TTT#3—from “Journalism 2.0”
A cool Web site to access and get registered on is: www.delicious.com
What is “delicious”?
Think of it as a Web site to store all your favorite URLs.
Yes, you can bookmark your favorites on your home or office computer.
But what if you’re away from your computer? What if you’re working in Shanghai or Baghdad or Baguio (in the Philippines)?
Go to “delicious” and find your bookmarked sites—really a big time saver.
Yes, you can look your favorites up via Google, but why do that.
Enough about “delicious.”
Let’s switch to RSS feeds.
RSS=Really Simple Syndication. (And it’s free, to boot.)
Allows you to keep up with what several people or sources are saying about a particular topic.
Allows you to subscribe to info., and it’s similar to bookmarking a Web site but is much more powerful.
Instead of visiting several different Web sites each day or doing the same Web searches over and over, let an RSS feed do that for you.
Easy way to set up an RSS feed: www.google.com/ig
Sign up for an acct.
Select the info. you’d like to get automatically, and then arrange the feeds on your page the way you want them to appear. Move them around by clicking and dragging the boxes. Each time you return, the links will be updated automatically with the latest info. from those Web sites.
How to find a feed: Locate a link to RSS on the Web site with the content you want to be “fed” automatically. (Little orange icon will show the availability of RSS).
Click on the link to obtain the RSS URL (notice it in the address window of your browser.) Copy this URL into your acct. at www.google.com/ig
Be well fed with info. you’re interested in. Be fed while you snooze or play. Set up RSS feeds!
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
More geeky stuff from "Journalism 2.0"
The following info. is distilled/stolen from “Journalism 2.0” by Mark Briggs, assistant m.e. for Interactive News at The News Tribune in Tacoma, Wash.:
Web browsers—what they do:
Search and find info and bring it back to you
Cache:
A copy of the pieces of a specific Web pg.—stored on your computer. Think of a cache as temporary storage of all files you download during your Web browsing.
Good idea to clear your cache often. Doing this deletes unneeded temporary files from your computer and helps your system run better.
Translation: A cluttered cache is sign of a cluttered mind (even maybe more cluttered than some of our offices.)
Managing your cache:
Firefox 2.0: To clear the cache, select Tools, then Clear Private Data. To limit size of the cache, select Tools, then Options and click on Network tab.
Safari: Click on Safaris in top menu; then select Empty Cache.
Internet Explorer 7: To clear the cache, select Tools, then Internet Options, then click the Advanced tab. Scroll to Security and check “Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed.”
Another tip:
Quick way to update/refresh a Web pg. you’re looking at is to hit the F5 key.
Finally, if you’re not using Firefox (free download) as your browser, you’re dragging behind the times. Lots of people are switching to it; by end of ’06, about one-third of Net users had Firefox as their browser (amazing considering that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is preloaded on all Windows machines.) But then, who on earth is using Windows or would want to?!
Web browsers—what they do:
Search and find info and bring it back to you
Cache:
A copy of the pieces of a specific Web pg.—stored on your computer. Think of a cache as temporary storage of all files you download during your Web browsing.
Good idea to clear your cache often. Doing this deletes unneeded temporary files from your computer and helps your system run better.
Translation: A cluttered cache is sign of a cluttered mind (even maybe more cluttered than some of our offices.)
Managing your cache:
Firefox 2.0: To clear the cache, select Tools, then Clear Private Data. To limit size of the cache, select Tools, then Options and click on Network tab.
Safari: Click on Safaris in top menu; then select Empty Cache.
Internet Explorer 7: To clear the cache, select Tools, then Internet Options, then click the Advanced tab. Scroll to Security and check “Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed.”
Another tip:
Quick way to update/refresh a Web pg. you’re looking at is to hit the F5 key.
Finally, if you’re not using Firefox (free download) as your browser, you’re dragging behind the times. Lots of people are switching to it; by end of ’06, about one-third of Net users had Firefox as their browser (amazing considering that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is preloaded on all Windows machines.) But then, who on earth is using Windows or would want to?!
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
TTT#1 (about geeky digital stuff
TTT #1 (Timbs' Top Tip #1)--about Geeky digital stuff
I've been reading "Journalism 2.0: How to Survive and thrive--A Digital Literacy Guide for the Information Age," by Mark Briggs
From time to time, I'll share key points from that publication. Some of these you may already know; others will be a refresher on what you think you know.
Here's TTT #1:
1. The larger the file size, the longer it takes to download over the Net.
2. Bits and bytes (each byte has 8 bits) are key units of measure for digital info.
When we talk about bytes, remember:
Kilobyte is roughly 1,000 bytes
Megabyte is roughly 1 million bytes
Gigabyte is roughly 1 billion bytes
Terabyte is roughly 1 trillion bytes
Then we have a petabyte, which is the equivalent of 250 billion pages of text; or imagine a 2,000-mile-high tower of 1 billion diskettes!
Key point to remember: You should NEVER send an e-mail with an attachment larger than 1MB, or you will clog your server and the server of the person you are sending it to. Instead, burn such a large file on a disk or upload it to an FTP server (more about this later.)
Enough for now.
LT
I've been reading "Journalism 2.0: How to Survive and thrive--A Digital Literacy Guide for the Information Age," by Mark Briggs
From time to time, I'll share key points from that publication. Some of these you may already know; others will be a refresher on what you think you know.
Here's TTT #1:
1. The larger the file size, the longer it takes to download over the Net.
2. Bits and bytes (each byte has 8 bits) are key units of measure for digital info.
When we talk about bytes, remember:
Kilobyte is roughly 1,000 bytes
Megabyte is roughly 1 million bytes
Gigabyte is roughly 1 billion bytes
Terabyte is roughly 1 trillion bytes
Then we have a petabyte, which is the equivalent of 250 billion pages of text; or imagine a 2,000-mile-high tower of 1 billion diskettes!
Key point to remember: You should NEVER send an e-mail with an attachment larger than 1MB, or you will clog your server and the server of the person you are sending it to. Instead, burn such a large file on a disk or upload it to an FTP server (more about this later.)
Enough for now.
LT
Monday, September 10, 2007
Brave journalist murdered in Russia
Her name was Anna Politkovskaya.
She wrote some true stuff.
She died a violent death (murder).
Now Russian prosecutors say they know who killed her.
Time will tell.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
More magic from 1967--Mammas & Pappas
The song is: "This Is Dedicated to the One I Love."
One of my favorites from the late 60s--from a great band!
One of my favorites from the late 60s--from a great band!
Play this and dream of the late 60s
You're never heard of the Mommas and Pappas, or maybe you have?
Whatever.
Click on my favorite song of all time. Song I heard when I enlisted in the USAF (Vietnam War era).
Song that kept me wanting to return safely.
Great song!
Whatever.
Click on my favorite song of all time. Song I heard when I enlisted in the USAF (Vietnam War era).
Song that kept me wanting to return safely.
Great song!
Monday, September 3, 2007
ASU pulls off miracle win at Ann Arbor
This is what college football is all about.
ASU: 34
Michigan: 32
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