Category Archives: Tools

Social media news

By take21 | Published: May 1, 2010

“I encourage students to avoid PowerPoint.” List of more than 100 interactive presentation media from Howard Rheingold   News today: Twitter as newspaper eg http://paper.li/hrheingold   After blowing $120MM of VC funding Ning is laying off 40% of its staff and dumping free versions of its service 37 Signals tells it like it is   #Twitter […]

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Google Wave

By take21 | Published: June 4, 2009

A roundup of first reactions Read Write Web: Google Wave hands-on http://bit.ly/mh4cv Preview video http://wave.google.com/ Cameron Neylon on Wave and Open Science http://bit.ly/rQnoI Jeff Jarvis on Wave and News http://bit.ly/1aApdj Google Wave Drips With Ambition. A New Communication Platform For A New Web.www.techcrunch.com

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News: tweet petit

By take21 | Published: March 10, 2009

guardiantech Google and PRS in headlock as music videos pulled from YouTube http://bit.ly/1SAvr6 Finally: Oxenford on US webcastcast royalty settlement http://bit.ly/fLrVH  US internet radio stations need to file with SoundExchange by 2 April or pay CRB rates Big Picture: London from above at night http://bit.ly/aHr9 That’s a lot of lightbulbs. Exhilarating, yes. Sustainable energy use? Big Picture photo journalism: Cambodia […]

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Mobile video: HD cameras

By take21 | Published: August 6, 2008

This blog does not, of course, carry out product reviews or recommend any products. But I know you want to read about new kit. So I’ll link to some product reviews, whilst making broad cultural assertions about the future of mobile devices. Starting with David Pogue in the New York Times reviewing the Flip, a […]

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PicLens

By take21 | Published: July 18, 2008

Sometimes you need to know about new software right now. This is one of those moments. PicLens from Cooliris is an immersive, full screen environment that displays content (images and Flash video) as a dynamic wall of thumbnails. The wall can be manipulated with the click of a mouse to scroll and zoom, and you […]

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Google Reader

By take21 | Published: July 6, 2008

If you need another feedreader, Google Reader works from any computer with online access and on any mobile phone browser. Requires registration for a Google account. Imagine, newsfeeds wherever you go. Great for organisations using RSS to keep their workforce informed- as long as they provide a separate mobile/PDA for work. Think mobile apps, Google […]

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Google Reader

By take21 | Published: July 6, 2008

If you need another feedreader, Google Reader works from any computer with online access and on any mobile phone browser. Requires registration for a Google account. Imagine, newsfeeds wherever you go. Great for organisations using RSS to keep their workforce informed- as long as they provide a separate mobile/PDA for work. Think mobile apps, Google […]

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Feedreaders

By take21 | Published: June 29, 2008

As you monitor more news feeds/waste more of your life on the web, a feedreader allows you to manage information more effectively. RSS brings you a preview of updated content on a website or blog. You no longer have to remember or make the effort to visit a website, unless there is some new content […]

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Feedreaders

By take21 | Published: May 23, 2008

In the first lecture I talked about RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds and encouraged everyone to try out a dedicated feed reader. As you monitor more news feeds/waste more of your life on the web, a feedreader allows you to manage information more effectively. RSS brings you a preview of updated content on a website […]

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