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Timeline

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:06:22 GMT

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Timeline is a DHTML-based AJAXy widget for visualizing time-based events. It is like Google Maps for time-based information. Below is a live example that you can play with. Pan the timeline by dragging it horizontally.

Just like Google Maps, Timeline can be used with zero software installation, server-side or client-side. And like Google Maps, you can populate Timeline with data by pointing it to an XML file (here is the data file for the timeline above). But Timeline is not limited to only that means of loading data; for instance, we have just added JSON support.

Religion Timelines: recommended to be viewed on a huge monitor, 2000 years of Jewish and Christianity history, all mashed up, scrolling side-by-side.

Dinosaurs: recommended to be viewed on a huge monitor, showing Timeline working on geological scale events.

Tags: tools, widgets, timeline

Blog Software Comparison Chart

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 14:29:40 GMT

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Clip Source: www.ojr.org

Updated May 18, 2006: This chart is a companion to the article "Time to check: Are you using the right blogging tool?," published July 14, 2005 in the USC Annenberg Online Journalism Review. Do note that this chart reflects only standard features of the tools' installation, and not every possible extension, plug-in modification... or hack.

Tags: blogs, software, tools

Ultimate Guide to the Invisible Web

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:12:09 GMT

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Clip Source: oedb.org

When you use a search engine on the Internet and can't find what you're looking for, what do you do? Maybe you're seeking to learn something, which means you're probably going to keep trying until you find it. Or give up in frustration. Don't give up that easily. There's information out there that is actually not indexed in the big search engines. Such Web pages are part of what's called the Dark, Deep, Hidden or Invisible Web. Those pages that are actually indexed are known by some as the surface Web. Fortunately, the invisible Web is getting easier to search, with tools beyond the standard big three search engines such as Google, Yahoo, and MSN.

Background of the Invisible Web

9 Reasons a Web Page is Invisible

10 Ways to Make Invisible Content Visible

How to Access and Search for Invisible Content

15 Invisible Web Search Tools

Deep Web Search Engine — Clusty.

Art — Musie du Louvre.

Books Online — The Online Books Page.

Business — Explorit Now!.

Consumer — US Consumer Products Safety Commission Recalled Products.

Economic and Job Data — FreeLunc.com — A searchable directory of free economic data.

Finance and Investing — Bankrate.com.

General Research — GPO's Catalog of US Government Publications.

Government Data — Copyright Records (LOCIS).

International — International Data Base (IDB).

Law and Politics — THOMAS (Library of Congress).

Library of Congress — Library of Congress.

Medical and Health — PubMed.

Science — ScienceResearch.com.

Transportation — FAA Flight Delay Information.

Tags: search, web

50 loudest websites in 2006 and what made them successful

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 15:45:58 GMT

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Clip Source: www.informationarchitects.jp

The 50 loudest websites in 2006 and what made them successful

Internet Marketing is a combination of Presence (how well is it pushed? How known is it?) and Self Dynamic (how well does it market itself as a product?).

Interactive Content is a combination of Constructivity (is the content/service productively usable? Are the texts authentic? Do they incite to write? Are they leading to positive action?) and Uniqueness (are they genuine? Are they special?)

Usability is a combination of Structure/IA (Are the contents organized in an understandable way? Where am I? Where can I go?) and the organisation of the User Interface (Do I understand where is what and why? Do I understand how it works? Does it do what I expect it to do?)

Web Design is a combination of Typography (Is the text easy to read ? Is the typography web adequate?) and Attention to detail (does the website care about the little things? Is it characteristic and delicate or just bold?)

Online Behavior is a combination of Interactive Ethics (do the authors/owners have a positive open-minded attitude? Do they follow the basic rules of good manners?) and Democracy (Are they working towards a democratic open web or do they work only for their own pocket?)

Tags: web, design, marketing, outreach, usability, web2.0

Software for Starving Students

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 15:40:41 GMT

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Clip Source: softwarefor.org

Software for Starving Students is a free collection of programs organized for students (but available to anyone). We've gathered a list of best-in-class programs onto one CD (one disc for OS X, one for Windows), including a fully-featured office suite, a cutting-edge web browser, multi-media packages, academic tools, utilities and more.

Tags: software, free

SLSA '07: CODE

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 15:06:36 GMT

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Clip Source: www.slsa07.com

Biological and algorithmic, protector of secrets and porthole to mysteries, universal and singular, code is an invitation to thought. Code can be “wet” (genetic, organic, human), “dry” (digital, mathematical, logical), something in-between, neither, or both (linguistic, symbolic, religious, moral, legal). Code is the meeting ground of strange bedfellows, the cipherer and decipherer, the domain of law and its subversion, communication and privacy. Code is about patterns, sequences, systems, translations, substitutions. It can bind, trick, and free. Modern technologies are affording us more and more keys to unlock nature’s code and more opportunities to manipulate it.

SLSA ’07 features two plenary sessions and twelve regular sessions with up to seven concurrent panels. The conference will be held in Portland, Maine, USA MAP . The first session will begin at 4pm on Thursday, 1 November, 2007. The wrap-up session ends at 1pm on Sunday, 4 November.

Tags: conferences, newmedia

14 "Is Google Evil?" Tipping Points Since 2001

Tue, 02 Jan 2007 20:41:57 GMT

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Clip Source: searchengineland.com

Jan. 1, 2007 at 9:55pm Eastern

Earlier I wrote how Google seems to have had a bad week, with some recent negative publicity making it seem like the tipping point of Google becoming the big bad company they don't want to be happening -- at least perhaps in the eyes of many opinion makers on the web. Clearly I wasn't alone thinking this. But then again, I can't help but note that I've seen people question whether Google has lost popular goodwill so many times over the years. I thought it would be useful to actually list a number of these "tipping points" that Google's nonetheless survived.

