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15 Essential WordPress Plugins for Portfolio Sites

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:20:37 -0400

15 Essential WordPress Plugins for Portfolio Sites:

Tom Walker at DesignMag puts together a list of 15 Essential WordPress Plugins for Portfolio Sites. These useful add-ons will enable WP users to create and add image galleries, albums,…

How To: Use Wikis for Business Projects

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:20:37 -0400

How To: Use Wikis for Business Projects:

Jeff Hobbs, Director of Engineering at ActiveState, blogs for Mashable about How To: Use Wikis for Business Projects. If you’re thinking about using one of these collaborative tools in…

Language Learning Through Social Media

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:42:26 -0400

Language Learning Through Social Media:

Laura I. Gómez, online media executive and former college language instructor, writes for Mashable about How To: Learn and Practice Languages Using Social Media. This quick and useful…

Nielsen Report on How Teens Use Media

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:42:25 -0400

Nielsen Report on How Teens Use Media:

A new Nielsen report on the myths and realities of teen media trends reveals How Teens Use Media. Here are a few of the findings:

Teens are NOT abandoning TV for new media: In fact, they watch…

19 Presence Management Chores You COULD Do Every Day

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:01:27 -0400

19 Presence Management Chores You COULD Do Every Day: Establishing an engaging and effective online presence takes continual maintenance. Chris Brogan suggests 19 Presence Management Chores You COULD Do Every Day in order to do just that. Here are a…

Twitter Search in Plain English

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:01:27 -0400

Twitter Search in Plain English:

The folks at the Common Craft Show have put together another of their amazing educational videos called Twitter Search in Plain English which uses a metaphor of the small town…

Twitter Guide Book

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:17:30 -0400

Twitter Guide Book:

Mashable has created a one-stop hub for all things Twitter with its new Twitter Guide Book. This aggregated directory of news and resources will be continuously updated by the folks at…

10 Ways Library Schools Should be Teaching Social Media

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:57:07 -0400

10 Ways Library Schools Should be Teaching Social Media:

Daniel Hooker at Sociallibrarian writes about 10 ways library schools should be teaching social media. This interesting post discusses the benefits of incorporating social media…

M-Libraries: Information Use on the Move

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:57:04 -0400

M-Libraries: Information Use on the Move:

A new report on mobile technology adoption and libraries was published by University of Cambridge, authored by Keren Mills of the Arcadia Programme.

“The majority of respondents…

10 Twitter Best Practices for Brands

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:03:09 -0400

10 Twitter Best Practices for Brands: Michael Brito, social media strategist and community builder at Intel, blogs for Mashable about 10 Twitter Best Practices for Brands. The article discusses the art of using Twitter effectively for…

Duke University Libraries Image Collections for iPhone

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:02:53 -0400

Duke University Libraries Image Collections for iPhone:

The Duke University Libraries is now offering the most comprehensive university digital image collection specifically formatted for an iPhone. Through DukeMobile 1.1, the University’s suite…

100 Tips, Tools, and Resources for Teaching Students About Social Media

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:52:18 -0400

100 Tips, Tools, and Resources for Teaching Students About Social Media: The Teaching Degree.org blog posts about 100 Tips, Tools, and Resources for Teaching Students About Social Media. This useful guide offers tips and resources for educators for instructing students…

Libraries with Start Page Portals

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:51:51 -0400

Libraries with Start Page Portals:

A recent post on the Netvibes blog titled Using public pages as virtual libraries! contains a list of 11 libraries that are using a Netvibes start page as a public portal or virtual…

The Great Wall of Facebook

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:27:19 -0400

The Great Wall of Facebook:

Photo Credit: Brent Humphreys

Fred Vogelstein writes about the Facebook-Google rivalry in the July 2009 issue of Wired Magazine with Great Wall of Facebook: The Social Network’s Plan to…

Top 10 WordPress Plugins to Promote Your Social Media Profiles

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:40:37 -0400

Top 10 WordPress Plugins to Promote Your Social Media Profiles:

Selene M. Bowlby writes for Mashable about the Top 10 WordPress Plugins to Promote Your Social Media Profiles. This list includes plugins that help bring in updates from your social…

Working the Social: Twitter and FriendFeed

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:40:37 -0400

Working the Social: Twitter and FriendFeed:

Laura Carscaddon & Colleen S. Harris write for Library Journal about Working the Social: Twitter and FriendFeed: Let these social networking services do the filtering for you.

“Information…

100+ Alternative Search Engines You Should Know

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:02:57 -0400

100+ Alternative Search Engines You Should Know:

The Hongkiat blog has put together a mega-list of 100+ Alternative Search Engines You Should Know. This helpful guide categorizes these niche search engines into the following types:

10 Golden Rules of Social Media

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:02:56 -0400

10 Golden Rules of Social Media:

Aliza Sherman at Web Worker Daily writes about the 10 Golden Rules of Social Media and invites others to debate and refine them. Here are her top 5:

Respect the Spirit of the ‘Net.
Listen.
Add…

How Google Book Search Affects Academe

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:31:07 -0400

How Google Book Search Affects Academe: The Chronicle of Higher Ed talks with Adam Smith, director of product management at Google in this podcast discussion. The two talk about “Book Search, the proposed settlement in the…

Options for Managing Many Online Identities

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:31:02 -0400

Options for Managing Many Online Identities:

If you’re having difficulty keeping track of all your social media profiles, you may want to check out Web Worker Daily’s recent post about Options for Managing Many Online Identities….