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I feel compelled to reply to Helen Barrett's recent weblog post where she talks a little about Elgg and open source in general. Specifically, she says: Of course that is one problem with open source software... without a business model to support the development, it can take longer
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It's a series of tangled up tubes! Some net neutrality-related Saturday fun. (How often do those words fit together?)
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The E-learning Lab's Workshop on e-Learning Tools is about Elgg from point 9 onwards, but also encompasses Technorati, tagging and more. It's very clearly presented and may be worth a look as an introductory resource.
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What do you do if you're a business student and can't find a willing company to take part in your final year research project? It's the Internet age, so the answer is simple: sell yourself on eBay. Surely there's a better medium
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Just in case the Superman branding currently on the site wasn't a clear enough clue, Myspace has proven itself to be utterly unusable for serious tasks by allowing an adware company to place its ads on their site. If you're running Internet Explorer, you'll
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http://lucafiligheddu.blogspot.com/2006/06/firefox-voip_114959011311941395.html From the browser-as-platform department: voice functionality built directly into Firefox.
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Link The organizations announce availability of Microsoft Office add-in that enables easy access to Creative Commons copyright licenses. This is huge.
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http://www.mosdeux.com/vitalsigns/ A short film told in American Sign Language. Amazing.
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http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/40483#623656 A fantastic answer to a question on Ask Metafilter about how to talk to "troubled" children, from a 13 year old. Rings very true and highlights important problems; definitely worth a read.
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http://www.widgetoko.com/ A daily roundup of dynamic widgets you can stick on your blog or website. Kind of neat.
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One requirement that services like PalTalk - VoIP that integrates directly with social networking sites, among others - raise is for more real-time interactivity actually embedded within web pages. Text chat has existed forever, but sometimes it's handy to be able to call or even videoconference with people; I&
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I spent the (unexpectedly long) weekend on a small Cornish island nature reserve where my sister is assistant warden. Downtime is good, but now I'm very much back in action, with a long list of things to do and slightly more time to do it in. One change