February 2001: Deja Tipping Point

April 2002: Scientology Tipping Point

August 2002: Google Watch Born Milestone

December 2002: Listing Issues Make The New York Times Milestone

January 2003: Wired's Google Vs. Evil Article Milestone

February 2003: Google & Big Brother Nomination Tipping Point

June 2003: Is There A Google Backlash Milestone

June 2003: Google As God Milestone

November 2003: Google's Florida Update Tipping Point

April 2004: Gmail Tipping Point

April 2004: Jew Watch Tipping Point

August 19, 2004: Google Goes Public Tipping Point

February 2005: Click Fraud Tipping Point

April 2005: Grand Plan Tipping Point

August 2005: Portal Tipping Point

September 2006: Copyright Tipping Point 1

January 2006: Google Censors In China Tipping Point

September 2006: Copyright Tipping Point 2

December 2006: Tips Tipping Point

Tags: google, search

GPLS open source ILS

Tue, 02 Jan 2007 16:54:08 GMT

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Clip Source: enterprise.linux.com

Librarians stake their future on open source

Thursday December 21, 2006 (09:01 PM GMT)

By: Michael Stutz

A group of librarians at the Georgia Public Library Service has developed an open source, enterprise-class library management system that may revolutionize the way large-scale libraries are run.

The system, Evergreen, whose 1.0 release came in November, is an Integrated Library System (ILS): the software that manages, catalogs, and tracks the circulation of library holdings. It's written in C, JavaScript and Perl, is GPLed, runs on Linux with Apache, uses a PostgreSQL database, Jabber for messaging and XUL as client-side software. The system allows easy clustering and is based entirely on open protocols.

Tags: libraries, ils, software

ZAMZAR online file conversion

Tue, 02 Jan 2007 16:43:43 GMT

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Clip Source: zamzar.com

Step 1

Select the files to convert
(up to 100MB in size):

Step 2

Choose the format to convert to:

Step 3

Enter your email address to receive converted files:

Step 4

Convert (by clicking you agree to our Terms of Service)

Tags: tools

add a second inbox to gmail

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:27:54 GMT

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Clip Source: www.sitening.com

Add a Second Inbox to Your Gmail

By Tyler Hall

Before:

After:

If you’d like to add this feature to your own Gmail account you’ll need to be using Firefox and have the Greasemonkey extension installed. Then, just click this link to install. You’ll need to edit the script to match your email address. (Instructions are included in the script.)

Tags: firefox, scripts, email, tools

mouse-less firefox

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:14:44 GMT

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Clip Source: www.lifehacker.com

Navigation from the toolbar

Select location bar: Ctrl/Cmd+L or Alt+D

Select search bar: Ctrl/Cmd+K

Back: Backspace or Alt/Cmd+Left

Forward: Alt/Option+Right or Shift+Backspace

Change search engine: Ctrl/Cmd+Down (Next) +Up (Previous)

Searching pages

Find as you type text: /

Find as you type link: '

Regular old find: Ctrl/Cmd+F

Opening pages

Open link in new window: Shift+Enter

Open link in new tab: Ctrl/Cmd+Enter

Open address/search in new tab: Alt/Option+Enter

Grab bag

Caret browsing: F7

Refresh: Ctrl/Cmd+R or F5

Refresh (override cache): Ctrl/Cmd+F5 or Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+R

Switch tabs: Ctrl/Cmd+Tab

Select tab (1-9): Ctrl/Cmd+[1-9]

Compose email: Ctrl/Cmd+M

So you're a web writer, huh?

Spellcheck (with Spellbound extension): Ctrl+Shift+F7

Save Entry (with Scribe extension): Ctrl+S

Tags: tools, firefox

gorillapod

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:05:08 GMT

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Clip Source: www.thinkgeek.com

Gorillapod Original

Capacity: compact cameras up to 9 oz (275g)
Camera interface: Universal 1/4-20 screw
Dimensions: 5.9" x 1.2" x 1.2" (15 x 3 x 3 cm)
Weight: 1.6oz (45g)
One year warranty

Tags: photography, gifts

Google Scholar, Search Engines, & Databases from UCLA

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 21:23:32 GMT

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Clip Source: www2.library.ucla.edu

Do you have a paper or project for which you need scholarly material such as journal articles, books, conference papers, technical reports, or dissertations? There are many options for searching for this type of information. You could use resources provided for you by the UCLA Library, such as the Library Catalog and journal article databases.

Or you could use a search engine that searches the World Wide Web. Google Scholar™ is an example of a search engine that searches specifically for scholarly literature. It is fast and easy to use and can lead you to hundreds of relevant articles.

But before you use Google Scholar™, consider the following questions:

How does Google Scholar™ fit in to your research process?

When should you use Google Scholar™, and when should you use a different scholarly search engine?

When would it be more productive to use a database that the UCLA Library subscribes to for students, faculty, and staff?

Tags: education, infolit, google, search, research

run windows and mac apps side by side w/ parallels

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:48:48 GMT

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Clip Source: lifehacker.com

The Parallels beta includes a new feature, called Coherence, that hides the Windows desktop and allows you to run Windows apps in their own windows on your Mac desktop. The result is that you can intermingle all your Mac and Windows apps on the same desktop. I know what you're thinking: Disgusting! Unnatural!

Tags: windows, mac, software, tools

hopstop transit directions

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:42:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: 360 views of streets, ability to send directions to phone

Clip Source: www.hopstop.com

Online Subway and Bus directions

Walking/Transfer Preference

Tags: directions, maps, nyc