This is a workbook produced a little over a year ago for a low-tech workshop explaining the basics of social web tools. Was viewed in conjunction with "The Machine is Us/ing Us"
Unless It Was a Digital Dog, No One Ate Your Homework (Diigo)Lisa Sjogren
Social Bookmarking is a tool which leverages your resources. By using tools such as diigo, you will be able to annotate on webpages and access/share your bookmarks by simply visiting a website.
Unless It Was a Digital Dog, No One Ate Your Homework (Diigo)Lisa Sjogren
Social Bookmarking is a tool which leverages your resources. By using tools such as diigo, you will be able to annotate on webpages and access/share your bookmarks by simply visiting a website.
Has your library discussed creating a Flickr account? A MySpace teen site? Creating a blog? David discusses the current social networking transformation taking place, and applies those changes to a library setting. Then David discusses the changes a library needs to make to meet and participate in our new online, participatory world.
Using Cloud Tech and Social Network Tools to Keep Your Career in the GameTonya Thomas
A review of hidden LinkedIn features to keep your resume updated, plus common and little-known social networking and collaboration tools that can also be used to easily create an online portfolio of your work that can easily be maintained.
Doug Devitre presents to the Home Builders Association of St. Louis & Eastern Missouri on 'Generating Sales Through Social Media'. Create profiles that build your authority in your niche, script dialogues on common conversations online and craft an online community of raving fans using common social networks such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Explode your communication on to other blogs and websites using RSS, status updates, and widgets. Dominate the online discussion boards while spending no money and limited time.
Has your library discussed creating a Flickr account? A MySpace teen site? Creating a blog? David discusses the current social networking transformation taking place, and applies those changes to a library setting. Then David discusses the changes a library needs to make to meet and participate in our new online, participatory world.
Using Cloud Tech and Social Network Tools to Keep Your Career in the GameTonya Thomas
A review of hidden LinkedIn features to keep your resume updated, plus common and little-known social networking and collaboration tools that can also be used to easily create an online portfolio of your work that can easily be maintained.
Doug Devitre presents to the Home Builders Association of St. Louis & Eastern Missouri on 'Generating Sales Through Social Media'. Create profiles that build your authority in your niche, script dialogues on common conversations online and craft an online community of raving fans using common social networks such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Explode your communication on to other blogs and websites using RSS, status updates, and widgets. Dominate the online discussion boards while spending no money and limited time.
WordPress Websites for Engineers: Elevate Your Brandgvaughan
Presentation: Are you an engineer looking to enhance your professional brand? Join our insightful webinar where Gary Vaughan, a seasoned IT professional and WordPress expert, will unveil the power of WordPress websites in boosting your career and professional profile. Whether you're a consultant, volunteer, or aspiring employee, a well-crafted website can be a game-changer in showcasing your expertise.
Speaker Bio: Gary's long career spans from Project Manager and Foreign Service Officer to IT Contractor at the State Department's Office of eDiplomacy. With a profound focus on WordPress software support, he now dedicates his expertise to pro bono website design for DC area non-profits and offers web design resources at dcwebrevolution.com. Gary specializes in WordPress web consulting, business planning, website design, and social media management.
Great social media execution is a powerful new weapon in Search Engine Optimization (SEO) that can lead to top search rankings for your company. Today, over 50% of Google searches for major brands turn up user-generated content, blog articles and other social media related content. However, most fail to deliver even close to the desired results.
Of the three pillars of SEO (content, architecture, and links), it’s the “link authority” pillar that’s usually the weakest. If only it weren’t so darned difficult and time-consuming to acquire high quality, relevant links! Yet without such links, you won’t be able to earn the trust, authority and importance required to rank well in search results, and your optimization efforts will fall short.
So, how do you solve this?
To answer that, author and consultant Stephan Spencer shares how to deploy a structured process via social media that can help your company be found – and stand out – in search engine results.
To contact Stephan directly or look at more of his videos, interviews, and articles, check out his website at www.stephanspencer.com
Notes from a day-long training seminar which covers the effective use of social media, from developing a strategy, to looking at how to use a variety of social networking platforms, and where to get help!
SharePoint Site Usability and Design Tips for Non Designers by @SharePointWendyWendy Neal
This webinar was presented as part of the MetaVis SharePoint MVP Webinar Series on June 5, 2013. It was a slightly modified version of the session I did with the same name at SharePoint Saturday Twin Cities in November 2012. To get the full context and see the slide notes, please download the slides.
Accompanying video demos are on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxSc1uqWwEXljBcsCYtUiPxvYBm_ePgfT
Session Abstract:
So you've been given a SharePoint site to administer for your team or project, but now what? How do you configure it? What types of content should you store there? How do you change the boring standard interface to something with a little more zing without involving a designer? How should your navigation be structured and what exactly do you put on the home page to draw traffic to your site?
