netvibes, pageflakes, igoogle, live.com

Recently I asked about Pageflakes and it appears that we have more questions than answers about these different personalized start pages, written in AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) (…I learned something new ) that allow you to create a page with various widgets and RSS feeds. As I always have a project in mind [...]

did you know?

This video from June 2007 is interesting at so many levels. It is rather lengthy (running 8min 19 sec) but worth watching from start to finish.

celebrating via Twitter

An Italian twitterer, Elyl, successfully defended her dissertation at approximately 5:00 p.m., her time. And, the beauty of it all is that before the dissertation, we all cheered her on and after, we happily celebrated with her, from Italy & other countries, from across the ocean too.
Today, Elyl posted a thank you on her blog to all her Twitter [...]

a new discovery or two

I was invited to give a talk at the NJ Italian & Italian Heritage Commission Annual Symposium at Rutgers yesterday. I share this with you for two reasons: 1) I had no internet access and found myself wanting to write tweet but couldn’t; and 2) was rewarded by the experience.

Let’s start with the Internet…OK, so [...]

kickass twitter posts…do’s and don’ts

experimenting with twitter in the classroom has had me conduct research on a different level–not peer-reviewed journals as is always the case in academia but rather blogs on twitter and qualitative analysis of what people say and do with Twitter (basically, I am conducting two different research projects simultaneously).
this morning I came across a post [...]

twitter’s third party apps

I’ve come across another Twitter app developed by a third party. In terms of the others I’ve posted, I can appreciate their use, but this one baffles me. Neuroproductions in Belgium has this “5K Twitter Browser” which from this thumbnail seems fun and interesting in terms of understanding the social web we weave, but take a closer [...]

r u 2 old?

I just got off the phone with my sitter’s mom, trying to determine whether her daughter is available this weekend for my “it’s March break and I’m gonna enjoy myself”  escape. Of course, she was unable to determine if her daughter was busy. The conversation went like this:
She: Can you call back after A is [...]

test-driving pageflakes

Pageflakes is an application that has been around for over a year, but, like many things, I sometimes get around to things a little late…hopefully, unlike past things, it is not too late. It is a competitor to Netvibes, iGoogle, etc. that uses widgets and modules to create your personal pagecast and share it or keep [...]

twitter in plain English

Playing catch-up this morning on Twitter, Frenz linked this video, which I think is a very easy way of illustrating (literally!) Twitter to answer to all those people who ask: “Why Twitter?”.
 Enjoy  

twitter’s many apps

A few days ago I introduced you to Googlisti twitters from Pescara, Italy (my hometown) who weeks ago summarized a number of Twitter apps. Here are just a few I considered worthy of sharing.

I gave you a sample page of Twitter 100 (released 29/01/08) that gives you a view of the last 100 tweets from your timeline [...]