Weblinks

Some links to thought provoking sites or concepts
1. How The Web Wins  Evan Hansen, Wired,August 17, 2010
Reading, it turns out, is not a passive, solitary enterprise; it is deeply tied to social activities. Thanks to the web, readers are no longer just consumers – they are participants and creators in their own right, and they are empowered


2. Facebook Snatches User's URL And Sells It To Harman International  Michael Arrington, Tech Crunch, Mar 28, 2010
An avid Facebook user named Harman Bajwa says that his Facebook vanity Url – Facebook.com/Harman was unceremoniously revoked yesterday for violating Facebook’s policies. Facebook then apparently did a sales deal around the vanity URL with Harman International

3.Reputation Is Dead: It’s Time To Overlook Our Indiscretions Michael Arrington, Tech Crunch, Mar 28, 2010
Twitter, Yelp, Facebook, etc. are the new printing presses, and absolutely everyone, even the random wingnuts, have access


4. All about Google Blogger:The Google Acquisition  R.E.Pucket, WebUpon, Sunday August 8,2010
Some of the 'convenient' yet self serving applications Google provides for use by bloggers on the Google Blogger platform, including adsense (which makes no sense to me)

5. Social Media's Dark Side: Bad-mouthing Because You Can  Angelo Fernando,Social Media Today, April 2, 2010
..... Many will be seduced by the dark powers of the internet (the power to hammer an adversary under the guise of anonymity) .....


6. Unvarnished: A Clean, Well-Lighted Place For Defamation  Evelyn Rusli, Tech Crunch, Mar 30, 2010
Unvarnished makes its beta debut, essentially Yelp for LinkedIn - any user can create an online profile for a professional and submit anonymous reviews. and once the profile is up there’s no taking it down.

7. The Importance of RSS The Shifted Librarian​, Saturday, June 18, 2005
Why RSS is challenging Google Search

8. Visual Blooms Wiki
A Visual Representation of Bloom's Taxonomic Hierarchy with a 21st Century Skills Frame

9.WebTools4U2Use Wiki
Finding the right tool by category

10. Source for free images online 
Judy O'Connell's Hey Jude blog

11. 100 Helpful Web Tools for Every Kind of Learner


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