NTC Plenary: Moira Gunn and Rep Donna Edwards on Net Neutrality is an interesting account of an important conversation. I feel kind of bad now from The Bloggess (language warning whenever The Bloggess is involved) is funny but a perfect reflection of the kind of crazy PR email bloggers receive all the time. Jenny’s tactics [...]
Thursday, February 24, 2011
HTML5 Tutorials and Techniques that will keep you busy is a big collection of tutorials to get you going with HTML5. The WHATWG has released HTML5 – Edition for Web Developers that promises plain language and ease of use. A Showcase of Free Facebook Icons for Designers and Bloggers. Nice icons, if you’re in need. [...]
6 free online books about web accessibility listed by Jitendra should be helpful to educators and students. Jitendra’s blog is brand new and looks promising so far. How a Science Journalist Created a Data Visualization to Show the Magnitude of the Haiti Earthquake at ReadWriteHack shows an image with impact that is clear in its [...]
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
I kind of hate infographics. Seems like everybody who owns a copy of Photoshop thinks they should make one and tweet about it. I’ve looked at a lot of them lately. Is it a fad? Of the ones I’ve seen, maybe 3 were effective and the rest were impossible. Translated, here’s what I mean by [...]
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Instagram is a photography app for iPhone. Mashable recently wrote Is Instagram the Next Distribution Opportunity for News Media?, which included an interview with Andy Carvin, a senior strategist at National Public Radio (NPR). Carvin talked about how NPR is using Instagram to connect with photographers. There’s an NPR Tumblr blog where photos from people [...]
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Ultimate CSS Gradient Generator is one of the ColorZilla tools. It’s online as an app. It creates a pure CSS gradient using a Photoshop-like interface and provides cross browser code. The other ColorZilla tools are downloadable and include a color picker, an eyedropper, Firebug and more. Disabilities Act may be expanded to Net and Beyond [...]
Monday, September 27, 2010
Here’s an Xtranormal video by patob2000 that is a chat between Personal Learning Environment ( PLE ) and Learning Management System ( LMS ). Which character are you? Helpful Blogging Links: How Can I Move My TypePad Blog to WordPress has resources for those who are wondering what to do now that TypePad has sold. [...]
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
I saw a movie made using xtranormal.com and couldn’t resist trying it out myself. Registration was easy. The free options are few. If you wanted to turn out something really powerful, you’d have to pay to do it. I did make a free movie just for fun. It was easy to do. Here’s my first [...]
Have you played with the map function on Flickr? I’ve been ignoring it, choosing not to give my location on my photos because I put up a lot of family photos and I didn’t want them identified by location. I administer a group on Flickr for Women in Tech. Maybe you’ve noticed the tiny slideshow [...]
InterACT with Web Standards: a Holistic Approach to Web Design is available today. This announcement is a BIG DEAL. This book puts everything you need to teach a class in web design or development with web standards into your hands. The book is easy to use in connection with InterACT’s 17 courses in 6 learning [...]
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