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DSpace - A Digital Archive System for your University

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:08:39 GMT

clipped by: ITedu
clipper's remarks: This looks like a really nice digital asset management system. Follow the links to the WIki for live examples of the DSpace system in use.

Clip Source: sourceforge.net

DSpace

Open Source Digital Asset Management system that enables services for access, provision, stewardship and re-use of digital assets with a focus on educational and research materials

Clip Source: wiki.dspace.org

What is DSpace?

How can my institution join the DSpace Federation?

Clip Source: wiki.dspace.org

DSpace How-To Guide: tips and tricks for managing common DSpace chores (Now serving DSpace 1.4.2 and Manakin 1.1)
Donohue, Timothy G.
Phillips, Scott A.
from "Making DSpace Your Own" tutorial at JCDL 2007 conference
(Slides and additional materials also available)

Tags: dspace, digital, media, management, asset, system, hp

Web 2.0 says "I'm Not Dead Yet."

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:03:21 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Good stuff.

Clip Source: www.whatsnextblog.com

Web 2.0 Dead? Don't Be Silly! It's Just Starting

By B.L. Ochman

Not to sound like a Pollyanna, but while lots of discussion is going on about the death of Web 2.0. I’m feeling very upbeat and encouraged about social media and marketing.

Bottom line – for these two companies and others with whom I’ve been working, these changes lead to others, and before you know it, there’s a sea change.

Tags: web, web 2.0, 2.0

Social Graph: Deep Thoughts by Brad Fitzpatrick

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:53:56 GMT

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clipper's remarks: More on the "Social Graph" you've been hearing about. Much more on the site, so be sure to click the link.

Clip Source: bradfitz.com

Thoughts on the Social Graph

Brad Fitzpatrick,

author

I've been thinking a lot about the social graph for awhile now: aggregating the graph, decentralization, social network portability, etc.

Problem Statement: ¶

There are an increasing number of new "social applications" as well as traditional application which either require the "social graph" or that could provide better value to users by utilizing information in the social graph. What I mean by "social graph" is a the global mapping of everybody and how they're related, as Wikipedia describes and I talk about in more detail later. Unfortunately, there doesn't exist a single social graph (or even multiple which interoperate) that's comprehensive and decentralized. Rather, there exists hundreds of disperse social graphs, most of dubious quality and many of them walled gardens.

Tags: social networking, social graph, graph, social, brad, fitz

Social Graph: What Is It and How To Explain It!

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:25:31 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This is just the first paragraph, be sure to read Jeremiah Owyang's entire article!

Clip Source: www.web-strategist.com

Explaining what the “Social Graph” is to your Executives

Many are talking about the Social Graph at the technical level, leaving many business folks with many questions. The following, using clear business language (void of tech speak), will explain what is the Social Graph, why it matters, and what you should do.

In respecting your time, I’ve boiled down the entire post to seventy words:

Executive Summary
The Social Graph is the representation of our relationships. Today, these graphs define our personal, family, or business communities on social websites. Unfortunately, we’re duplicating our same Social Graph on multiple websites, resulting in inaccurate data and time spent managing it. Despite many challenges, our Social Graphs should be self-managed from a single trusted source, replicated to websites of our choosing, thus resulting in accurate, efficient, relationship management.

Tags: social networking, social, sociak graph, jeremiah, owyang, linkedin, facebook

How NPR Launched A Social Music Site

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:46:17 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I like the transparency in this article. Project Managers and Web Content folks can certainly gain from their process.

{url=http://smartpei.typepad.com/robert_patersons_weblog/2006/07/the_future_of_p.html]More detail is in this 2006 post.[/url]

Clip Source: www.fastforwardblog.com

The New NPR Music Site - A Model for Social Media

So how did this come about? That is itself a story.

Tags: npr, social, music, networking, social networking, nprmusic

Facebook Fridays - Corp. Encourages Staff to Get Social

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:38:30 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Bold move, Serena!

