Joan talked about how she used blogs in a face-to-face information literacy class to extend learning and make the class more engaging. Joan was a last minute addition to the lineup as my original co- presenter realized on Friday that she couldn’t make it to the conference.
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Computers in Libraries Recap: Day 2
If you have never used my AsyncEnumerator class (which is part of my free Power Threading library) to simplify writing code that performs asynchronous operations, then you can ignore the rest of this blog posting. I have been working with Microsoft in an attempt to add my AsyncEnumerator (or something like it) into a future version of the .NET Framework.
For the first week of April 2010, we would like to present seven (7) of what we believe are the best free Photoshop brushes that were submitted at Deviantart.com. This batch of free Photoshop brushes include different types of Photoshop brushes from grunge to decorative to tech brushes. These types of free Photoshop brushes are useful for making creative backgrounds for any design whether for print or for web
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Free but quality fonts that you can use for your different projects are an essential component of every designers' tool kit. The proper and good use of typography can make a rather bland design into an attractive piece of art. To save you time from searching for new, fresh and artistic fonts that you can use for free, we decided to come up with a roundup of what we believe are quality and useful fonts.
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Later this week, Union Square Ventures’ Fred Wilson will be giving a talk at the 99% conference entitled “10 Ways To Be Your Own Boss .&# Prior to the talk, Wilson has provided a preview of his presentation , which gives his perspective on the various categories of entrepreneur: The Sole Proprietor : Matt Drudge The Partnership : Openshop Studios The Husband & Wife Team : Daily Lit The Boutique : Union Square Ventures The Federation : Allen & Co The Project : Avatar The Tour Bus : The Hype Machine Brought to you by: Work Literacy
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Fred Wilson: 10 Ways to Be Your Own Boss
Karl Jo Seilern and Anton Waldburg, managing partners of theblogpaper.co.uk , seem to be swimming against the currents in the ever turbulent waters that are the publishing industry. While most print publications are moving more and more content online in order to reach an increasingly tech-savvy, internet-based and mobile readership, Seilern and Waldburg are taking blog content offline in the blogpaper–the UK’s first completely user-generated, free newspaper. When I asked the duo what the rationale was behind taking blog content offline and into print form, Waldburg told me it is simply a way to “fully satisfy the needs of a young readership.” Readers can access the blogpaper’s content online, but having a print edition gives readers another format choice and extends the reach of the blogger past online consumers to those who prefer a more traditional reader experience.
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The Blogpaper, Moving Blogs Into Print
Webmaster Level: All We’ve got good news for site owners who are frequent users of the Top search queries feature in Webmaster Tools : we’re now providing more detailed data for each individual search query. We previously just reported the average position at which your site’s pages appeared in the search results for a particular query. Now you can click on a given search query in the Top search queries report to see a breakdown of the number of impressions and the amount of clickthrough for each position that your site’s pages appeared at in the search results associated with that query
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More data and charts in Top Search Queries
Webmaster Level: All Anticipating the start of the season of barbecues and potlucks, we’ve added recipes as our newest rich snippets format. This means that for certain sites with recipe content, Google users will see quick facts when these recipe pages show up as part of the search results.
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Better recipes on the web: Introducing recipe rich snippets
I have a theory about how we ended up here on Mother-Ship Earth . After all, isn’t almost everything about our precarious futures just a tad too ominous, seemingly set into a pattern of continuous lucid movement? What if every one of us had originally decided to jump onto this moving planet we call Earth
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Would You Jump Onto A Moving Planet?
Being a nerd has it perks, Nerds can pickup mad chicks in Second Life , Photoshop acne out of pictures, and if they’re truly 1337, even have a real life girlfriend one day. I know being a nerd sounds glamorous and all, but there are a few major drawbacks. When you’re a nerd, you usually develop a serious case of Big Bonedinitis
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Biggest Nerd Loser
I go with Recon. M-95, extra ammo, binoculars, and that cool revolver I unlocked yesterday. Let’s do this. I drop down through the air, my parachute billowing and slowing my descent. I look down and notice a vacant tank, something Russian , like a T-90 or something, just waiting for someone to drive it. Unfortunately, another soldier, SuperPhat420 by his blue name hanging over his head, also notices it and starts steering his parachute towards it. Since he was quite a bit lower than me he gets there first. As he enters the tank its engine rumbles to life and he guns it. The big machine lurches forward, but I had timed it correctly and make it in just in time. I don’t mind not driving though. Gunning is preferable since, when the tank is inevitably destroyed, you can always blame it on the driver. I scope around.
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A BFBC2 Moment
Last night, when I should have been asleep, I was up reading some random blog posts and checking out my friends posts on Facebook and friedeggs.com . During my late night browsing session, I came across a post by SelinaJane–one of my new best buddies –about 60 Cool & Creative 404 Error Pages . If you have a chance, take a look at the post because, as the title promises, there are some really cool and creative page designs.
