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anonymous

Be a Wikipedia Editor - Wired How-To Wiki - 0 views

howto.wired.com/...Be_a_Wikipedia_Editor

wikipedia editing process

shared by anonymous on 23 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • anonymous on 23 Sep 13
     
    If you want to gain strong reputation points in the Wikipedia community and therefore gain more privileges, here's how -- this is a tutorial from Wired magazine.
anonymous

Jon Udell: Heavy Metal Umlaut - 0 views

jonudell.net/...umlaut.html

wikipedia editing process screencasting

shared by anonymous on 23 Sep 13 - Cached
  • anonymous on 23 Sep 13
     
    A terrific video that describes, visually, how Wikipedia works.
Maximum Sullivan

Google Throws Open Doors to Its Top-Secret Data Center - 0 views

www.wired.com/...ff-inside-google-data-center

Google secrets awesome

shared by Maximum Sullivan on 23 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Maximum Sullivan on 23 Sep 13
     
    Interesting article of secrets of Google and its creation
Laura Vazquez

On Google Doodles' 14th Anniversary, A Look At How They're Made (SLIDESHOW) - 0 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...google-doodle_n_1843272.html

Google doodle interesting internet anniversary

shared by Laura Vazquez on 22 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Laura Vazquez on 22 Sep 13
     
    A look at how the Google doodles are made. The article includes an interview with some of the doodlers of how they get their ideas for Googles new doodles.
emarmoran

Twitter's IPO: The tweet heard 'round the world - 0 views

www.washingtonpost.com/...he-tweet-heard-round-the-world

internet twitter hist390

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  • emarmoran on 22 Sep 13
     
    Interesting article about the new business side of Twitter. Twitter is planning on becoming a publicly traded company which means stock will be sold to the general public. This article goes over the effects this will have in the future.
cmarion2

Say No to Google: Alternative Search Engines - 1 views

articles.software.informer.com/lternative-search-engines.html

google alternative search engines

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  • cmarion2 on 19 Sep 13
     
    This article describes the benefits of search engine alternatives to the mighty Google. In doing so, it also reveals how much information Google keeps on you every time you do a search. 
  • mgotcher on 19 Sep 13
     
    after reading this article my first thought was "Awesome, new sites I can Google on!"
Jimin Kwon

Zotero Tutorial - 1 views

youtu.be/7BIrpXYk7M8

zotero basic tutorial reference management tool research

shared by Jimin Kwon on 22 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Jimin Kwon on 22 Sep 13
     
    A quick Zotero tutorial video for both Mac and Windows users
Mahrokh Akhavan

The Search Engine That Has Indexed All Tweets in History -- Now a Possible Acquisition ... - 0 views

www.nasdaq.com/...le-acquisition-target-cm272547

media twitter information internet

shared by Mahrokh Akhavan on 21 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Mahrokh Akhavan on 21 Sep 13
     
    I came across this as I was looking for history of search engines and its pretty crazy that the site Topsy has been able to save every single tweet since twitter launched! that's 300 billion tweets!!! and you can search them all as it is open to the public. I hadn't heard about Topsy but it seems like they are gaining a good reputation and going against big search engines like Yahoo and Bing.
Anthony Rossi

List of Most Popular OSS - 0 views

www.tripwiremagazine.com/...en-source-software-ever-2.html

HIST390 information

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  • Anthony Rossi on 21 Sep 13
     
    This gives a list (and short description) for 20 popular OSS platforms. This article includes examples given in class such as, WordPress (#1 on the list) and Mozilla Firefox (#3 on the list).
Natasha Taliferro

RSS Tutorial - 0 views

www.w3schools.com/default.asp

internet RSS tutorial html

shared by Natasha Taliferro on 20 Sep 13 - Cached
  • Natasha Taliferro on 20 Sep 13
     
    A tutorial on how to put RSS code into a website and basic information and history of RSS.
Daniel Richardson

Google in China - 0 views

online.wsj.com/...3436904577155003097277514.html

web google currentevents

shared by Daniel Richardson on 19 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Daniel Richardson on 19 Sep 13
     
    Fascinating article from the Wall Street Journal on Google and how they are handling China's censorship laws.
Cameron Wall

Understanding the Zotero Pane - Citation Managers - Subject and Course Guides at Washin... - 0 views

libguides.wlu.edu/content.php

zotero understanding HIST HIST390 web research

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  • Cameron Wall on 19 Sep 13
     
    Even though Prof. French gave a rather in detail tutorial of Zotero in class, here's a visual guide in case you get lost!
anonymous

