Sunday, September 30, 2007

Get Familiar with Linux

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If you own a desktop computer or notebook computer , chances are it came pre-installed with Windows or Mac OS X. These are the most popular operating systems in the United States today, making up for about 96% of the overall market. However, there is a third, fast-growing operating system, named Linux that also deserves our attention.

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Sunday, September 23, 2007

Tech Tip 139 - Getting The Most Out of Flickr

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Flickr is one of the best-known photo sharing sites on the Web. While it’s fairly easy to use, you can do a lot more with Flickr than just post and share photos. This TechTip looks at a number of things that you can do to make your use of Flickr easier, faster, and more enjoyable.

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Sunday, September 16, 2007

Tech Tip 138 - Sharing The Load With Web 2.0

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When I was in high school and college in the 1980s, I couldn’t count the number of group projects that I had to take part in. In those days, to get anything done the members of the group met—usually in a library—to come up with strategies and divide the work. Then, we’d go off and take care of our portions of the project. If we needed to contact each other, there were nighttime phone calls. Then, just before the project was due, we’d dump our notes on someone and they’d type everything out.

That way of doing things wasn’t very efficient, and it was definitely low tech. But in the days before the Internet, when even desktop computers were a bit of a rarity, that’s how we got things done. Luckily, the situation has changed. There are a number of great Web-based tools that can help students efficiently manage and collaborate on group projects.

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Sunday, September 09, 2007

Tech Tip 137 - RSS Choose Your News

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What is RSS and why should I be subscribing to this ‘Really Simple Syndication”

Wikipedia defines RSS as the following:  “RSS makes it possible for people to keep up with their favorite web sites in an automated manner that’s easier than checking them manually.”

As great as the internet and blogs are you only have so much time in a day to go out and check all your favorite websites and blogs to see if there have been any updates or new juicy information.  So what is one to do?

This video is courtesy of http://www.commoncraft.com which shows a fantastic tutorial explaining what is RSS, and why it is necessary for those who enjoy spending time online, but are looking for a more effecient process of doing so!

Click on the below video, enjoy, and hopefully you also will now be utilizing the web with a Really Simple Syndication….

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