Reading Time: < 1 minuteI found a nifty PowerPoint presentation on a summary of Semantic Wikis (originally posted on ontoworld.org). I figured I’d share, and also give Scribd a whirl. With the recent release of their product called iPaper, Scribd offers an *Amazing* service that allows you to share and embed many different types of docs (namely PDF, PPT,…
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSimply amazing…….. wow! Nintento Wii Remote + Infared Goggles = Amazing 3D Experience Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=976
Reading Time: 2 minutesVic Gee at mind-mapping.org has spent the last few months collecting information on various mindmap formats, and how to import/export between them. Vic’s site is: … collection of information about how mind mapping software can communicate. Some packages have a built-in capability to import and export to other types of mind mapping software. Some software…
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteTony Buzan, the creator of mind mapping, has recently published a number of new articles and videos on mind mapping. Some of these topics include: ‘How to Mind Map’, ‘Creating Your First Map’, ‘Mind Mapping for Dyslexics’, ‘Perfect Presentations’, ‘Problem Solving’, ‘Study Skills’, ‘Improving Memory’ and many more. Articles http://www.imindmap.com/articles/ Videos http://www.imindmap.com/videos/
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA few months ago I blogged about Personal Learning Environments and Knowledge Management. Since that time, I’ve been researching a number of open source applications and today, I’ve officially kicked-off my hunt for the perfect Wiki for personal knowledge management. What I’m ultimately looking for is a wiki for organizing my personal research, keeping track…
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteJust found a great set of links from OEDB: If you think that iPods are used just for listening to music, you obviously haven’t been keeping up with the latest technology. The Apple-developed music player now features all kinds of accessories to help you study better, and now other companies are in a rush to…
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe other day, ReadWriteWeb posted an interesting article on Visualizing Social Media Fatigue. “Our attention is stretched so thin these days that there are times when I have actually tried to register for what I thought was a new service only to realize later that I already had an account — it just got lost…
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Reading Time: < 1 minute“A tree is a tree — although its meaning to the man who views it (“the truth”) depends upon his relationship to it. Does it give him fruit or shade, or is it an obstacle in his path” — Surveying Kierkegaard, Homer and Buhler, 1969 While reading Monsters and Magical Sticks, the following quote and…
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is potentially the best analogy I’ve ever heard describing the possible Microsoft-Yahoo merger. “Imagine a circus act in which two enormous, clumsy, awkward elephants that don’t really like each other are supposed to mate while riding on skateboards. Now imagine that it is your job, you lucky bastard, to be one of the little…
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Reading Time: 2 minutesWow, it’s been a while since I’ve posted. In fact, this is the longest time I’ve gone without posting in the last 2 years! For all my regular readers, fret not, Eric has been busy and is doing well. I’ve been focused on work as of late, and my work/life balance has well…. been a…
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