Archive for August 2nd, 2007

Wired’s Wiki-based How To’s

August 2nd, 2007 by Shawn Miller

Wired How ToWired has posted a new section on their website called “Wired How To’s“. Based on content created and written for their annual “How To” issues, topics run the gamut from really useful (Replace Your iPod’s Battery) to the offbeat (Bake a Wii Cake). Along with the information already provided, Wired has also made the section a wiki - meaning anyone can login in, edit, modify and add to the articles posted. Overall, a pretty good, simple example of what makes wikis so useful. By the way, iPhone owners should find this “How To” particularly interesting:

Hacks That Will Make You the Master of Your iPhone

Top ten favorite tools

August 2nd, 2007 by Lynne O'Brien

Feri Zsuppan in Arts & Sciences passed along this interesting list of Top 10 Favorite Tools of e-Learning professionals at the Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies in the UK. It includes a number of familiar things - such as Firefox, Google - as well as some niche tools (e.g., Gliffy for drawing and sharing diagrams on the web), utility tools such as media converters, and web-based tools for social networking.

What would be on your top ten list?


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