Twitter vs. Plurk – a brief reflection

Well I cross posted this from my hobby blog, since I want to be able to target different audiences with this reflection.
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These stamp images are courtesy of SirCrocodile and Quarksbar on Deviant Art.
Just as the title said, I am procrastinating on the studying that is needed to be down for my XML class, and [...]

University of Minnesota’s release of an Assignment Calculator

This is a neat little gadget that the Library at the University of Minnesota released. Pretty nifty with quickly outlining a general assignment into doable chunks. At the bottom of the page, there’s a link to download the open sourced program at SourgeForce.com. Pretty helpful for academic libraries to know about.

Twitter and Tweet Cloud

I know so many people have already blogged about this already.. .but just want to put my 2-cent in. I would probably like it if more of my friends would maybe get into it, however a real life friend said that it is perpetuating the dorm period for life. Twitter is nothing more than a [...]

Video of Richard Barniuk talking about Goodbye, Textbook hello, open-source learning

This is a dream in making…… but there is the fear of losing the information at the long run from now.. but what an interesting talk. I was trying to provide a video of the talk, but somehow the code that the video is on, does not appear as an embedded video.. so I am [...]

Readthewords.com – positive solution for the introvert speaker.

As the Spring semester progresses, I find myself piled with many essays. One of the tips that my professors have mentioned earlier in the semester is to read outloud any written works you have written before handing in essays. I was a little befuddled by what to do.. and a little nervous as well.. so [...]