Category: Internet

Friday Fun Link – Well Done Books (Feb 1, 2008)

Gives new meaning to the phrase “cook book“.  And pretty much any site's even more fun when viewed with this.

One Red Paper Clip Redux

It's a bit ironic that the town I visited today for Internet training happens to have a small place in Internet history itself.  But other than a brief

Friday Fun Link – Three Useful Sites (Jan 25, 2008)

One of the things I'm trying to do while on the road training branch librarians and the general public about the Internet and computers is to go beyond

Last.fm now allowing on demand streaming of artists and tracks

There was a very significant development in the ongoing mutation of the music industry today.  last.fm just announced that they are now offering limited, on-demand streaming of various

A Couple Funnies From The Field

So I'm on the road doing computer & Internet training and I thought I'd pass along a couple humourous moments from the past couple weeks…– tonight, a woman

Four Things You Should Never Do To Your Users

It's a short list but it cuts to the core with a list of the essential things that are part of successful online usability. 1.  Make Them Log-In

"My computer crashed and I have a CD with all the files – how do I get my e-mail address book back?"

In homage to RefGrunt, here's a sample of some of the topics I addressed and questions I helped people with during my two “Ask The Computer Guru” drop-in

The Cyberspace Equivalent of Building Blocks?

This physics based Flash game is probably the single most fun thing I've found on the Internet in a long time.  Very addictive!  (via MetaFilter which has some

Wikia Launches – An Open Source Search Engine From The People Who Brought You Wikipedia

I thought I wrote about Wikia when I first heard about it but couldn't find anything via my blog search engine.  So I guess this will be my

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