The Comeback

Thanks to Joe at: THISAPARTMENTLIFE
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Browse Inside

Here's a cool idea: HarperCollins Publishers allow you to add a widget to your webpage that enables one to "brownse inside" of a book. What a way to drum up sales - and a pretty nifty idea, too! Let's test it out:

Browse Inside this book Get this for your site

The book itself looks pretty interesting. It's Peter Hessler's story of his experiences driving in China. And you thought YOUR city was challenging! Would love to experience this in person...
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Incredible Bookmarks

Here's an idea I got from the SF Chronicle's Tech writer, David Einstein: Incredible Bookmarks, an add-on tool for Firefox. What appeals to me is the ability to colorcode bookmarks and folders, and the ability to find out when bookmarks expire, or if there are duplicates. I'll try it out for awhile and let you know! Meanwhile, here's a video that shows what it's all about:


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Desktop Piles Possible

It is now possible to create piles on your desktop, using the 3-D tool from BumpTop. Check out this video:



I came across reference to this tool in the April 27, 2009 Business Week article, "Thinking Outside the Desktop", by Stephen Wildstrom. I haven't tried it out yet, but I'm a'thinkin' of it! Just goes to show - it takes me awhile to test out ideas...Have you tried this? Let me know if it works!
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New Technology Challenges

Thanks, Paul! I followed your lead: Do Something Today!
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PHP Tutorials

Our class is using a lot of video tutorials, and this week we've come across 3 tutorials that are part of a 35-tutorial series. I thought the three I saw today were pretty good, so I'll link to the first one of the series. Right click the video and choose "Watch on YouTube", so you can access all the others. OR, click this link to view the video on YouTube. On the right, you'll see a list of other tutorials available. Enjoy!!




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Issuu is New

I just got an email from my niece telling me about Issuu. What an amazing site! I'm not sure how I'd use it, but here's an example of what it does: it allows you to publish articles, essays, photojournals, whatever, and then transforms your output into a classy web-embeddable publication.

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Open publication - Free publishing - More photography

Here's a little bit more, on how it all works:

What is Issuu? from Issuu.com on Vimeo.

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