silvery strands of thought
Like many before him vehemently raging against a new idea, Alexander Zaitchik has obviously not used Twitter. So often, criticals consider the newest demon only long enough to find fault. They don’t maintain a curious or open mind to give it a fair chance. Twitter is quite often likewise written off immediately without any exploration.
Today here on Tuesdays with Linden’s Favorite Links I’m going to start sharing my thoughts on Google Chrome. For those of you who just don’t care about Google, I am including a recipe and a Dr. Seuss-esque running poem. Just click here to skip past all of today’s Google stuff).
Last week, I* announced Google’s release of their attempt at creating a new browser from the ground up
This week I’ve got–you guessed it–a couple running links: Nitmos suggests post-marathon celebration, stretching from Hal, and post-run activities to avoid and to indulge in. But I’ve also got a new browser announcement for you. Check it out!
Web 2.Oh. . .really? author, Craig Stoltz, wrote a blog post about how, despite having edited “miles of copy in [his] day,” Twitter has won him over by constantly asking him to sharpen his editing skills.
After all, writing a rich story in only 140 characters is not for the faint of heart. It takes ruthless editing, careful attention to detail, semantics, reference, and punctuation.
A couple weeks ago, I published a guest post on A Fool of Myself about Twitter, the micro-blogging site that is sweeping the web. Today, I came across several articles presenting unique uses of Twitter that I enjoyed reading about, and I hope you will too.
Carter F. Smith at Kicking and Screaming asks if Lincoln could have delivered the Gettysburg Address (which is 271 words) on Twitter (which limits posts to 140 characters), what would it look like, an interesting, if not a bit silly, proposal. And so, Smith proposes Lincoln’s 140-character Gettysburg Address.
Move over browser-based bookmarks! Make way, Del.icio.us! Diigo is here, and it’s changing the way people use and, in true Web 2.0 fashion, interact with the Internet.
Let’s start with a little history lesson.
Waay back in 1996, when Beth and I laughed to tears while trolling in chatrooms, when I created the “xgravity23″ nickname I still use today, the Internet was just gaining popularity. Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator both offered users the ability to keep track of favorite sites via bookmarks. Unfortunately, bookmarks are only accessible from the computer you saved them on.
Along came del.icio.us: Suddenly, your favorite sites are with you wherever you go. In the end, unfortunately, del.icio.us is just a bookmarking site. You can tag and write a short note for each bookmark, but that is about the limit of interactivity between you and the sites you save.
It is no surprise to readers of this blog that I love all things Google, so I really enjoyed reading about Google’s Doodle 4 Google competition on Lifestudent’s A Marathon Leap today. Take a few minutes to look at the creative entries, and be sure to read each artist’s brief written response to Google’s prompt, [...]
Today is RSS Awareness Day, and as a daily user of RSS feeds, I’ve got, né, want, to do my part! I love the convenience of RSS, and that convenience is behind every reason I love RSS feeds.
Not a single day passes that I don’t come across an article that reminds me of someone. Some web pages provide an “Email this!” link, but then I have to go look up my friend’s email address. Google Reader, since it is linked to my Gmail account, auto-populates my friend’s email address after I have typed a few letters of their name, just like Gmail does.
Plus, I can send the article to as many people as I want (some sites only allow you to send the article to one person!) and include a note.
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