Poster Production - Get Inspired with Automotivator Automotivator is an online poster generator that allows users to create motivational posters that can be shared with other 2.0 applications, such as wikis and blogs. Besides being free (although there is an option to professionally print your final product), the process of creating a poster is a fairly simple one. Users can upload an image from their computer or another web site, select the font style and color, and then type the motivational message. Once completed, posters can be saved, printed or uploaded to other Web 2.0 sites (i.e. Flickr, imgur). Automotivator is a free service, and users do not need to register for an account to utilize this “cool tool”. Check out a the student example shown below: Classroom Connection: If you’re looking for an easy way to integrate technology into a lesson, then Automotivator is just the tool for you!
Facebook Timeline Pages: A how-to for Photographers | Rosh Sillars Today (March 30, 2012) is the day our Facebook pages switch to the timeline layout. Timeline offers photographers new opportunities as well as a little pain. The new banner is nice for photographers to show off their work. My best advice is to keep it simple. One big change is the feature default custom tabs is no longer available. All traffic lands on the Timeline front page. The new cover photo dimensions are 851 x 315. For those photographers who use page gateway apps (A gateway page means people have to Like your page before they can see your timeline.) you can still use them, but now your header image will still be visible. Now when you have an important post or image to share you can highlight it. Applications have been moved from the left side of the page to their own photo boxes (see below). Take advantage of the milestone option. Timeline is designed to allow larger photographs and longer stories. The new admin panel, on the upper right side of your header, is easy to access.
Six Pixels of Separation - Marketing and Communications Blog - By Mitch Joel at Twist Image Is your head bleeding? Is your heart bleeding? Here's my thought (and, I say this with full disclosure that I am no IT expert and have limited knowledge of the hacking space beyond a personal interest in better understanding technology - peace and love... peace and love...), but the process of text-based passwords needs to be tossed out. It just has to happen. Why this is so important to talk about for marketers? The brands that win are the brands that can be trusted. It's like a full time job to manage this stuff, isn't it? It gets worse. Blame the passwords. These systems were built in a such a way that invites problems and challenges. Some thoughts on a better way to connect. I read with interest The Globe And Mail article published yesterday, Fed up with passwords? Organic solutions to technical challenges. In short, we need to use the small things that make us individuals unique from one another as the way in which to secure the content, flow and information we connect with.
The 5 Best Fact-Checking Websites Fact checking has its origin in the early 20th century, when magazines began to verify statements made in non-fictional texts prior to publication. This practice increases credibility and trustworthiness of articles and documents. Today, fact checking is often associated with political journalism, but can of course be used in any field, including your homework. Using the following fact checking websites, you can verify factual assertions made in your own writings. Google & Other Search Engines Google can find the truth. If you need something to use for school, also have a look at this article – Where To Research Material For Your Homework Snopes Snopes is the best place to make sure you didn’t fall for an urban legend, folklore, myth, rumor, or other misinformation spread online. It is worth noting that Snopes lists its sources at the end of every article. We have previously profiled Snopes for the MakeUseOf Directory. Similar websites can be found in these articles: FactCheck.org WhoWhatWhen
Keeping Up With the Vikings | Free Decorator ShareThis | Audience Buying Guide 2011 | Advertising Age Sharing is the universal language of the Internet. It changes the way the Web is navigated and organized based on how people interact with information and each other. Due to the ever-evolving nature of the online community, today's consumers are empowered to share at every brand interaction. In 2011, 63.7 percent of U.S. When a friend shares information and makes a recommendation, the potential buyer is more likely to become a true customer. For example, according to eMarketer, "Teen girls are hyperconnected and seek immediate feedback from their friends on potential purchases. And so the sharing process begins. ShareThis offers a suite of free solutions for marketers and consumers that puts sharing at the forefront of the digital experience—currently across more than 1 million Web sites, reaching more than 400 million users per month. Our sharing platform is unparalleled. 1 End-to-End Campaign Delivery and Optimization
Free Online Tools to Create Infographics Infographics and data visualizations have become incredibly popular ways to impart information while keeping your audience engaged. As a result, a slew of user-friendly, free online applications have been created which enable users to create their own information graphics. Here are five such tools that I think are particularly valuable: Wordle - Create beautiful and fully customizable word clouds with this free tool. Instantly create a word cloud for your blog or website by entering the RSS feed! Visual.ly is a brand new online application which allows you to create detailed data visualizations and infographics such as the one below. Twitter Visualizer – This fun tool quickly creates a personalized infographic of your Twitter persona based on what you tweet. Creately let’s you build organized concept maps, flowcharts, and diagrams for free. Tagxedo - Create a beautifully shaped word cloud from your blog, tweets, delicious tags, news topic, or any RSS feed.
Why antivirus companies like mine failed to catch Flame and Stuxnet Mikko Hypponen is the Chief Research Officer of F-Secure. He has been working with computer security for over 20 years and has fought the biggest virus outbreaks in the net, including Loveletter, Blaster, Conficker and Stuxnet. His TED Talk on computer security has been seen by almost a million people and has been translated to over 35 languages. A couple of days ago, I received an e-mail from Iran. When we went digging through our archive for related samples of malware, we were surprised to find that we already had samples of Flame, dating back to 2010 and 2011, that we were unaware we possessed. What this means is that all of us had missed detecting this malware for two years, or more. It wasn’t the first time this has happened, either. Stuxnet, Duqu and Flame are not normal, everyday malware, of course. Someone might argue that it’s good we failed to find these pieces of code. But that’s not the point. Yet we failed to do that with Stuxnet and DuQu and Flame.
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