01 December 2006
Lateral Thinking Problems - Preconceptions
The site poses problems in lateral or logical thinking, from easy to hard, with both hints and answers. Great party conversation and something kids will like.
A List Apart: Primer
by 3 otherstips on a variety of aspects of web sites for new designers and web site owners
Most Popular Posts from Quick Online Tips
by 1 otherkept updated, an important factor in Interent software hints; I use these often
Zoom In Online: the internet video channel providing essential info on media & entertainment
business and technology for media artists; many interesting perspectives and tech histories
27 November 2006
Visuarios: broadcast your skills
how-to videos or, more commonly, audio/slideshows; useful rhetorically for both technical writing and instructional video learning; web2.0 sharing of video that is perhaps instructionally more useful than YouTube.
Google Page Creator
by 4 othersgoogle tool for helping a person create their own web page and store it free online; very simple interface
Mojiti-video commentary software
by 11 othersuseful for teachers making clips to analyze in class; "personalize any video with your story. With visual spotlights, you can narrate your personal videos, add captions or subtitles, or comment on any scene."
pixer.us :: online photo editor
by 18 othersI have not tried it yet but am interested in the arrival of word processing, video editing, and photo editing tools to the web. This one has an intuitive interface.
Free Fax • Free Internet Faxing
by 8 otherssend a free fax within the USA and Canada, PDF or Word files, maximum two per day or $1.99 per fax for more; I have not used it yet but it sounds promising
Those Dark Hiding Places: The Invisible Web Revealed
by 4 othersa librarian teaches you about the dark web; originally written 2001, updated Oct. 2006
Quick Online Tips - Technology news, blogging tips, best computer software and web services
by 6 othersjust what it says; its lists and tip sheets are regularly updated
26 November 2006
24 November 2006
Specialty Search Engines
* Answers * Computer * Domain * Financial * Government * Invisible Web * Legal * Mailing Lists * Medical * Newsgroups * Science * Shopping * Travel Search Engines • others
Writing Demonstrations
interactive demonstrations of Conducting Electronic Searches; useful both for the information contained and as a demo of web design and writing instructional media in a library context; the larger site is a resource for writers.
22 November 2006
Sharpening 101
by 1 otheran explantion of what sharpening in Photoshop does and the theory behind it, plus workarounds
Jo’s Toolkit for grassroots and student journalists
tips and links for lots of aspects of the media, both print and visual
Article - At Home and Abroad: Some Views from the Avant-Garde on DVD by Daryl Chin
some tips on good avant garde films you can now buy on DVD
21 November 2006
Adding meaning and value to information
what we do with information that might make it useful and desirable to others
19 November 2006
Poynter Online - Writing Tools
50 writing tools, a quick list; we can all benefit from these
Lifehacker, the Productivity and Software Guide
by 79 othersblog; always something interesting here about software or web sites that could be useful
18 November 2006
The Digital Journalist November 2006 Issue Contents
monthly online magazine; wonderful examples of documentary photography
JEP - The Journal of Electronic Publishing
many of the past issues were on thematic concerns; ever of greater importance in academic and knowledge communities is the how-to of electronic publishing
16 November 2006
Sequence Analysis
by 1 otherby a teacher, great handout for students on how to analyze a film sequence
