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An easy introduction
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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Business brains for sale
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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Myspace is not for education!
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
Firefox VoIP
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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Microsoft and Creative Commons Release Tool for Copyright Licensing
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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Vital Signs
http://www.mosdeux.com/vitalsigns/ A short film told in American Sign Language. Amazing.
How can I help my young friend?
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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Widgetoko | Your daily dose of widget-y goodness
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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Chatting in the page
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;
Islands, tagging, and an ocean-like inbox
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
Bugs, bugs, everywhere
Sometimes it's easy to get despondent about bugs showing up in software you write. It's possible to spend so long on a project that it almost feels like one of your children; any perceived imperfection hits you at your core. We've been doing some
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Live chat in the page
This is pretty neat - stick any URL at the end of gabbly.com/ and you get a personalised chatroom for that page. Click the link to chat on my weblog. Not quite sure what the business model is, but it's pretty neat. I think live chat scratches