Clip Source: www.fastforwardblog.com

It is Time for Facebook Fridays: A Idea that Should Spread

Serena has adopted “Facebook Fridays.”   As the article reports, “each Friday, employees are granted one hour of personal time to spend on their Facebook profiles and connect with co-workers, customers, family and friends. This initiative will start today and will be rolled out in 18 countries where the company has offices.”

This is much better than “casual Fridays” and actually involves a commitment by the organization. It is one that should pay dividends. I remember one client, which shall remain nameless, that actually “rewarded” employees by letting them wear casual clothes on a Friday if the firm reached a major business milestone. Some of the employees thought they were just being cheap.

Tags: facebook, serena, casual, social networking, social

Twitter Made My Website Better by Guy Kawasaki

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:04:54 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Guy Kawasaki tells How Twitter Made His (other) Website, (Truemors) Better. A great way to find some value in this confusing trend that is Twitter.

Clip Source: blog.guykawasaki.com

How Twitter Made My Website Better

A few weeks ago Chris Brogan published a list of the 100 blog topics that he wished people would cover. One of them was, “How Twitter Improved My Blog,” and I accepted the challenge

Twitter made my website faster.

Twitter made my website more interesting.

Twitter continues to make my website more interesting.

Twitter increased traffic.

Twitter continues to increase traffic.

Twitter made my web site more true and less rumor.

Twitter enabled me to make new friends.

Twitter enabled me to re-connect to old friends.

Tags: guy, kawasaki, twitter, web, web 2.0, tech, 2.0, truemors

Project Failure: Five Sure-Fire Ways To make It Happen

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:54:29 GMT

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clipper's remarks: You've GOT to read the actual article for all the details. Great find via TechBrew http://techbrew.net/

Clip Source: www.inc.com

How Hard Could It Be?: Five Easy Ways to Fail

Nothing like a weak team or an unrealistic schedule to start a project off right

chances are you've bumped up against this problem. Delays, blown budgets, and outright failures are so common in the software world, in fact, that it's hardly newsworthy when a project is years late and millions over budget.

Here's my five-step guide to ensure software failure:

Mistake No. 1: Start with a mediocre team of developers.

Mistake No. 2: Set weekly milestones.

Mistake No. 3: Negotiate the deadline.

Mistake No. 4: Divide tasks equitably.

Mistake No. 5: Work till midnight.

Tags: pointy-haired-boss, tech.fail, failure, howto, inc, techbrew

Case Study: Motorola Kicks Tail in Wiki Adoption

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:42:59 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Motorola's internal Wikis are being adopted at an amazing rate, 3,200 and growing. Granted, this is a 2006 article, but still stands as a good example of how corporations shouldn't hesitate to adopt a new technology.

Clip Source: www.eweek.com

Wikis Are Alive and Kicking in the Enterprise

If you haven't heard that cry already, chances are you will soon, as the use of wikis in enterprise environments spreads like wildfire.

Proliferating virally, wiki usage has grown exponentially in recent months, along with other consumer-centric technologies—including blogs, podcasts and RSS—that have made their way into the workplace thanks in part to the influx of the tech-savvy entry-level employees of so-called Generation Y.

wikis are one of several important pieces of Motorola's collaboration infrastructure, which includes instant messages (12 million per day) and blogs (2,600 corporatewide).

After six months, Motorola's wiki usage grew to a total of 500; after a year, there were 1,000 wikis. The number currently stands at 3,200.

the investment in wiki technology is so low as to be negligible and the payback is intuitively understood, yet difficult to quantify.

Tags: wiki, adoption, enterpise, wikipedia, social, web 2.0, tech, motorola

The Tao of Twitter

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:27:15 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Twitter. You've heard of it, but what is it? This extensive article attempts to offer an explanation. Expect more Twitter posts today!

Clip Source: www.webventurer.com

By Mike Mindel | September 22, 2007

This is the long awaited explanation of why I (Ed) believe Twitter is good for internet marketers.

