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  • Useful Podcasts for Designers and Developers

    This is a reprint from SmashingMagazine Read Full article here http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/05/14/useful-podcasts-for-designers-and-developers/ by Sean Hodge Podcasting is an engaging medium that is available in both audio and video formats. Podcasts often refer to audiocasts, but now with iPods and other media players being able to play video, videocasts are just as popular. A handful of web…

  • The Best Tools for Visualization

          The Best Tools for Visualization Written by Sarah Perez / March 13, 2008 9:25 AM Visualization is a technique to graphically represent sets of data. When data is large or abstract, visualization can help make the data easier to read or understand. There are visualization tools for search, music, networks, online communities,…

  • Video Mash-Up

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2006/08/01/VI2006080100794.html Welcome to the washingtonpost.com Video Mash-Up, where our readers have the opportunity to create their own interview clips opposite Post political reporter Dana Milbank. We provide the questions, you provide the answers! First, download the MPEG2 video clip you see playing at the top of this page, using the “Download Clip” button below. Using…

  • Top 10 Obscure Google Search Tricks

    Top 10 Obscure Google Search Tricks When it comes to the Google search box, you already know the tricks: finding exact phrases matches using quotes like “so say we all” or searching a single site using site:lifehacker.com gmail. But there are many more oblique, clever, and lesser-known search recipes and operators that work from that…

  • Inspired and Engaged by Authentic Learning in 2007

    Infinite Thinking Machine Inspired and Engaged by Authentic Learning in 2007 Friday, December 28, 2007 Posted by Lucie deLaBruere comments Comments [2] With the countdown towards the end of 2007, comes a time of reflection for many. Some include those reflections in their annual holiday greeting cards; others are more private. Time Magazine reflects on…