Finding New Stuff Online

~ joanvinallcox ~ 3 Comments

Everything on the web is changing really fast, and it's easy to feel a bit lost. Nobody knows everything about all the web apps, but a few know where to find web-treasures: applications that are really useful for you and your projects. I call these people Web Guides.

I subscribe to and receive in my email Doug Belshaw's blog  – http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/ – where he describes work he's doing for his Ed.D. degree and how he uses technology in his teaching and training. His current post – http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2010/01/04/mac-osx-apps-i-currently-use/  – contains an annodated visual of the apps he has on his Mac. I was able to review them and choose which ones I wanted to check out (red-outlined) for my possible use. (I like the way resting my cursor brings out a description. He explains how he set it up to do that.)

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So I have some new apps to check out, many of them open source and/or free.

He's not my only Web Guide. I blog on Posterous – http://posterous.com/ – because it's the easiest blog tool I've found, and I subscribe to a number of people whom I find helpful there. I have set it up so I receive a collection of their blog posts in my email too. It's just easier to delete the Posterous email if I'm busy than it is to remember to go to my Bloglines or Google Reader accounts.

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Steve Rubel often mentions web apps he finds useful – http://www.steverubel.com/ – and I enjoy reading his insights.

There are lots of other sources of web information out there; I follow MakeUseOf – http://www.makeuseof.com/ – by having it, too, emailed to me, and they make it really easy to sign up.

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So that's it, the sources of my web information which I have now shared with you! I hope you explore and find your own, and if you know of any really useful ones that I haven't mentioned, please share them in the comments.

Joan Vinall-Cox, PhD – joanvc@jnthweb.ca
JNthWEB Consulting – http://jnthweb.ca/
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Suddenly No 3G! But the Rogers Help Line was Excellent

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I had an interesting experience. Yesterday when I tried to use 3G all I got was "Searching.." The same today – and I got worried because my parents call my iPhone, not my home number, when they have emergencies. I did some searching and checking FAQs but couldn't find anything relevant.

It took me a while on the Rogers site to find a Rogers' phone number to call. When I said the various words to get to the right line, a recording told me there would be a 15 minute wait. However, my call got answered by a live, and quite pleasant, person immediately. He got me to go into my Settings and turn off my wireless. Then in Settings, to click on "General" and, at the bottom of that, click on "Reset" and again, the red "Reset" button.

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The screen went black and then, finally, showed the Apple logo. It took a while, which he explained was a good sign because it indicated it was repairing itself.

Now it's back to normal, and I'm getting my calls and messages. The Rogers help line was excellent.

Joan Vinall-Cox, PhD – joanvc@jnthweb.ca
JNthWEB Consulting – http://jnthweb.ca/
Social Media & Learning
https://joanvinallcox.wordpress.com/my-e-portfolio/
Halton Peel Communicators Association – http://www.hpcaonline.org/

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Weird Plagiarism

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Something strange is happening. At least two of my blog posts have had the language mangled and been re-published in LiveJournal and In Windows Live. My name was left in on what looks like a badly translated & re-translated version of what I originally wrote. I find this very strange, and annoying.

Has this happened to anyone else? What's the mechanism and the motivation?

Here are some screenshots and links:

How I found out –

Here's what was published in LiveJournal & a link to my original post – https://joanvinallcox.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/mad-women-what-the-1960s-sounded-like/

Here's the Comment blocked unless you join LiveJournal

Here's the Windows Live post and my original one – https://joanvinallcox.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/last-night-at-the-hpca-meeting/

Again, I can't comment unless I get an account in Windows Live, which I won't do.

This is what they have in common, sort of
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Can anyone please explain, or point me to an explanation?

Joan Vinall-Cox, PhD – joanvc@jnthweb.ca
JNthWEB Consulting – http://jnthweb.ca/
Social Media & Learning
https://joanvinallcox.wordpress.com/my-e-portfolio/
Halton Peel Communicators Association – http://www.hpcaonline.org/

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