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Creative Inspiration From 404 Pages & Pancakes
The Nokia E63 , Nokia E66 , Nokia E71 upgrade the firmware to v410.21.010.The three Nokia phones are Flash Lite 3 enabled phones. The following is the changelog list: NEW FUNTIONALITIES: Following baselines/functionalities have been upgraded
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Nokia E71, E66 and E63 upgrade the firmware to v410.21.010
eLearning Technology Tony Karrers eLearning Blog on e-Learning Trends eLearning 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 Learning Management Systems (LMS) e-Learning ROI and Metrics Search via eLearning Learning for first time visitors Tuesday, March 30, 2010 Social Media for Knowledge Workers : eLearning Technology Last week I had a presentation Brought to you by: Work Literacy
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Tony Karrer: Social Media for Knowledge Workers
I’m sure I’ll pay the bridge a few more visits as I get to grips with my Nikon D5000 . 14 kilometres west of Edinburgh, the Forth Rail Bridge is so imposing it’s easy to capture a dramatic photo. The structure was designed by Sir John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker, and built by Glasgow based company Sir William Arrol & Co
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Forth Rail Bridge
We have a new Lightweight Champion! Frankie Edgar defeated BJ Penn with a unanimous decision victory over the former 155lb Champion. What? Unanimous decision? Hearing the scorecards after the fight, it was hard to believe that one of the judges didn’t give any rounds to BJ. The three judges scored the bout 50-45, 49-46, and 48-47. Frankie is an excellent wrestler. Those two take-downs definitely influenced the judges in Frankie’s favor.
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Underdog Becomes New Champion Frankie Edgar Wins at UFC 112
For some productivity enlightenment on this topic, I turned to online marketing advisor and founder of The Blog Squad, Denise Wakeman. Dipping in two to three times a day with the sole purpose of connecting, retweeting, answering questions and following links helps keep you focused, present and visible. Wakeman: I automate some of my tweeting — such as automatically posting links to my blog posts when they are published and Lately, I’ve been spending a fair amount of time in “tweet space.&# Not so much for myself, but for my clients — helping them figure out how to get the most marketing bang for their Twitter buck, and showing them ways to build their following and streamline their Twitter time management.
In the United States when a child is born with a disability and is not wanted by their own parents, the child is sent to a foster home where the family is given training on how to care for the child. There are strict requirements and the children are generally well cared for. In other countries, Haiti, Turkey and Ukraine, for example, many times when a child is born with a disability (sometimes even a minor defect such as stunted growth to an extremity) the parents are counseled to institutionalize the child, often being told that they will not be able to care for the child, or that the child will die regardless of care
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Adopting From Abroad
With so many toys on the market for the graphic design student or professional designer, one post wasn’t enough. Let’s take a look at other new, free, or simply awesome software available for download. WizFlow Flowcharter For your corporate clients in need of presentation help, WizFlow can be your best friend
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Graphic Design Software – Part II
As I sit here in a comfy chair at Starbucks, typing away on my laptop, I think it odd that my thoughts drift to visions of destruction and desolation. Odd because my imaginings entail the loss of pretty much everything I enjoy as I sit here: my iced mocha, the wireless internet I am using, my car outside, even the sense of safety and security that I feel. Odd also because, while I entertain notions of what it would be like, a part of me is sure that I really have no concept of what I contemplate. No frame of reference. I could assume that since I have played numerous games, seen numerous movies, and read numerous books centered on the theme of the post apocalypse that I do indeed have plenty of vicarious experience to draw upon. But how much do I really know about something if what I know is solely based on things fed to me through popular culture . Just because I have watched as many war movies as I possibly could, and read as much as I could about military engagements and what not, does not mean that I have any idea of what it truly means to be in a war. An idea, maybe, but nothing more. Something tells me that if I were really and truly there, I would not be quite so into it. And yet, this idea of the end times fascinates me. Why? What is it about the end of everything that is so alluring? Is it some kind of species awareness that makes us afraid that something may happen to wipe us from history completely? Or, is it because Hollywood just wanted to make another bad disaster movie? There are so many ways we have envisioned the demise of our species. The pole shift that will occur in 2012, that was supposedly foretold by the Mayans is a good example. It sounds really exciting. But when you really research the whole 2012 thing, you get all bogged down in Mesoamerican Long Counts, and previous worlds that have been destroyed, or were they destroyed, some say no, and after a while, you don’t even care anymore. Did you know that the Aztecs believed that there were four “Suns,” or worlds previous to this one, all of which were ultimately destroyed? Then again, the Aztecs themselves were, for the most part, destroyed by European invaders, so maybe they were on to something after all. Let’s not forget the vikings. According to Norse mythology there were a series of events, called Ragnarok , that signaled the end of the world. A great battle between the gods, followed by a bunch of natural disasters , and eventually the submersion of the world under water. Then again, of course a sea-faring people would predict that eventually the oceans would cover there lands. It just makes sense. Even Christianity has its own doomsday predictions. The rise of the Anti-Christ, followed by the return of Jesus Christ , and ultimately, Judgment Day. Or something along those lines. I’m not quite sure about the particulars, but if you are really interested you could read the Left Behind series by Tim LaHaye . I think there was even a movie starring Kirk Cameron.
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Reflections On The End Times