By Boone Gorges as part of WordPress NYC Meetup, May 18 2010. This is a brief slide presentation explaining the value of WordPress MultiSite and how to use it.
By Elinor Mills in the InSecurity Complex column of CNET News, posted July 15, 2010. Mills presents a variety of password storage solutions, from the "old school" (on a scrap of paper in your wallet) to desktop, web-based, and USB-based solutions. There are links to many of the key players, as well as to earlier CNET articles.
From TopTenREVIEWS, 2010. There is a comparison chart of 14 leading password management software solutions. Scroll beneath the comparison chart for a brief article outlining why someone might use this software and what to look for when evalutating. Unfortunately, the solutions presented here range in price from $15 to $75. There are no free solutions presented.
Produced by VideoUserManuals, 2010. This is a manual for developers who create websites using WordPress (as a CMS). There are some helpful tips; they even share their own standard process for new site development.
By Sarah Gooding, posted to WPMU.ORG (WordPress-Multisite-BuddyPress) on Feb 1st 2010. Gooding interviews Kyle Jones, a Knowledge and Learning Services Librarian at Darien Library (known to be "ahead of the curve" on technology). Jones has created several LMS course sites, with links provided.
By Kyle Jones on his blog, The Corkboard, May 28 2010. Jones, a librarian at Darien Library, creates LMS courses using WordPress/BuddyPress. Here, he outlines his "wishlist" of a "real" WP as LMS site.
Carrot2 is open source code that enables search results clustering based on two "document clustering algorithms." The site provides downloads of the code, as well as documentation and a forum for coders.
A resource site that proclaims itself the "leading provider of internet video and rich media solutions for the scientific, technical and medical market." SciVee was founded in 2007.
Engage in group verbal conversations that are collected and shared in one place. "A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in 5 ways: voice (mic or telephone), text, audio file or video (via webcam)."
By Hilary Davis in Library in the Leadpipe, November 11, 2009.
This post is an exploration of how data visualization can help libraries make more informed decisions.
Mashable.com is a very popular site for learning more about important social media tools, with information on trends, lists (e.g. 11 Essential Social Media Resources You Might Have Missed), and how-tos, included guides to Twitter and Facebook.
Article by Amy Cavender on issues and gains from using eportfolios with college students. Mentions several eportfolio possibilities in article and in comments, such as Google Sites, Mahara, Yola, Weebly, or WordPress.