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Make it Personal – Creating Custom Gifts Online

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Jennifer K

Last week, we took a side trip into supporting small, independent artisans and business folk online. This week, we’ll continue to gift-giving theme and look at ways to create personalized objects of all sorts. What Is It? It used to … Continue reading →

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Supporting Small Businesses, Online

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Jennifer K

This fall, we’ve seen a lot in the news about the need to support smaller local businesses and stop buying from large, impersonal corporations. Not everyone can occupy a downtown area, but there are things anyone can do, even online. … Continue reading →

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Online Video – Livestreaming

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Jennifer K

To stay on the streaming theme, let’s take a quick break from audio and look at streaming video. What Is It? Livestreaming video is similar to internet radio: video is broadcast live and in real time over the internet. Anyone … Continue reading →

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Online Audio – Podcasts

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Jennifer K

Unlike online video and photos, online audio comes in a few different forms. We’ll look at each of them in the next few weeks of Learning for Life Online. What Is It? Podcasts are audio broadcasts used to spread the … Continue reading →

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Flickr and Online Photos – The Basics

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Jennifer K

Sharing your favorite photos has come a long way from vacation slide shows and sticky-paged photo albums. Web-based photo sites like Flickr will store your digital photos and other images online and let you arrange them for easy viewing, but … Continue reading →

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YouTube and Online Video – The Basics

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Jennifer K

Enough with the screens and screens of static text and images. The first decade of the 21st century is much like the first decade of the 20th: still images have begun to move! They’ve also started to speak and sing … Continue reading →

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