October 21, 2008
by Clint
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This is pretty exciting. I just came across Capilano University’s OpenCourseWare site where anyone can access and reuse Capilano University course material. Like the MIT version, Capilano has made learning resources available for free to anyone in the world. What … Continue reading
January 8, 2008
by Clint
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In life we tend to have many different types of relationships. There are the relationships that stay strong over time, usually due to close proximity and daily contact. There are the types of relationships that come and go over the … Continue reading
September 27, 2007
by Clint
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I’m not a power user of any of the Google tools. I have accounts and I do use Docs & Spreadsheets, Calendar and Gmail, but I barely scratch the surface beyond the basics of these tools. So when I stumbled … Continue reading
September 25, 2007
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In another sign that social bookmarking is hitting the mainstream, the BBC has added a social bookmarking options to their stories, allowing users to quickly bookmark stories to del.icious, Digg, Reddit, Facebook and StumbleUpon.
September 8, 2007
by Clint
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Del.icio.us, the social software I probably use the most, is undergoing a facelift and, for such a simple interface, it’s headache inducing to see how the team went about the redesign. 2.000 post it notes on a whiteboard. Yikes! I … Continue reading
August 2, 2007
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VeriSign iDefense is warning Facebook users to beware when installing third party applications. While no specific applications have been named, VeriSign says that the potential is there for third party applications to gain access to sensitive personal data. On one … Continue reading
July 27, 2007
by Clint
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Virgin Mobile in Australia is creating a bit of a buzz by using photos they found on Flickr licensed using the Creative Commons license in advertising campaigns, including as the basis for their Virgin website Are you with us or … Continue reading
July 13, 2007
by Clint
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According to a recent article in the New York Times, librarian is quickly becoming THE career of choice for progressive information technology thinkers. With so much of the job involving technology and with a focus now on finding and sharing … Continue reading
June 30, 2007
by Clint
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Business Week has done a nice bit of research pulling together some demographic information to come up with profiles on who uses the current crop of social web services and how they use them. Overall, social sites are growing at … Continue reading
May 30, 2007
by Clint
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The BBC is working on an ambitious plan to put nearly 1 million hours of it’s audio and video archives online and there is some fascinating stuff here. Some of the highlights include an interview with Martin Luther King Jr. … Continue reading