Springpad Ghostery Poyozo Scott Walker and the Secret "John Doe" Investigation Explained Scott WalkerGlen Stubbe/Minneapolis Star Tribune/ZUMAPRESS.com This explainer has been updated with new developments in the John Doe investigation, including a guilty plea by a former Walker aide. Click here to jump to those details. For background on the probe, keep reading. A dark cloud hangs over Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. A "John Doe" investigation launched in May 2010 has embroiled former Walker staffers and appointees from his time as Milwaukee County executive, his job before winning the governorship in November 2010. Walker says he has "fully cooperated" and "will continue to cooperate" with the John Doe probe. What's a John Doe investigation, anyway? Here, "John Doe" doesn't refer to one person. As part of a John Doe investigation, witnesses may be granted immunity from prosecution if they agree to testify under oath. Why does the scandal matter? What has happened so far? Here's the blow-by-blow in the John Doe probe so far: The probe widened later that May. What comes next?
28 Essential Facebook Timeline Resources Facebook announced on its blog Tuesday that all users will have Timeline within the next few weeks, bringing a close to the gradual rollout process that began September 2011. Timeline changes the old Facebook profile from a list of your recent updates to a summary of your life since birth. Among its new features is a cover photo at the top of your profile and a timeline to which you can add life events not previously captured by Facebook. The new profile is thought to be one of Facebook's most extreme redesigns so far, redefining what a social networking profile can do. Whether you've already switched to the new feature or you're baffled by the new look, read on for Mashable's roundup of Timeline resources to help you with the transition.
Someone unfriended you? Time to find out who! By Helen A.S. Popkin For a brief time during Facebook’s initial Timeline rollout, you could see who unfriended you, and even when, just by clicking on the year and looking in your “friends” box. Though Timeline brought many haters-of-Facebook-change out of the woodwork, this was the one new “feature” they agreed was awesome. Predictably, it didn’t last. Facebook, which prefers that you focus on the positive aspects of friendship, “fixed” the problem. You can be proactive in uncovering your rejection however, and not just on Facebook. How easy is it to find out? Unfriend Finder Facebook Unfriend Finder While Facebook doesn’t allow any apps that will give you the unhappy news -- those you do see on Facebook are likely scams -- Unfriend Finder is a free browser extension that doesn’t live inside the social network. Unlike the short-lived hole in Facebook Timeline however, Unfriend Finder won’t tell you who ditched you in the past. Social Fixer for Facebook Twitter
50 Best Websites 2013| Full List Pie Crust Heart Cookies | Following Friends Pie crust is my favorite, so when I saw these cookies made by Jennifer Rizzo I had to make them. I used the Pillsbury crust and some semi sweet chocolate chips. These are my cookies I used a knife to spread the melted chocolate between the cookies. I hope you have a happy Valentines Day xo Marie Like this: Like Loading...
Main Page The Top 10 Best Museum Web Sites Museum buildings have long been a redoubt of architectural innovation and a dependable method for institutions to refresh their images and programming — just look at the Guggenheim Bilbao, whose name has become synonymous with museum-led urban renewal. Given that new buildings and renovations are a rare occasion, what’s another way for 21st-century museums to get a brand boost? They might choose to redesign that other gallery space — their Web site. Washington, D.C.’s Hirshhorn museum just unwrapped their Bruce Mau site redesign, adopting a Web 2.0-style grid of colored boxes. 10. The ICP’s site is nothing if not dramatic. 9. The Boston MFA’s Web site boasts some of the strongest video features of any museum site, with slow pans of artworks and installations that are also featured on screens in the physical gallery space. 8. The Museum of the Moving Image boasts a logo that… moves. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. The Whitney museum’s site has a children’s section that’s so cool it gets its own listing.
What Makes for Compelling Museum Websites? When to Break the Rules | Lilia Ziamou Museums mainly focus on engaging visitors on site. Engagement with past or future visitors can happen on a website but it is relatively uncommon. While most museums have a website that has information on their exhibitions, a more difficult question is how the website can enhance engagement with the museum experience. One reason that this is particularly challenging for museums is that the on-site experience is built around authenticity. Traditionally, museums have followed the principles of design to create websites characterized by a high degree of uniformity. The past, current, and upcoming exhibitions at this museum's website follow a remarkably consistent pattern, making it easy for the website viewer to obtain information. Now consider MoMA's collection that "reflects the vitality, complexity and unfolding patterns of modern and contemporary art." Translating these objectives into a uniform principle would mean compromising some of the unique aspects of the exhibitions.
Making the V&A website responsive for mobile visitors | Victoria and Albert Museum Responsive design – making a website display in an optimal way for the user’s hardware – is something that had been on our radar for quite some time. After all, nobody enjoys looking at a full-size web page shrunk down to tiny scale on a small mobile screen! Here is an outline of the initial release of the V&A website’s responsive display for mobile devices and how this works. This launched in July 2012. Why do responsive design? The use of mobile phones is increasing and has accelerated in recent years. As well as phones, the number of people using other devices such as tablets is also growing fast. The V&A web traffic stats show a corresponding trend, with mobile traffic to the site having doubled from around 7% in October 2011 to around 15% in October 2012, with some areas of the site such as the Visit Us section seeing 40% traffic from mobile. One response in recent years to the social trend to mobile has been to provide apps. The Old Way The concept here is a no-brainer. Credits: