Archive for June, 2007
del.icio.us links for 2007-06-17
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MooTools is a compact, modular, Object-Oriented javascript framework designed to make writing extensible and compatible code easier and faster. MooTools lets you get the job done efficiently and effectively.
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Freeware app iTunes Sync syncs and transfers your iTunes music to non-iPod MP3 players.
As long as your MP3 player shows up as a drive letter in Windows, iTunes Sync will work. You select an iTunes playlist to transfer over to the device and go. -
Harold created a new page that will list the practical job aids for workplace performance that he has developed. Usefull stuff!
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performance analysis methods for several projects and have found it to be a good way to separate the important signals from just the noise that surrounds many large organisations,
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The main goal is to engage your audience and make them listen to you, so everything a singer does, a speaker ought to do too. Here are the absolute necessities of an engaging performance or presentation that Doug compiled for me:
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In childhood, you’re in alpha mode. You’re just trying to find your footing, much like a technology product that’s got lots of bugs.
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The financial goal of a start-up should be simple: profit in the least time with the least effort. Not more customers, not more revenue, not more offices or more employees: more profit.
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The Online Education Database has published an extensive list of open courseware, podcasts and videos that can be used for learning different topics. Now this is a true resource. : from elearningpost
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when I started telecommuting, there was no Basecamp, so we had to cobble together our own solution, mostly from opensource software. These days, there are is even more great software available to teams who want to assemble their own virtual office.
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“Project management software is social software”
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hat exactly is a framework? And are they only useful to programmers, or can we web designers benefit from the concept, as well?
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WTF!!! “Essentially, change management is replacing existing stories in people’s heads with new stories about the future. Narrative and story imagery are powerful ways to paint this vision of the future”
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For the survey (Practice Makes Perfect), a sample of 2,076 workers in the UK were asked which of ten ways of learning were helpful in learning to do the job better.
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UltraMon adds tons of useful functionality and tweaks to your multi-monitor desktop.
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“At its simplest, information is a node which can be connected. When connected, it becomes knowledge. The combined nature of many such connections results in understanding…i.e. understanding is an emergent property of the network”.
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session on participatory learning for the Future of Education conference being hosted by the University of Manitoba’s Learning Technologies Center.
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To be able to do your work from any computer, set up a virtual workspace online that will keep you productive, giving you quick access to what you need without all the distractions.
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How do your web pages fare in today’s mobile browsers? Virginia DeBolt outlines some of the issues you’ll need to think about, and suggests some techniques for testing that you can try…
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How to Work a Room: Your Essential Guide to Savvy Socializing.
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Adam says: “It’s a difficult question, with no one good answer. The bottom line is: ‘what the market will bear.’” The challenge, of course, is determining what the market will bear.
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Team collaboration anytime, anywhere with anyone
Supermarket 2.0
I am speechless 
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del.icio.us links for 2007-06-11
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If you are willing to share your experience, expertise and insight into your own industry, you will gain readers and fans, and they will spread the word. ..gain publicity through mainstream media and that ..will translate into increased sales.
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Darren Rowse recommends that you work hard at building trust, using narrative, establishing expertise, and showing generosity, among other things. [ProBlogger]
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I typed in the word “Genetics” and you can see the overview of the wiki pages of “Genetics” topic as a mindmap with the main sections as nodes and expandable branch, revealing details.
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By Luis
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BlogStorm is a new service allowing you to track the number of websites linking to your blog posts or news articles. We monitor your RSS feed daily and offer free statistics so you can see which of your posts are the most popular and how you can improve.
Connotea : enter the era of vertical folksonomy!
Connotea is like del.icio.us (online reference management, or social bookmarking + tagging) , but specifically catering to the needs of researchers, clinicians and scientists in bio-field! Enter the era of Vericalized Social Bookmarking!
The application is user-friendly, and the step by step guides (along with no-jargon word usage) should make the adaptation very easy for the non-techno-savvy-users. There are some nice video tutorials provided too.
The future of social bookmarking? Will this solve the low signal vs noise ratio in other generic social bookmark sites?
Thanks Daisy for the link.
del.icio.us links for 2007-06-04
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…there should be no separation between my Personal Learning Environment (PLE), my Personal Knowledge Management system, and my day-to-day set of tools that enhance my knowledge worker productivity.
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Demofuse allows users to create website tours that are embedded in a site as opposed to traditional flash based site tours.
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a directory of the web startup ecosystem — companies, products, people, and investors.
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The great thing about the Firefox browser is when you have a problem, there is usually a solution in the form of an extension. As a blog writer, I’ve been using a few that smooth out the experience and get rid of a few annoyances.
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Rich Internet Application an introduction (What is RIA? What is Apollo? What is Silverlight?)
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The Picasa2Flickr plugin adds a button to Picasa that lets you directly upload selected pictures to your Flickr account from the comfort of Picasa.
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1. It’s a mind map program
2. It’s 100% online
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four parts: preproduction, recording, postproduction, and publishing.
