Getting Your Work Done With Social Media: the Sprint. I suspect that there’s a sort of orthodoxy emerging around social media and work: they’re powerful “novelty aggregators”, and they’re good at helping people make connections with others in their fields.
Probably because of the novelty-aggregator function, services like Twitter and Facebook aren’t associated with getting work done. Michael Sippey calls the experience of clicking around in your Facebook or Twitter feed “social surfing”, and notes how easily time slides away. Merlin Mann sums this view up well: “Joining a Facebook group about creative productivity is like buying a chair about jogging.” It is possible, however, to use social media to support, rather than distract from, your work. Librarians Put Their Trust in Patrons - Libraries. 4 Game-Changing Trends in Web App Design. Web applications are one of the greatest revelations of the Internet.
It’s a development that is largely specific to the Web 2.0 era, but their significance will be in effect for generations. The web app is a signifier of a fundamental shift in computing. It's representative of the cloud and our newfound ability to decentralize our technical lives and spread ourselves across desktop computers, mobile devices and pretty much anything else connected to the Internet. But web apps are driven by trends, and trends move fast. So if you're slaving away on a mobile app, here are four trends that you might want to consider before coding yourself into irrelevance. Achievement Details - Newbie. Greg h.'s Badge on Untappd. Oks Source: US copyright complaint sparks Twitter and Facebook storm. Cooks Source Facebook page A US student blogger has found herself at the centre of a Twitter storm after a magazine allegedly lifted her work – and then told her she should be grateful it had done so.
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We want to be able to produce things well in as little time as possible. We also want to reduce things that detract us from reaching a task’s completion. We need to try to avoid making mistakes, reduce our stress sources and, in general, manage our contentment in order to maintain our ability to get stuff done well and on time. This article discusses a handful of interesting ideas for improving productivity and efficiency. Remove the Negatives. 20 heroic librarians who save the world.
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They're the films chosen by filmmaker David Lynch for a special sidebar of AFI Fest 2010, which runs from Nov. 4 to 11. Lynch, director of "Blue Velvet, "Mulholland Drive" and "Inland Empire," is the festival's first-ever guest artistic director and himself an American Film Institute alumnus. One Page Per Day: A web typewriter for authors. 4 Concepts for Simplistic Web Design :Speckyboy Design Magazine. These are some powerful principles you might have never heard about.
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For more than 20 years, research librarian Kee Malesky has answered questions for NPR reporters, editors and hosts. She has compiled some of her favorite bits of "inessential knowledge" — such as which building did Elvis leave last? — in a new book, All Facts Considered. Robert P. New Library Technologies Dispense With Librarians. Identifies the Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2011.
STAMFORD, Conn., October 19, 2010 View All Press Releases Analysts Examine Latest Industry Trends During Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, October 17-21, in Orlando Gartner, Inc. today highlighted the top 10 technologies and trends that will be strategic for most organizations in 2011.
The analysts presented their findings during Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, being held here through October 21. Gartner defines a strategic technology as one with the potential for significant impact on the enterprise in the next three years. Factors that denote significant impact include a high potential for disruption to IT or the business, the need for a major dollar investment, or the risk of being late to adopt. 11 Social media books that are essential reading for anybody in the industry. ArtCon6small. 50 Excellent Photography-Related Tutorials. By Tomas Laurinavicius With the advent of affordable digital cameras and photo-editing software such as Photoshop, what used to be an expensive profession is more and more accessible to casual individuals.
The A-Z List for Web Designers. There are so many technical aspects of web design and development that it can be pretty hard work getting to grips with all the intricacies that have become a part of our ever-growing industry. This A-Z list attempts to assigns each letter of the alphabet to an important aspect of our work as professionals that make websites. In this list, you may come across terms you’re already aware of, or things you might not have ever heard of, but in any case, I recommend that everyone should have at least a basic working knowledge of these particular items. Some things are more orientated toward design, others are aimed toward front-end development, but all of them provide their own unique benefits to the web pages you build. How To Make Innovative Ideas Happen - Smashing Magazine. Advertisement In one of his recent presentations, Frans Johansson explained why groundbreaking innovators generate and execute far more ideas than their counterparts.
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50 Powerful Time-Savers For Web Designers - Smashing Magazine. Advertisement There are tools that make our lives much easier. However, finding those obscure time-savers which would save time in every single project isn’t easy and requires a lot of time. At Smashing Magazine, we are regularly looking for such useful tools, gather them, review them and eventually prepare for a truly smashing round-up.
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The , the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and four nonprofit education organizations are beginning an ambitious initiative to address that challenge by accelerating the development and use of online learning tools. An initial $20 million round of money, from the Gates Foundation, will be for postsecondary online courses, particularly ones tailored for and low-income young people. 10/10/10: The 10 best 'Best of' books of 2010. At the end of the calendar year, bookstores are swamped with anthologies proclaiming the "best of" writing of the year.