This webinar will walk through the basic steps that anyone constructing a website, regardless of platform, should take into consideration and how these concepts fit into the SharePoint world. Basic usability concepts will be introduced, along with some quick and easy branding tips that will make a big difference in the look and feel of your site, and you don't need to have any design or coding skills to implement them. Whether you've been given a blank slate or inherited a site from someone else, you'll come away with several ideas you can apply right away to improve the layout and design of your site, thus helping to increase user adoption. Many of the concepts in this session apply to any version of SharePoint, however all demos will be done in SharePoint 2010.
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
Welcome to the first live UiPath Community Day Dubai! Join us for this unique occasion to meet our local and global UiPath Community and leaders. You will get a full view of the MEA region's automation landscape and the AI Powered automation technology capabilities of UiPath. Also, hosted by our local partners Marc Ellis, you will enjoy a half-day packed with industry insights and automation peers networking.
📕 Curious on our agenda? Wait no more!
10:00 Welcome note - UiPath Community in Dubai
Lovely Sinha, UiPath Community Chapter Leader, UiPath MVPx3, Hyper-automation Consultant, First Abu Dhabi Bank
10:20 A UiPath cross-region MEA overview
Ashraf El Zarka, VP and Managing Director MEA, UiPath
10:35: Customer Success Journey
Deepthi Deepak, Head of Intelligent Automation CoE, First Abu Dhabi Bank
11:15 The UiPath approach to GenAI with our three principles: improve accuracy, supercharge productivity, and automate more
Boris Krumrey, Global VP, Automation Innovation, UiPath
12:15 To discover how Marc Ellis leverages tech-driven solutions in recruitment and managed services.
Brendan Lingam, Director of Sales and Business Development, Marc Ellis
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
Le nuove frontiere dell'AI nell'RPA con UiPath Autopilot™UiPathCommunity
In questo evento online gratuito, organizzato dalla Community Italiana di UiPath, potrai esplorare le nuove funzionalità di Autopilot, il tool che integra l'Intelligenza Artificiale nei processi di sviluppo e utilizzo delle Automazioni.
📕 Vedremo insieme alcuni esempi dell'utilizzo di Autopilot in diversi tool della Suite UiPath:
Autopilot per Studio Web
Autopilot per Studio
Autopilot per Apps
Clipboard AI
GenAI applicata alla Document Understanding
👨🏫👨💻 Speakers:
Stefano Negro, UiPath MVPx3, RPA Tech Lead @ BSP Consultant
Flavio Martinelli, UiPath MVP 2023, Technical Account Manager @UiPath
Andrei Tasca, RPA Solutions Team Lead @NTT Data
The Metaverse and AI: how can decision-makers harness the Metaverse for their...Jen Stirrup
The Metaverse is popularized in science fiction, and now it is becoming closer to being a part of our daily lives through the use of social media and shopping companies. How can businesses survive in a world where Artificial Intelligence is becoming the present as well as the future of technology, and how does the Metaverse fit into business strategy when futurist ideas are developing into reality at accelerated rates? How do we do this when our data isn't up to scratch? How can we move towards success with our data so we are set up for the Metaverse when it arrives?
How can you help your company evolve, adapt, and succeed using Artificial Intelligence and the Metaverse to stay ahead of the competition? What are the potential issues, complications, and benefits that these technologies could bring to us and our organizations? In this session, Jen Stirrup will explain how to start thinking about these technologies as an organisation.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
zkStudyClub - Reef: Fast Succinct Non-Interactive Zero-Knowledge Regex ProofsAlex Pruden
This paper presents Reef, a system for generating publicly verifiable succinct non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs that a committed document matches or does not match a regular expression. We describe applications such as proving the strength of passwords, the provenance of email despite redactions, the validity of oblivious DNS queries, and the existence of mutations in DNA. Reef supports the Perl Compatible Regular Expression syntax, including wildcards, alternation, ranges, capture groups, Kleene star, negations, and lookarounds. Reef introduces a new type of automata, Skipping Alternating Finite Automata (SAFA), that skips irrelevant parts of a document when producing proofs without undermining soundness, and instantiates SAFA with a lookup argument. Our experimental evaluation confirms that Reef can generate proofs for documents with 32M characters; the proofs are small and cheap to verify (under a second).
Paper: https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/1886
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
1. Get Connected
Toolkit: free tools for
private use, public
interaction and
enhancing your profile
by Clare-Marie White
May 2007
Creative Commons Copyright: Attribution-Non-
Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England &
Wales.
