Feb
08th
2012
3 Niche Grabbing Sites Similar to Pinterest
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3 Niche Grabbing Sites Similar to Pinterest

Good artists copy, great artists steal. Right? Sometimes its possible to grab the internet's attention by flipping an established concept on its head by concentrating on a subset of an audience. Take the web's latest and greatest poster child for image curation - Pinterest. It continues to grow in ...

Oct
02nd
2011
60+ educational resources to teach yourself anything.
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60+ educational resources to teach yourself anything.

From its inception, the web has always had appeal as an educational resource. Recognising the potential for remote learning, in 2002, the launch of OpenCourseWare at MIT helped propel the initiative into the spotlight, with many universities following suit and providing quality educational material ...

May
08th
2011
4 invaluable apps to reunite you with your lost or stolen tech
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4 invaluable apps to reunite you with your lost or stolen tech

At one point or another, all of us  have lost one or more things close to us. The stress and distress caused by the misplacement of an iPhone, or Android or indeed a digital camera is all too familiar for a geek. Thankfully, technology has got pretty smart, and leaves digital footprints which can b...

Mar
20th
2011
35+ tips and tricks for sexier Google analytics reports.
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35+ tips and tricks for sexier Google analytics reports.

Google Analytics is a fantastic product and I use it personally on a daily basis without fail. There is however a wealth of data hidden behind its reporting tools if you can just manipulate it the right way. This collection of tips, tricks and reports should hopefully get you off to a flying start i...

Mar
10th
2011
9 content curation tools that better organise the web.
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9 content curation tools that better organise the web.

Content curation is a huge deal on the web today. As content on the web grows exponentially, our ability to make sense of it is inversely proportional.  In other words, we are fast sinking under the sheer amount of content pouring onto the web every day. The social web hasn't made life any easie...

Mar
09th
2011
Antenna – your cross platform radio station for the web.
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Antenna – your cross platform radio station for the web.

URL: http://bcdef.org/antenna/ Internet radio stations are numerous, but shouldn't finding them be a tad easier? With the thousands of them to choose from, I often find ourselves returning to the same old tried and tested web apps for my music fix. Until now. Using the cross platform Adobe...

Feb
26th
2011
How to extract video from Vimeo
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How to extract video from Vimeo

Like many people, I often find myself wanting to distribute video I find online in a variety of different formats, and utilise them in different applications. Flash video, one of the most popular ways to distribute video online,  puts a minor stumbling block in your way- as it provides a wrapper ar...

Jan
22nd
2011
7 of the best online collaborative drawing tools
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7 of the best online collaborative drawing tools

Sometimes, the best way to communicate with someone else is to get out a piece of paper, and draw something out in black and white. The web makes collaborative communication easier than ever before, and now you don't even have to be in the same room as the other person to show them exactly what y...

Nov
21st
2010
14 online presentation tools to rock your socks.
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14 online presentation tools to rock your socks.

Everyone loves online presentations. They offer easily digestible snippets of content that break down communication problems and understanding. when done right, they can provide an extra level of excitement and interactivity to a talk, or clarity to a concept. It's no surprise then, that the po...