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Ravelry, a DIY knitter’s paradise
A short but important DIY post this week, LLO readers. This one’s for the fiber artists out there. What Is It? Ravelry is a social network and online community for fiber artists: knitters, crocheters, designers, spinners, weavers and dyers. Once … Continue reading
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Tagged crocheting, DIY, finding stuff online, knitting, making things, online communities, ravelry, surprisingly useful tools
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Facebook Timeline…once more, with feeling!
Good morning. Over the weekend, many Facebook users were told that as of August 4th, their profile pages would be switching to the new Timeline format. Let’s take a look at Timeline’s features and see how you can prepare for … Continue reading
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Tagged facebook, facebook timeline, settings, surprisingly useful tools
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Doodle Me This…
When you’re trying to coordinate plans, one of the hardest things to do is to settle on a date and time. Why not use an online polling tool like Doodle to make that easier? What Is It? Doodle is a … Continue reading
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Tagged collaborative planning, collaborative work, doodle, surprisingly useful tools
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What to bring? – coordinating with PerfectPotluck
Hope your 4th of July was exciting in all the best ways. Today on Learning for Life Online, let’s continue the food theme and look at ways to make sure you don’t have 15 macaroni salads at your next backyard … Continue reading
Spotify – Much more than radio
Much earlier in Learning for Life Online, we talked about Internet radio – the ability to listen to radio stations or services like radio stations over the internet. Click back and read that post for a quick review of what … Continue reading
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Tagged internet radio, music, spotify, streaming, surprisingly useful tools
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Two Neat Google Tools – Street View and Art Project
For our last May post, let’s look at a pair of online tools that could be useful if you’re traveling over the summer: an online map that shows you not just the streets, but the view as you drive down … Continue reading
Where’s My Bus? How’s the Traffic? – Transit Information Apps & Websites
As the weather gets warmer and we spend more time outside, more people are out on the roads and on public transit. There are many tools to help keep tabs on when the next bus or train is due, and … Continue reading
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Tagged about.com, apps, bing, boston bus map, boston.com, catch the bus, finding stuff online, google maps, mbta, nextbus, pocket mbta, primospot, sigalert, surprisingly useful tools, tleave, traffic boston, traffic.com, where is the t?
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Five Search Engines You Haven’t Heard of…Yet
With all our coverage of privacy, security, and account settings, April was a pretty heavy month here at Learning for Life Online. Let’s celebrate spring by lightening things up a little bit in May. We’ll start by showcasing five search … Continue reading
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Tagged bookfinder, books, duck duck go, ecofreek, images, million short, search engines, searching, spezify, surprisingly useful tools, visual search
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