2. Basic essentials: free email accounts
• Google
gmail.google.com
Features:
- threaded
‘conversations’
- good spam filters
- instant chat with
other users
- use sign in for
many other tools
- can be disliked by
library computers
• Yahoo Mail
mail.yahoo.com
Features:
- use sign in for Flickr
3. Glossary of terms
• Blogs: ‘Weblogs’ - web diaries that can be reformed for different purposes and
are very easily to update
• RSS Feeds: Really simple syndication - subscription service
• Wiki - ‘quick’ in Hawaiian - websites anybody can edit
• Twitters and Tweets - so-called microblogging. A personal mini-news feed
becoming more widely used
• Please ask about any other terms used that you don’t know and add them
here:
4. Google’s free tools: iGoogle
• A powerful way of organising
all your information eg email,
news feeds, discussions,
online documents
• Accessible through the
normal Google page -
www.google.co.uk: see ‘sign
in’ link at the top and use
your Gmail account (see
page 1)
• Right top: classic Google
next page: iGoogle,
supercharged
5. This iGoogle page displays, amongst others:
News: latest headlines from FT, BBC, most popular news stories and
specialist publications
Conversations: discussion feeds from email, Flickr, Linkedin
Tools: date/time, Google search, my documents, calendar
Blogs: global voices, T-shirts & suits
Pointless but fun: daylight viewing gadget, ladybirds, friends’ Facebook
status updates
6. How to add RSS feeds on iGoogle
• Feeds can be added from any page
displaying the RSS logo: usually
next to the feed logo there is a link
• Copy the link
• In iGoogle, go to ‘add stuff’
Select Add feed or gadget
Paste in the link, ‘Add’
• RSS feed will appear as a new box
in iGoogle
7. (Almost) universal guide to ‘web 2.0’ websites
• No technical expertise is needed, just the ability to fill in forms and the
willingness to do so. If there’s something you want to do, explore the web until
you find a way. There are free tools available to do just about anything, or at
least provide the structure (eg write, collaborate, upload images and videos)
• Basic elements are generally the same, partly because many sites have same
overall owners but also to help people navigate - it’s a good idea to use the
same conventions in your own site, if relevant:-
- Help pages will have answers to most common problems & links to forms
>>> If you get stuck, try typing your question into Google - answers will often
come up on forums (chances are if you have a problem, so do thousands of
other users)
- About pages will tell you more about the credibility of the company,
background, community size etc.
8. (Almost) universal guide to ‘web 2.0’ websites ii
• - Sign in / Register pages will normally give you a more personalised
experience.
The trade-off of imparting all this personal information when you register is that
you save time - the spooky programmers will serve up all that interests you
>>> Use the same login name and password on different social network sites
to develop a common ‘brand’ name and so you don’t get confused. However,
consider using different passwords on any site where financial information will
be given out (eg Amazon), in case someone picks up your password. And don’t
just use your pet’s name: everyone does it so it’s easy to guess...
9. Blog hosting
• Blogger
www.blogger.com
Features:
- free webspace with blogspot (eg localedition.blogspot.com)
- ‘widgets’ include slideshows, link lists, video bars
- can add Adsense to make some money with blog
- more HTML allowed than Wordpress
• Wordpress
www.wordpress.com
Features:
- free webspace
- wider range of templates
- unlimited pages - can be more flexible than blogger
- ‘widgets’ include long RSS feed lists
10. Examples of different blogs
• www.localedition.org.uk
• www.stokesounds.org.uk
• www.d-log.info
• www.icanhazcheeseburger.com
• www.ooh-pretty.blogspot.com
• Features that make a blog
interesting:
- photos
- short articles
- regular updates so if you go back
there is something new
- links to other interesting places
- expertise, humour or general
interest
11. How to create a free website with Blogger
• Go to www.blogger.com • Your basic site is done. Now do
some planning before doing too
much work on the blog - experiment
• Sign in with your gmail account with what you created using the
Layout section and play with the
• Follow the steps - very easy tools that are available to you. Plan
categories: these can be used to
organise different sections of your
• Choose a name and a design site (eg News, About, Products etc).
• If you have registered a domain
name, it doesn’t have to go to the
front page of your blog. It could go
to an ‘About’ page and your blog
could be your ‘News’ page.
12. Developing a blog
• The site template can be built by
dragging elements around - right: Local
Edition’s template
• Easy elements can be added along with
third-party pieces of code (normally
pasting in code is the most technical
thing you need to do - if it break the site,
just get rid of the page element and start
again)
• If you find your template limiting, others
are available online (try
www.blogskins.com, but build up a little
confidence with html code first or
experiment on a site that doesn’t matter
13. Some of Google’s other free tools
• All tools can be shared with other
people or make public, which makes
them useful for collaboration.
