It started with a tweet. Eddie Codel described Boston's streets as "Kafkaesque." I found it on Wikipedia (it means disorienting), along with a listing of other name-inspired words. One caught my eye: Machiavellianism. …
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Are Spammers Machiavellian?
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The Button Every Keyboard Needs
http://www.commoncraft.com/button-every-keyboard-needsFound at Garage Billiards and Bowl in Seattle. …
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Two Quotes on Simplicity
http://www.commoncraft.com/two-quotes-simplicityThe first is by Antione de Saint Exupéry, author of The Little Prince and a pioneer in aviation: Perfection is not when there is no more to add, but no more to take away. The second is by William of Occam (1288-1347) You might know the name from Occam's Razor. It is vain to do more with what can be done with less. …
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Resources to Know and Love Revisited…
http://vanishingpoint.edublogs.org/2008/11/30/resources-to-k...and receive links from others in my personal network. The idea of social bookmarking is not new (we have all shared bookmarks and links with friends in the paper world… del.icio.us brings speed and efficiency to this process. Lee Lefever has a great video that explains social bookmarking well. Recently there has been a TON of twitter traffic about Diigo. While I have not used it at all, I am beginning to investigate it and its possible uses. Kristin Hokanson
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Are you productive?
http://lusciouslilac.blogspot.com/2008/11/are-you-productive...it's been my goal to have it empty every evening. It's amazing what that simple task has done to free up my mind. Rather than read everything when I sort through my Reader, if it seems relevant but not necessary to read immediately, I bookmark it in Delicious and tag it for easy reference at a later date. For example, I'm not currently working on any technical writing so, if it's a short, relevant blog/news entry I'll read it immediately. If the topic is longer but I feel important, or has some great
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#4 5 Minutes Meals for ICT
http://kristianstill.edublogs.org/2008/11/16/4-5-minutes-mea...Social Bookmarking. Another term for website ‘favourites,’ only you can organise these bookmarks and share then with colleagues or with ‘your network.’ Still not clear? Then watch this Common Craft video
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Five Great Delicious Hacks, in Five Minutes, for Delicious’s 5th Birthday
http://portal.lacaterinca.com/five-great-delicious-hacks-in-...First, an Introduction Thanks to CommonCraft for another great video.
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Five Great Delicious Hacks, in Five Minutes, for Delicious's 5th Birthday
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/five_great_delicious_ha...First, an Introduction Thanks to CommonCraft for another great video.
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Knowledge Navigator
http://knowledgenavigator.wordpress.comI’m very fond of the Common Craft videos. They take complex ideas on a variety of Web2.0 concepts and applications ( RSS, Wikis, Social Networking, Social Bookmarking, Blogs, Online Photo Sharing, Twitter, Podcasting ) and make them easy for anyone to understand. As we gain expertise in a particular area of knowledge, it becomes difficult to provide a basic explanation of these technologies, especially to
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Common Craft explanatory videos for current topics
http://www.messagingnews.com/onmessage/2008/10/26/common-cra...on their site), but now focus on producing their own videos. Here are a number of videos that are likely to be of interest to Messaging News readers. Video: Phishing Scams in Plain English Video: Twitter in Plain English Video: Blogs in Plain English Video: Social Bookmarking in Plain English Video: Social Networking in Plain English Video: Wikis in Plain English Video: RSS in Plain English
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ACLS Director Blah Blah Blog
http://aclsdirector.blogspot.comto create a network of useful web sites for use at library service desks. You can get a flavor of the opportunities by viewing the class blog. Annette Gaskins at Harford was the primary driver of this course. Definitely start with the " Social Bookmarking in Plain English" video. I think it would benefit us as a small staff with diverse knowledge and abilities. Each branch would get their own Delicious account and include the others in their network. We each could add the web sites and apply as many tags (descriptive
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“Smart” Bookmarks
http://blog.woolleyrobertson.com/2008/10/21/smart-bookmarks/I want to try and explain what social bookmarking is and then tell you about how we are planning on giving it a real estate twist with our new web application Dwellicious. I recommended you take a look at this video
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Bokmerker du sosialt?
http://tenketing.net/2008/10/07/bokmerker-du-sosialt/og viste ham hvordan det er bygget opp ved hjelp av tags og nettverk. “Dette er jo perfekt, det er akkurat det vi trenger! Vi kan samle på artikler til hverandre” Derfor lenker jeg til den fine videoen til Common Crafts som forklarer konseptet med kløkt, før jeg lister opp noen tjenester som kan passe andre med samme behov. De sosiale bokmerkingstjenestene er veldig like i oppbygning og varier mest i farger og layout:
