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Great place for information on GoogleWave

I want a Google Wave beta account, but I'm not willing to spam all the twitterverse to get it. This appreally will be a game-changer

Shared today on Twitter - some sites that let you send audio messages via twitter. Interestingly, the link was shared via text. :-)

"Pioneer presenters are using social media to engage their audience and extend the reach of their ideas. Twitter, Facebook, and numerous custom online tools allow presenters to create a backchannel for their audience's ideas and feedback. This two-way engagement can enrich the audience's understanding as well as the presenter's effectiveness."

This was just shared on Twitter.

Whether you're drafting an homage or a parody, nothing clinches a concept like the perfect font. Many brands, movies and entertainment properties utilize custom typography, but the web has gone to great lengths to capture the art of these letters. The results are impressive, and often free for non-commercial use.

"Google's customized search engine and tool for students and academics of all stripes was created by Anurag Acharya, a former academic who joined Google's web-indexing team in 2000. Scholar allows you to search journals, save sources to your personal library and, yes, get quick citations."

Web Researchers search behind links. Browser plugin available.

Not all of these sites will be open to you at school, but I thought it was an interesting collection of sites where you can quickly learn something new each day. Granted, it may not always be something you WANT to learn, but there y' have it. :)

Lots of tools available on Twitter that I hadn't realized.

below is a list of the top 7 places to watch great minds in action. What makes these conferences special is both the people they're able to assemble together in one place and that they put videos of the experiences online for everyone to enjoy. What other conferences attract the top minds in the world?