Renaissance 2.0
Vizster was a project from 2004 developed by Jeffrey Heer and Danah Boyd that focussed on Visualizing social networks. I don’t know whatever became of this interesting approach to viewing social networks, but I hope someone continues their impressive groundwork. I have no doubt that we will all see this technology implemented in the Semantic…
iMedix is unlike any other social network you will ever join. It isn’t just a social network for patients, but more accurately for anyone who is interested in health and medical information. It’s primary reason for being, you will quickly discover, is to help people connect and communicate with others who understand what they are…
So many of us are blogging these days, but I wonder how many of us are actually backup our work. Sure, we can create blogs outside of the website in a word processor or in an online office suite as I do with Google Docs, but most bloggers are creating their work right there online within…
Something strange happened today. Earlier in the day, I had posted a comment on Chris Brogan’s blog in response to his excellent piece “Challenges of Social Media Types in the Workplace“. I shared how torn I was as a Systems Administrator because I had to block access to many popular social networking sites that I…
Unless you were living under a rock the last year or actually had one of them there things they call a life, then you know all about Twitter. In any event, whether you are new to Twitter or a seasoned veteran, here are some cool and hopefully useful links to checkout: www.Twitter.com is grand central…
Yes. There have been many digital and computerized pens in recent times, but the LiveScribe is the best pen ever. Words alone will not do it justice. You must see it to believe it. Here is a short video showing just some of what it can do: Here are three more videos from their website…
Here are some tips, tricks and updates that will help improve your web browsing experience, no matter which one you use. There are several common elements that all browsers require in order to view websites. The most important ones being Java and Flash players. In all my years working in IT, one of the most…
Play your songs online for free! The following sites will let you play your own songs over the web so you can hear it wherever you go as long as you have internet access. Some sites like the popular ILike and Last.fm let you share your playlists with the world but NOT your actual songs….
It’s the start of a new year which means many of us will start our annual charade known as new year’s resolutions, AKA goals we like to say out loud but secretly know there’s no chance of actually following through on in reality. The most popular goal will be to lose weight and get rid…
How do you save your favorites (bookmarks)? Do you save them locally on each of your computers (at work and at home and on your laptop)? If so, that out-dated method is a real pain to manage because your collection of favorite websites will be different on each computer. You will have some links on…