What is Twitter?

Twitter is a web 2.0 tool that keeps you in touch with other people. This is what it looks like

A lot of people wonder what’s the point? Why would anyone be interested in snapshots of people’s lives? At first glance it doesn’t seem to make sense.

Oh but it does.

Tags: twitter, tao, mike, mindel, web, 2.0

Mango - Learn a new language for free

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:15:59 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Lifehacker featured this interesting site, Mango, which offers to teach you 11 foreign languages. Free for now (it is in Beta).

Clip Source: lifehacker.com

Webapp Mango offers 11 free foreign language courses in Spanish, Russian, Greek, German, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, French, Italian and Polish. Simply sign up with your email address and you're ready to go. Choose any of the available courses and view slideshow presentations instantly. As you progress through the slides, you'll be able to quiz yourself to see how well you're doing. There are about 100 available lessons per course, and they seem to do a good job setting the foundation for conversational foreign language—and then some. Useful if you're going abroad and need to speak to the locals.

Tags: diy, howto, spanish, language, learning

Build Your Own YouTube (part 5)

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:22:25 GMT

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clipper's remarks: ClipShare is a php script, or set of server-based tools, that lets you host your own YouTube clone. Easier that coding yourself, but cost $199.

A good option.

Clip Source: www.clip-share.com

Dream to build your own highly profitable online video sharing community just like YouTube or DailyMotion? With ClipShare, now you're limited only by your imagination, not by your software! Unleash the power of video sharing to boost your websites' traffic & revenues!

Highly Customizable

Real-Time Video Conversion

Build Your Own YouTube (part 4)

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:35:08 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This is a very techie "How To" using open-source tools to make a hearty YouTube clone. It scares me, but if you have a coder in your IT department who can take on a task like this, don't overlook it as an option!

Clip Source: www.howtoforge.com

Build Your Own Video Community With Lighttpd And FlowPlayer (Debian Etch)

This article shows how you can build your own video community using lighttpd with its mod_flv_streaming module (for streaming .flv videos, the format used by most major video communities such as YouTube) and its mod_secdownload module (for preventing hotlinking of the videos). I will use FlowPlayer as the video player, a free Flash video player with support for lighttpd's mod_flv_streaming module. I will also show how you can encode videos (.mp4 .mov .mpg .3gp .mpeg .wmv .avi) to the FLV format supported by Adobe Flash.

Tags: diy, youtube, build

Build Your Own YouTube (part 3)

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:30:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: RealityDigital has a product called "Opus" that is a social media video hosting solution. I don't know much about it, nor the price, but it is a resource for anyone investigating their own YouTube clone.

Clip Source: www.realitydigital.com

The Reality Digital Opus™ platform is a cost-effective, transparent service that can be rapidly launched as either a brand new web environment, or within your existing Web domain allowing your users to upload, manage and share digital video, audio and images on your web site.

Tags: opus, realitydigital, youtube, diy

Build Your Own YouTube (part 2)

Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:24:04 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Here is another way to make your own YouTube. This one is hosted off-site, and is ad-supported (but you can replace them with your own for a fee).

Worth a look for academics who may not have the IT team to support one hosted on-site.

Clip Source: mashable.com

Ning: Build Your Own YouTube, Flickr or MySpace

Ning Videos allows you to literally build your own YouTube within a few seconds. The site appears at yoursite.ning.com, and you can customize the way it looks, as well as enabling video moderation and managing all the content.

Your site is free and ad supported, but you can also pay a small fee to run your own ads or use your own domain name. You and your users can upload videos via a computer or cellphone, or republish them from sites like YouTube, Google Video and Metacafe.

videos can be named, tagged and plotted on a map. Other users can then rate the clips, leave comments, add them to their favorites, bookmark them to watch later and embed them

visitors can rank clips by most popular, highest rated and most recent. There’s a groups feature, too, allowing people with similar interests to connect. All in all, a perfect clone of YouTube’s core features.

Tags: diy, youtube, build