what a great video! It looks so easy
- JP said: do this when I have site up
- Keith Watson said: This is neat
- Andrew said: Eight minutes might be pushing it, but this is a helpful video. They claim this is the first of a series, which should make it very easy to add all sorts of Facebook Connect elements to your site.
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HOW TO: Instantly iPhone-ize Your Website (9)
onBritish developer Jon Wheatley let loose an awesome little tool today: Intersquash lets you convert any website into an iPhone site…instantly. As Jon explains in the video below, it’s a simple 4 step process: enter the RSS feed of your site, enter the site name, upload a home screen icon and place the code provided between the header tags of your website. That’s it! Your iPhone and iPod Touch visitors will automatically be forwarded to ...Shared by Chris (36) doniv (32) Heather Cee (38) John Christenbury (37) Joshua Gill (6) Phillip Baker (57) Robin (33) Stefan (29) toddoneill (29)Contribute comment
