The Web Habits of Highly Effective People | Online Only | Granta
Ask everyone you know what their web habits are: it reveals a lot you won't have known before, about them and about Internet use. Here some authors and folks in publishing talk about what they do, with links.
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Amazon Kindle Review
most thorough reader's review I have yet read; largely enthusiastic, especially about reading newspapers and journals online
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Deyan Sudjic on the city of the future | Art & Architecture | guardian.co.uk Arts
co-author of new anthology talks about spurt in size of already massive cities and has some proposals. He is not pessimistic about what the outcomes can be.
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Bb's RealTech | Kindled
a favorable review of Kindle after using it for awhile
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12 Quick Tips To Search Google Like An Expert
most people use google in its simplest form
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Thermogenic Foods and Spices (that help burn fat) - Low Carb Friends
some tips I knew, others new; tells when to eat the foods, before or after a meal.
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The Ipod Hacker: 100 Ways to Use Your iPod to Learn and Study Better
first post of a new blog, and it has lots of information, plus links to other sites with more information; a site to keep an eye on
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The West Highland Way, Milngavie, Fort William, Walking in Scotland
official site; wide range of different terrains, ranging from lowland moors, through dense woodland and rolling hills, to high mountainous regions; 95 miles long; one of the world's most beloved long hikes
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$1 Image Stabilizer For Any Camera - Lose The Tripod Video
Attach a bolt in the tripod mount, tie a string with a flat, weighted object (e.g., large metal washer) on the other end. Step on the washer & hold the string taught to keep the camera at a steady height.
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Our Storied Future | Rebecca Solnit | Orion magazine
"You cannot base a revolution on the bad things the status quo forgot to mention…tell the stories they are not telling...the great changes of the world come from the shadows and the margins, not center stage..."
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scribbles - simple drawing for Mac
this is perfect for doodlers and children; it does not tell what to draw but provides a good set of tools with instant gratification
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Hunkin's Experiments (over 200 home experiments)
experimenting with food, light, sound, clothes, and more!! Hundreds of cartoon experiments from cartoonist, broadcaster and engineer; bored at work, try office experiments
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Using Participatory Media and Public Voice to Encourage Civic Engagement
Freely-downloadable chapter by Howard Rheingold. "Teaching young people how to use digital media to convey their public voices could connect youthful interest in identity exploration and social interaction with direct experiences of civic engagement."
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Brand Avenue: About Brand Avenue
about urbanism; explores ideas of place, space and identity--mostly via architecture, planning, urban design, marketing, and urban development; wonderful links to architecture, urban life and sustainability, and cultural geography
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Facebook admits Beacon tracks logged-off users - Yahoo! News
Facebook's Beacon ad system tracks users' off-Facebook activities even if users are logged off and have previously declined having their activities on specific external sites broadcast to their Facebook friends
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Google Guide Quick Reference: Google Advanced Operators (Cheat Sheet)
you can print this out as a pdf; lots of ideas I never thought of doing with Google before this
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The Ed Techie: My personal work/leisure/learning environment
this edublogger made a map of the applications on the web that he uses the most; I would be interested in seeing more people do this. It seems that aside from Google, most people have different apps they like to use regularly.
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Bad Math Among eBook Enthusiasts
about the economics of ebook distribution, very detailed, good comments by equally knowledgable computer folk and publishers
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Confessions of an Aca/Fan: The Official Weblog of Henry Jenkins: Reconsidering Digital Immigrants...
a thoughtful post about not dividing youth from adult unnecessarily by using metaphor of digital natives vs immigrants; Jenkins has had cyberattack in comments section and will close down till new year
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MediaShift . Early Opt-Out'er::6 Reasons I'm Not Hooked on Podcasts | PBS
worth considering why some folks find podcasts not useful or hard to use
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