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20 Apr 07

5 Ways to Use Twitter for Good - lifehack.org

  • Quick Human Answers- Ask folks on your friend’s list which digital camera to buy for under $300 US, and you’ll get back a stream of responses.
  • Direct People to Good Causes- I’ve seen plenty of posts of someone doing a walk for hunger or a collection for diabetes. Twitter allows people to use their friend lists to propagate that information faster, and try to draw more direct help down to a problem.
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20 Mar 07

Tips on Collaboration | Idaho Commission for Libraries

  • Collaboration results won't always be immediate, but continued presence, participation and communication will pay off in the long run. The following are some collaboration tips that may help your group get started or get them back on track if things get stalled.


    "Collaboration is a mutually beneficial and well-defined relationship entered into by two or more organizations to achieve results they are more likely to achieve together than alone" (Winer 24).

30 Oct 06

Avoid These 10 Interview Bloopers

  • We've all heard stories of job candidates who looked great on paper but who were
    absolute disasters in person. With fewer and fewer interview opportunities
    available in this competitive market, it's essential to make the best possible
    first impression. You can learn from the mistakes of others and avoid the top 10
    worst interview blunders.
20 Sep 06

UnixTutorials.info - A couple of tricks with the secure shell


  • To copy content of local directory "mydir" to user's home directory
    >

    on a remote machine do:
    >






    #
    >
    scp -r mydir user@remote-box:
    >






    To copy in the opposite direction do
    >






    # scp -r user@remote-box:mydir .
    >




Simple Memorizing Techniques

  • First, memory works by association. Our mind is a complex web of interconnected
    thoughts and when one thing is called to mind, related concepts are
    automatically triggered. We can’t hear the name ‘Romeo’ without thinking
    ‘Juliet’. Drinking café au lait with a croissant immediately reminds us of
    Paris.

Tech Manifesto » Turn your old PC into a File Server

  • If you want to give that old computer new life on your home network, try using it as a file server for music or pictures or whatever so that no matter where in the house you are you can access your massive digital library from any computer. Here’s what you’ll need to do…



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