Google vs Death - 6 views

A friend of mine just shared that on Twitter, too, Jonathan. Google does many, many things ... this one seems weird.

started by Jonathan Carmona on 18 Sep 13 1 follow-up, last by anonymous on 18 Sep 13
mgotcher

What is a Web Crawler? - 0 views

searchsoa.techtarget.com/...crawler

HIST390 web

shared by mgotcher on 18 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • mgotcher on 18 Sep 13
     
    I was still a little confused on what a web crawler was exactly. I thought this site was helpful.
  • anonymous on 18 Sep 13
     
    Yes, it is! I've already given you credit for one link this week, but that is a good explanation -- even though the page it was last updated in 2005 and the search engine it gives as an example is Alta Vista. :) Alta Vista doesn't even exist anymore; it was acquired by Yahoo awhile ago, I think. Here's the Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltaVista
  • mgotcher on 18 Sep 13
     
    Ya I saw the date, but felt the explanation was good.
Tiana Robles

U.S. Telcos Have Never Challenged NSA Demands for Your Metadata - 0 views

www.wired.com/...telcos-metada-orders

internet HIST390 metadata privacy

shared by Tiana Robles on 18 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Tiana Robles on 18 Sep 13
     
    This article discusses how US telephone companies (Verizon, AT&T, etc) constantly send phone records to the government without questioning their motives.
  • anonymous on 18 Sep 13
     
    That term "metadata" (data about data!) is more interesting than you might think, and this article shows why ...
Gordon Hall

How To Build A Basic Web Crawler To Pull Information From A Website (Part 1) - 0 views

www.makeuseof.com/...awler-pull-information-website

internet information basics awesome

shared by Gordon Hall on 18 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Gordon Hall on 18 Sep 13
     
    This a great website not only describing how web crawlers work, but how you can create on your own. Descriptions and pictures really help to create one if your stuck too.
  • anonymous on 18 Sep 13
     
    That is a good tutorial -- thanks, Gordon. My own PHP skills are good enough to build this, though at the moment I don't need to. I had forgotten the synonym "scrapers," too. Useful quotation: "One typical task that Google performs is to pull all the links from a page and see which sites they are endorsing."
Claire Madison

Zotero vs EndNote - 0 views

chronicle.com/...33157

interesting awesome

shared by Claire Madison on 18 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Claire Madison on 18 Sep 13
     
    Interesting article explaining the pros and cons of Zotero vs. EndNote!
  • anonymous on 18 Sep 13
     
    My buddy Brian Croxall wrote that. Good find, Claire. It's a very thorough comparison.
Natalie Niemeyer

Cable Companies Make 97% Profit Off Internet Services - 0 views

nextbigfuture.com/...mpanies-make-97-margin-on.html

internet cost awesome

shared by Natalie Niemeyer on 18 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Natalie Niemeyer on 18 Sep 13
     
    Companies make have huge profit margins when it comes to providing Internet.
  • anonymous on 18 Sep 13
     
    Boy, I hate sites that have as many ads as that one does. The first site that that article links to is a bit better -- it's from the MIT Technology Review, which is an established and well-known journal / magazine. http://www.technologyreview.com/news/510176/when-will-the-rest-of-us-get-google-fiber/?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_source=newsletter-daily-all&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20130205 If you live in Austin, TX, you can buy Internet service directly from Google. Maybe the rest of us will be able to soon.
Taylor Kreinces

Wikipedia:List of free online resources - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

en.wikipedia.org/...:List_of_free_online_resources

wikipedia list online resources internet HIST390 information web

shared by Taylor Kreinces on 18 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • Taylor Kreinces on 18 Sep 13
     
    This Wikipedia page shows all the available online resources open to the public.
  • anonymous on 18 Sep 13
     
    Interesting, Taylor. Notice that that page is part of a project called "The Resource Exchange" and/or "The Wikipedia Library." I was just talking to a frequent Wikipedia editor named Jake Orlowitz the other day who's volunteering with the Wikipedia Library; we're going to try to bring him to campus to give a talk. If we do, I'll let y'all know. Thanks for the link!
anonymous

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) | Common Craft - 0 views

www.commoncraft.com/...search-engine-optimization-seo

seo searchengine

shared by anonymous on 18 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • anonymous on 18 Sep 13
     
    Another good Common Craft video about search engine optimization -- says that "Google and Bing are the librarians of the Internet." Interesting, and a total coincidence, that this video also uses the notion of a "recipe" to explain how to make your website more searchable -- the same analogy I used to explain an algorithm.
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