Patch vs. Media News: One Little Instructive Story is about the AOL hyperlocal news service called Patch. The landscape is shifting under our feet. Pay attention. I’ve written about a lot of “build a website, free!” sites, especially for eHow. Now there is a company in the field that has found a way to make [...]
Tech tips, geeky how-tos, thoughtful analysis of issues, news about the latest gadgets, ideas for improving your blog—you’ll find it all in these 10 terrific tech and science blogs. They just happen to be written by women. I. Hacker Chick The Hacker Chick Blog is a beautiful starting point. I say beautiful because the graphics [...]
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This is the first in a series about analytics tools. In following weeks I’ll also examine Woopra and Post Rank Analytics. We’ll start off this look into the hows and whys of analytics with a look at Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a free tracking tool that will help you understand how many people visit [...]
New Game Designed to EVOKE a Better World tells about several projects involving game playing that Jane McGonigal is leading. These virtual reality games are designed to solve difficult real life problem and make real life changes. This excellent article by Kim Pearson also contains video of a recent TED Talk by McGonigal, which is [...]
SXSW Interactive, a yearly geekfest in Austin, TX, is where I spent most of last week. I picked up on a lot of trendy new ideas, apps, and goings on in the tech world. Some of them may be of interest. Gowalla Everyone was using Gowalla and talking about Gowalla, comparing Gowalla with Foursquare, and [...]
Stickybits makes QR code blocks for you that get sent to you as a stick-on. These can be attached to equipment, cards, or anything else where it makes sense to provide your contact information or URL. New Research from ABI Highlights the Characteristics That Lead to Advancement of Technical Women. This is a summary. The [...]
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
The Online Education Game is Changing at eduGuru is an important article every educator should read. An excerpt: The walled garden of higher education just took a volley from one dangerous cannon. It’s a cannon that might not knock the wall down this time, but there will certainly be successors that could. What I’m talking [...]
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