Archive for the ‘ internet tools ’ Category
After reviewing how I use my desktop as a toxic waste dump for files I want easy access to for a one time use, I recently downloaded a new Mac software app called Hazel from Noodlesoft to clean up my MacBook Pro. Basically, it creates rules to clean out your downloads folder, your trash and [ READ MORE ]
A recent article in Mashable pointed me to a new website that promises to help you stay on track of your resolutions: Dorthy. The site promises to give the user a living page that focusses on their specific goals, provides information on said goal, and connect the user to other like-minded goal searchers. It’s a [ READ MORE ]
Tech blog StartUpMeme wrote about a new service called UserNameCheck, a service that shows you if your preferred username is already taken by another in this growing social media world. I use it, however, to remind myself of all the social media sites I have signed up with and have subsequently forgot about using. I tend to [ READ MORE ]
This might be a lazy post, but important nonetheless! Watch this amazing video to give you a sense of the world we’re working in today and tomorrow. Five minutes well spent. And you can bop along to Fatboy Slim while you ponder. It’s a win-win. [ READ MORE ]
Broadband viewership has doubled! Well, at least in the States. And a large number of people want to see companies on social networking sites… or so it may seem. Social networking is a very broad term. Personally, I’d be happy to stop receiving ads for celebrity dieting techniques while I’m on Facebook. I have tried to cancel [ READ MORE ]
I currently work in the educational gaming world for kids. I like to argue that all games are educational, but there’s this little ‘curriculum’ issue. We’re sometimes told to create “math” games or “literacy” games… but how can you make learning fun? This argument makes a lot of sense. It says there’s this great divide between educational [ READ MORE ]
I do write an awful lot about Google. I’d stop writing about them if they wouldn’t keep coming up with cool new things that are bound to shake things up on the internets (sic.) The first is the announcement its new web browser of Google Chrome. Just like its Google Docs application, Chrome is easy to use. [ READ MORE ]
Google in the midst of creating a mobile phone device. I know! We just got used to the iPhone craziness. Rumour has it the first device with this software (called Android) will launch will happen in the States sometime in November. The phone is built by HTC and will include Google software and lots of [ READ MORE ]
This post from Julian Cole on Adspace Pioneers in Social Media marketing is interesting. He lists the top 12 moments that help define some of social media moments for advertising. It’s a clever look back at how social media has grown in just three years. It has gone from a niche service for the computer [ READ MORE ]
I’m slightly addicted to podcasts. They’re a great thing to listen to while you’re on the way to work. But be careful with the funnier ones such as The Bugle from the Times Online, because you’ll laugh out loud on a quiet subway train. Not… that… I’ve.. ever.. done… that.. Podcasts are a great way for [ READ MORE ]