Keeping to-do lists used to be a job for paper and pencil, until Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) took over. Now a few Internet sites are vying for your lists, bringing the benefit of easy list sharing to the art and …[Continue]
Mashups
What started as music trend, is now a popular Internet genre: a mashup is a mix of two (or more) tools to make a new one. For example, JackTracker is a Google Map that tracks the whereabouts of the television …[Continue]
Digg.com
What makes news newsworthy? Is popularity a factor? Digg.com is a tech news website were visitors (free registration required) vote on the importance of stories. Stories will a lot of votes, naturally float to the top of the page. Although …[Continue]
Social Bookmarking
Social bookmarking site Del.icio.us allows users to create shareable or private online bookmarks. Not only is it a great way to store your own bookmarks, but the tagging features (categorization by keywords) make it a great place to find new …[Continue]
Tagging
Tags are pieces of information separate from, but related to, a data object. Frequently, tags are descriptors assigned by individuals to help the community sort and organize information. For more on tagging, read Research Buzz’s Why I Love Tagging. Amazon …[Continue]
What is a Wiki?
A wiki is an online collection of information that is created and edited by a group. Some groups are public (i.e. anyone can contribute), while others are closed (you must be a member.) Either way, the concept is the same. …[Continue]
Wikipedia
Wikipedia ( http://www.wikipedia.org/ ) is an open-content encyclopedia that you can both read and contribute to. This collaborative, open-source resource is one of the largest of its kind. Topics are organized in a variety of ways, including Dewey Decimal, alphabetically, …[Continue]
