The Ultimate Google+ Cheat Sheet. Google+ is growing like crazy.
In fact, it is the fastest growing social network ever. Just as with any other social network, marketers have a lot to learn and do. So we thought we would invest some time into making your life easier. In this post, we've compiled the best content about Google+ from all across the web. Use it to learn how to leverage Google+ for both business and personal uses. Google+ Vocabulary: Quick Reference Glossary Stream – the list of messages that is displayed on the Google+ home screen and for each Circle of contacts Hangout – a platform for group video chatting and collaboration that is used by Google+ members Circle – the method of organizing connections into groups for more targeted sharing and better privacy Google Profile – your personal home on Google+, which allows you to share interesting, work experiences, personal information, and much more Sparks – the magazine of Google+, which bring together information on a topic for easy viewing.
Useful Websites. Here is a list of websites we have featured in the past that might come in handy.
Remember to set FuckingHomepage.com as your start page if you haven’t already. Educational/Learning favoriteandforget.com – Useful and educational links updated daily. Set it as your homepage and forget about it.khanacademy.org - video lectures on just about any subjectted.com - lectures by smart peopleinternetisuseful.com - for every educational website or useful web app out thereacademicearth.org - classroom lecturesfreerice.com - expand your vocabulary while feeding the hungrylizardpoint.com - a collection of geography quizzesmathrun.net - timed math quizzesclassicshorts.com - the best short storieserowid.org - learn about drugsqwikia.com - turn a Wikipedia article into a videounplugthetv.com - a collection of intellectually stimulating videosfactsie.com - a place to learn amazing and unusual historical and scientific facts Learn Skills Useful Web Apps Entertainment - Music, Movies, Sports, Books.
50 Great Examples of Data Visualization. Wrapping your brain around data online can be challenging, especially when dealing with huge volumes of information.
And trying to find related content can also be difficult, depending on what data you’re looking for. But data visualizations can make all of that much easier, allowing you to see the concepts that you’re learning about in a more interesting, and often more useful manner. Below are 50 of the best data visualizations and tools for creating your own visualizations out there, covering everything from Digg activity to network connectivity to what’s currently happening on Twitter. Music, Movies and Other Media Narratives 2.0 visualizes music. Liveplasma is a music and movie visualization app that aims to help you discover other musicians or movies you might enjoy.
45 Top Websites To Download Free EBooks. The Internet is an amazing source of information including eBooks so it’s no wonder that so many people want to download free eBooks.
Not only are eBooks far more convenient than your standard, paper book but they are also cheaper, easier to transport, and can literally be read anywhere especially if you have a laptop, tablet, or eReader such as the Amazon Kindle. Disinformation. Interpersonal Conflict and Effective Communication. Clay Shirky: Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable. The Future of the Press. Lord Justice Leveson has one of the least enviable jobs in public life.
His assignment is to adjudicate between the demand for privacy and the principle of free speech. He must do so against the backdrop of a public outcry, an unfinished criminal investigation and a galloping technological revolution. How War in Syria Turned These Ordinary Engineers Into Deadly Weapons Inventors. Among the Syrian rebels, Yassin is far from alone in applying his ingenuity to homemade weapons.
More than in any of the other Arab nations riven by war in recent years—more than in Egypt, Libya, or Iraq—the rebels here have taken a DIY approach to arming themselves. This has been born out of a combination of necessity (other rebellions have been better supplied) and uncommon opportunity, as rebels have been able to hold significant territory where workshops can be set up and kept safe from regime attacks. Though regional countries like Saudi Arabia and Qatar have supplied arms to the rebels—and the US decided in June to begin its own limited program—weapons have been scarce enough that the rebels continue to manufacture their own. The whole region around Aleppo, which had been the center of Syria’s heavy industry, quickly became particularly fertile ground; as the rebels captured machine shops, steel mills, and power plants, they began adapting them to the task of war.
Your Smartphone Gains a Mind of Its Own. A growing number of apps like Tempo, above, are using machine learning algorithms to get smarter about what information you’re looking for.
Photo: Alex Washburn/Wired Heath Whaley was running late to the airport, as usual. Zipping through nudie scanners at airport security with minutes to spare, he made a quick stop at the restroom, and began searching in his bag for his boarding pass to check his flight departure info and gate number. News web documentary: Exile Without End: Palestinians in Lebanon. A Village Invents a Language All Its Own. Twenty one pilots: Car Radio [OFFICIAL VIDEO]