Category Archives: tutorialsBy Tara Horn of the Burma Action Committee, from a Portland, OR Ignite event. Despite her nervousness speaking in front of a large crowd, I think this is the most effective Ignite presentation I’ve ever seen.
Recently I offered some advice for how small businesses and independent professionals who aren’t very tech-savvy could expand their existing simple brochure sites into sites that will actively help build their business.
…Because the way the internet works today, a static brochure site is like a car up on blocks: You can sit in it, you [...]
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Later today I’m giving a talk at an entrepreneur’s group about how you can get more benefit out of social media by using hashtags. I’ve found that these can be exceptionally valuable tools to connect with topics and people. They also can help you make yourself (or a topic, organization, or [...]
Column-based Twitter applications like Tweetdeck can make following hashtags easy. (Image by Tojosan)
As I’ve mentioned before, hashtags are a powerful tool that allows Twitter users to track what many people (especially people whom you aren’t already following) are reporting or thinking about a particular topic or event.
Here’s the catch: Hashtags aren’t an officially supported Twitter [...]
Gigapan isn’t brand new, but it’s a fascinating visual tool that allows people to deeply explore panoramic photographs — and to collaboratively tell stories through pictures.
It’s part of Carnegie Mellon University’s Global Connection Project
What’s so cool about Gigapan?
Conveys a strong sense of place — almost a 3D feel
People can create their own experience with snapshots
Provide [...]
Just in case anyone hasn’t seen this 2007 classic video tutorial from CommonCraft:
Watch it. This could save your life. Or at least your brain.
A journalist friend recently asked me:
“What’s the real difference between a blog and web site? Can I have a link to my favorite sites, favorite videos, host a forum, etc. on my blog, or am I better off just building a Web site…and maybe having a blog on that. Likely I will probably only do [...]
Charlotte Anne Lucas of UNLV was showing me this process last night. She got all the gear to rig this up so her team of students can use N95s to cover the DNC in Denver this week.
YouTube – External microphones for Nokia N95.
Firefox users: To disable Adblock Plus on Lijit.com (or any site), you’ll need to add this handy red icon to your toolbar.
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that I was trying out the search widget Lijit on this site — not just for site search, but as a “me collector” (to aggregate all my [...]
Cinnamon Pants really nailed me here:
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