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Finding and Sharing…and Being Social
Last week, we took a look at using more traditional sources of news online to find neat stuff to share. Now, let’s look at the social news sites that make finding and sharing news a much more interactive experience. What … Continue reading
Posted in Resources, This Week on LLO, Tools
Tagged digg, fark, finding stuff online, mobile devices, newsvine, now public, pulse (news app), reddit, sharing, slashdot, social networks, social news, stumbleupon
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Finding Neat Stuff Online
Last week, we described many of the ways you can share the interesting links, images and videos you find online. Before we look at some places to find that neat stuff, let’s answer a reader question first: Why Share? What’s … Continue reading
Posted in Resources, This Week on LLO, Tips for Living Life Online
Tagged BBC, boing boing, buzzfeed, cake wrecks, cnet, daily beast, finding stuff online, five thirty-eight, gadgetwise, google news, huffington post, i can has cheezburger, mobile devices, neat stuff, neatorama, new york times, sharing, this is colossal, wired
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Playing With a New Gadget
Welcome back to Learning for Life Online, the Boston Public Library’s self-directed learning program about online life. We’re starting up again after a brief hiatus by getting back to basics. When you’re trying to live life online, it’s important to … Continue reading
Stay on Schedule with Google Calendar
Continuing our theme of going deeper with online accounts, this week we’ll take a brief look at Google Calendar. What Is It? For starters, it’s a calendar that is easy to check and edit from anywhere you can log in … Continue reading
Google Documents – Working together far apart
First, an apology – there was no lesson from LLO last Monday due to circumstances beyond our control. Sorry for the missed week, but we’re back today! As you may remember, we posted early on in Learning for Life Online … Continue reading
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Tagged collaborative work, documents, downloading, drawing, everyday things, forms, google, google docs, google documents, hotmail, life online, mobile devices, online accounts, presentations, saving, spreadsheets, surprisingly useful tools, uploading, yahoo
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Food…Glorious Food!
Last week’s post on copyright & Creative Commons was a little heavy, so let’s lighten it up this week on Learning for Life Online! It’s fall in New England, the time of year when the scent of wood smoke, crisp … Continue reading
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Tagged allrecipes.com, america's test kitchen, apps, blogs, cook's illustrated, cookstr, epicurious, everyday things, food network, fun, how to cook everything, joy of cooking, mobile devices, online resources, recipe source, recipes, rodale, simply recipes, surprisingly useful tools, whole foods app
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Apps – The Basics
“Is there an app for that?” What Is It? Apps is short for applications, a fancier name for software programs. On your computer, applications include things like your web browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome), your office programs (Word, Powerpoint, Excel), … Continue reading