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June 26, 2007  11:14 AM

Sneakernets, removable storage and hassle-free file transfer methods



Posted by: GuyPardon
applications, backup, Bluetooth, collaboration, command line, cool, data, downloads, freeware, fundamentals, howto, Internet, lifehack, media, Mobile, MP3, music, network, open source, software, Storage, useful, wireless

One of WhatIs.com's faithful readers wrote in recently with a suggestion for a much-beloved IT sniglets...

June 14, 2007  11:19 AM

Lexiblographing: On the many flavors of blogging



Posted by: GuyPardon
blog, blogging, commentary, culture, information, interactive media, Internet, new media, podcasting, RSS, social, social publishing, Technology, trend, Web 2.0

In honor of International Weblog Day today, the Word of the Day from WhatIs.com is Pepys' diary. A weblog, put...


May 29, 2007  3:31 PM

Open educational resources (OER): Creating an online education commons worldwide



Posted by: GuyPardon
academics, books, Class, courses, ebooks, education, free, Internet, listings, public domain, resource, useful

Every now and then, I'm lucky enough to meet one of our readers in person, outside of comment sections, forums, email, IM or other virtual interactions. It's always a pleasure to get such direct feedback. When I asked what she liked (and didn't like) about this blog, she mentioned that she...


May 16, 2007  5:43 PM

Workrave: The (micro)pause that refreshes



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
applications, free, lifehack, Linux

The other day I had one of those lightbulb moments. I'd been working for several hours and had just come across an exciting idea. The kind of idea that makes me leap from my office chair and run downstairs to tell my husband... Except that, well, although my brain sent the leap instruction, my body...


May 9, 2007  4:21 PM

Netvibes is a good start



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
applications, blog, cool, desktop, free, Internet, personalization, productivity, search, social bookmarking, tool, useful

Netvibes.com is a terrific, highly customizable start page . It comes with some defaults but you can change just about anything on the page to get whatever you want to see first when you log in.


April 25, 2007  2:09 PM

Technorati placeholder post



Posted by: GuyPardon
blogging, RSS, tracking

While you could view our Technorati Profile, you'd find very little there of interest regarding Alex. Of course, we look forward to seeing that change! If you find our posts interesting, funny or useful, we'd love your link. While this...


April 23, 2007  4:24 PM

Lifecasting: Streaming video netcasts of an individual’s life



Posted by: GuyPardon
blogging, buzz, culture, feeds, interactive media, interesting, Internet, Mobile, podcasting, social, social publishing, trend, video, Web 2.0

If you Google lifecasting, the odds are that you'll find lifecasting.org at the top of your search results, a site dedicating to "lifecasting artists" who make 3D copies of living human bodies. The current


April 23, 2007  4:13 PM

AssignmentZero: Wired applies crowdsourcing to journalism



Posted by: GuyPardon
business, buzz, collaboration, commentary, community, conversation, crowdsourcing, culture, forum, information, interesting, Internet, news, participation, social publishing, trend, volunteer, Web 2.0

Welcome to "pro-am journalism," "an attempt to bring together professional writers and editors with citizen journalists to collaborate on reporting and writing about the rise of crowdsourcing on the Web. Inspired by the open source movement, the goal of


April 23, 2007  4:03 PM

Juice Receiver: Discover, download, organize and subscribe to Internet audio on Windows, Mac and Linux



Posted by: GuyPardon
applications, Audio, cool, downloads, feeds, freeware, interoperability, open source, podcasting, resource, software, tool, useful

Juice Receiver is an

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April 23, 2007  3:45 PM

Twitter: Microblogging mashed-up with moblogging and presence technology



Posted by: GuyPardon
blogging, community, conversation, cool, culture, discussion board, feeds, forum, free, fun, Google Maps, interesting, mashup, messaging, participation, social, social networking, startup, trend, Web 2.0, wireless

A new messaging service has gained some real traction in the blogosphere and offline among the "digerati," though to be fair most of those coders, writers and futurists are rarely truly offline anymore. Just look at how often they are creating...