Chiperoni
From the monthly archives: March 2010
Using the term digital native to describe all netizens born after 1980 is way too general. I found this interesting article discussing various findings:
Only a minority of students actively created their own content or used emerging technologies such as blogs, social networking and podcasts. And a significant proportion of them had [...]
Besides iPod Touch apps, another apps marketplace that has really grown is the one for Firefox. There’s an add-on for everything, it seems.
Here’s a break-down of Firefox add-ons that I am using:
Delicious
This a Firefox add-on I can’t do without. Very stable. Useful. Mark a text on a webpage and hit [...]
There is a plugin for WordPress that simplifies adding hyperlinks to captions
Many thanks to {a.} of Handmade 2.0 for sharing this info.
Link captions simplify the attribution of Creative Commons photos shared in the public domain.
Before using any photo, check the licensing conditions first.
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JPEG not displaying in MS Internet Explorer 7 or 8 ? I was puzzled. I checked the src link, re-uploaded the image…
Well, then I learned that JPEGs saved in the CMYK color model will not display in MS IE, while they do display in Firefox 3.x.
I guess saving JPEGs in CMYK is [...]
hmmm…
70% of your tweets should share resources- sharing others’ voices, opinions, quotes, blog posts, articles, content and resources
20% of your tweets should engage in conversations with others, responding, connecting, collaborating and connecting with others.
10% of your tweets can be chirping, chitchat as Angela calls it, on trivial details or self-promotion.
Quick blog post to recommend Erika Stucky’s concert “Stucky plays Stucky”. Lots of fun.
How do you master a new skill and become an expert? How do you leave mediocrity behind?
I am thinking a lot about how to cross the so-called suck threshold.
I have experienced crossing this threshold for some topics, and that’s where I want to be.
How to get there? [...]
Via Cyberwriter, here are the 3Ps of news distribution:
Portable : 33% of cell phone owners now access news on their cell phones. Personalized : 28% of internet users have customized their home page to include news from sources and on topics that particularly interest them. Participatory : 37% of internet users have [...]
