Archive for January, 2008

50 Ways to Tell a Story using Web 2.0 Tools

January 7th, 2008 by Samantha Earp

Alan Levine of the New Media Consortium has posted a list of more than 50 different Web 2.0 tools that can be used to tell stories in digital form. He provides variations on a single story for each tool, along with some additional examples for many cases. This is a great list to explore to get ideas of how different tools might be useful, accompanied by some tips for generating story topics, using media and preparing your project.

List of 50 ways (plus a few extras) to tell a story using Web 2.0 tools
Slide show of Levine’s conference presentation that is the source of this list

Wi Fi Dectector Shirt

January 4th, 2008 by Lynne O'Brien

For the serious techie, there is now a T Shirt which displays the current wi-fi signal strength to yourself and everyone around you. The glowing bars on the front of the shirt dynamically change as the surrounding wi-fi signal strength fluctuates. Available for $29.99 from ThinkGeek.

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