gMail is my favorite mail application, as I have blogged about here previously:
http://jnthweb.ca/2010/08/gmail-other-email-addresses/ http://jnthweb.ca/2010/08/why-gmail-labels-not-folders/ There are other reasons in other posts, but here is an excellent succinct list of why and how gmail is useful: http://www.thethinkingstick.com/5-gmail-tips-for-teachers [...]
Photo by Tabea Dibou, from Flickr
We can see more people creating more works than ever before in history. And it’s because of the web and because the web is social. On the web, much is possible. Whether you are finding the right beautiful photo (with the right Creative Commons license) to illustrate metaphorically [...]
Social bookmarking is one of the most useful aspects of the web. You can use it to create your own online library, organized to your own interests by using tags. Although I’ve been using some form of social bookmarking for years, every so often I want to review what I can do with the social [...]
Nick La on Customizing WordPress
[slideshare id=1424779&doc=wordcamptoronto2009-090512135754-phpapp02]
Lots of valuable how-tos!
Live Tweeting vs Live Blogging
WordCamp Toronto 2009 May 8, 2009
At the Toronto WordCamp 2008, I live-blogged, and that was fun:
http://joanvinallcox.wordpress.com/2008/10/04/live-blogging-at-wordcamp-toronto-08/ http://joanvinallcox.wordpress.com/2008/10/05/live-blogging-wordcam-day2/
At WordCamp Toronto, 2009, I Tweeted using the hashtag #wct09, and that was fun, and more social for a couple of reasons.
I was less focussed on getting every piece [...]
An autodidact is someone who learns outside of regular school settings, someone who teaches herself (or himself). It used to be a kind of demeaning label, meaning someone who had spotty and uncertified knowledge. I claim the label “autodidact” as a badge of honour! I used to learn from books, even sometimes from tv, but [...]
Want to more about how Twitter works and what it’s good for? Check out http://www.fastforwardblog.com/guides/twitter/
The FastForward Blog Guide to Twitter
a dang’rous thing”, at least according to Alexander Pope. He declared that we should “Drink deep or taste not the Pierian Spring.” I, however, think a little learning is a wondrous thing; it can addict you to drinking deep at the Pierian Spring, that is, at wanting to know more and how to do more.
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My Twittermates – via Jane Hart -
Get your twitter mosaic here.
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I’m trying out the new wp for iPhone by writing this using it, and including an iPhone self-portrait
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I help with - Learning web basics, (email, search, browsing, etc.)
- Editing, Proofreading, and/or Composing Documents
- Speaking (Planning, Practising, PowerPoint etc.)
- Presenting with Impact
- Finding free web tools (audio, video, storage, etc.)
- Creating eNewsletters (with a web tool that isn't free)
- Researching using the web
- Social Bookmarking
- Setting up and using wikis
- Setting up simple websites
- Using Twitter Effectively
My Presentations on SlideShare
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Joan works and plays on the web and is happy to speak to groups or individuals about the web's communication possibilities