In Minnesota one of our politicians recently got into trouble because he was republishing news articles on his web site without permission. Actually he was republishing modified articles without permission. It seemed like a good reason to remind folks about copyright. Copyright on the Internet gets tricky because it’s so much easier to copy a … Continue reading
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All About Amazon
Today I’ve been checking out Amazon. I thought I’d share some of their new things; they’re kind of interesting. (This isn’t an endorsement for Amazon – just a look at what they’re doing.) Purchase Circle: These are lists of best selling books by population segment, such as employee of Oracle or person living in St … Continue reading
Access Yesterday’s Web
Today’s Byte is short and sweet. I have mentioned it before, but not in years. The Wayback Machine This site archives web sites. Search for a URL and it will provide links to how the site has looked through time. I love this site. I use it when I want to see an earlier iteration … Continue reading
Sending Unsolicited Emails
Last night I was helping my husband promote a one-day conference on Irish Literature & Music. (If you’re interested you can learn more here. It made me think that a lot of people are shy about sending emails to folks, when they shouldn’t be. Done right, sending email can be very effective. I successfully use … Continue reading
Setting up Web Site Redirects
Today’s Byte is a quick Web Development 101 lesson. (If you aren’t into html, shoot to the penultimate paragraph for a tip for everyone.) Someone asked me to set up a redirect for them last week. I realized that I had never done that so I had to look it up. I thought I’d pass … Continue reading
Intro to Last Week’s Topic
A few people have asked me re-introduce the topics that I mentioned last week: blogs, podcasts, wikis, and RSS. So that’s what I’m doing this week. Blogs are like online journals. Some are fun and interesting; some are business focused. You don’t need to know how to create a web site to write a blog. … Continue reading
Wikis, Blogs, Podcasts, RSS, and More
Last night I went to a great presentation by Garrick Van Buren to the Minnesota chapter of the American Society of Information Science and Technology. He was terrific! I am killing two birds today by writing up my notes and sharing them with you and ASIST. So today’s Byte is an annotated bibliography of many … Continue reading
Google Site Maps
About a month ago I briefly mentioned Google Site maps. If you have a web site I think this is the new best way to get Google to look at your site – all of your site. A regular site map (such as found here) helps search engines and users to track the pages in … Continue reading
Upcoming Events
My apologies to the folks outside Minnesota, but I have been directly and indirectly working on some events around the Twin Cities that I thought locals might find of interest. For everyone – Rick in Minneapolis expanded on last week’s Byte on Google Alerts by pointing out that you could monitor your own name to … Continue reading
Web Friendly Colors
I have one very fun web site to share today. It’s particularly for folks with web sites – but I think it would be fun for lots of folks and useful for anyone who is as color challenged as I am. VisiBone Webmaster’s Color Lab Visit the color lab and you can see a wheel … Continue reading
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