• Calendar
• Word processing package
• Spreadsheet package
14. Flickr
• www.flickr.com •
• Sign in with your Yahoo account - see friends’ photos automatically
(see page 1) - tag your photos and get spotted
as people browse
• Features: - different licensing options available
- up to 200 photos stored free - printing tools available
- A huge social community - an active and growing Stoke
- Add your photos easily with community
different tools eg by email or from
your desktop, automatically resizing
your photos
15. Flickr: wider uses
• Add photostreams to your blog (go
to Flickr’s help section for easy-to-
follow guides or use the tools in
Blogger
• Add your photos to a group: local
groups include Stoke-on-Trent,
Burslem, Local Edition
• explore photos by location, camera
used, tags and many other criteria
• very easy printing tool for cards,
sticker books and more
16. Social bookmarking: del.icio.us
• http://del.icio.us
• Features:
- Access favourite/saved webpages
anywhere
- Bookmarks can be kept private
- Share your bookmarks with friends
more quickly than by email
- See how many people have saved
a page or what has been saved
about subjects you are interested in
(eg right: Stoke-on-Trent)
- Categorise your links - create RSS
feeds for lists
- use it for quick blogging
17. Social Networking sites: best for...
• musicians: Myspace • Your own groups: Google groups or
Yahoo groups
• photographers: Flickr
• experts: Wikipedia
not an obvious networking site, but contributors to
• staying in touch: Facebook the site form communities of interest that have often
gone on to collaborate on other projects such as
(good for grassroots campaigns too) Wikinews, Wikiversity - you never know who you
might meet here.
• Jobhunters or professional
networking: Linkedin
• Film-makers: Youtube
18. Tips for networking online
• Read any community guidelines and • Never give away anything you don’t
watch the site for a while before want to: whether time, information
contributing (known as ‘lurking’) or personal details. Always
remember in many sites your details
are public, searchable and
• Be a friendly, knowledgeable and permanent (see also Safety tips).
helpful presence and most Check privacy settings - better to be
communities will be very welcoming seen only by your own contacts.
• Beware of writing in a rush and • Keep your contributions short and
remember that language can be concise - remember people have
ambiguous without all the non- limited time and sometimes limited
verbal signs we normally use: you web access.
can cause offence easily. Equally,
assume good faith with other people
19. Your own online shop
• Joining services like this takes a lot of the hassle out • Both sites use Paypal (www.paypal.com), which is free to
of handling transactions or building sites for use but takes a percentage of transactions. It is however a
simple way of creating transactions in different currencies
yourself, although building your reputation on the
and it is secure - but beware it, like Ebay, has been a
sites can also take a while. In addition, it puts you frequent victim of ‘phishing’ - look out for emails that appear
instantly in front of buyers to be from the sites.
• Etsy
www.etsy.com
- community selling handmade
items
- 100,000 members
• Ebay
www.ebay.com
- biggest online market in the world
– sell anything
- fix prices or sell by auction
- millions of sales each day
20. Small payments x lots
• iStockPhoto
www.iStockphoto.com
- well used by photo editors for its
simplicity and cheap photos
- two million photos of excellent
quality
- although rewards start small,
‘stock’ type photos that could sell
many times could build up a good • Key tip: Use your networks to
revenue determine which services you will
use - they will all take time to build
sales so there is no point in wasting
• Adsense time on sites that will not bring in
www.adsense.com rewards. Check the community
- popular way to add value to your forums to find out more about user’s
blog or website - ads are relevant experiences and problems
and targetted
21. How to get to the top of Google: a simple guide
• Add links to your main web • Building your profile on Google
presence on every profile you have takes time and patience, but
remember your business or
community name is probably unique
• Swap links with friends (ranking is and you are fairly likely to be the
based on number of links, only person in Stoke doing exactly
suggesting reliability) what you do.
• Create content-rich websites that • If you ever appear on the BBC
are updated frequently website, it will haunt you for the rest
of your life. (try Google search:
“Clare-Marie White”).
22. A few safety tips: protect yourself & your work online
• Only give away as much of yourself as you want • Be aware that creative theft is common (kids of
online - if you have a professional ‘brand’ in your today don’t understand copyright and neither do
own name be doubly cautious about what you post many journalists) - don’t upload large photos and
on discussion forums or websites and remember don’t put up any written material that you would
that Google often throws up connections you might mind very much being stolen - there’s not a huge
not expect amount you can do about it - although if a
professional organisation uses your work without
permission you should certainly charge them.
• On the other hand, Google is a good tool to check That said, commissioning editors fairly often pick up
out the legitimacy and background of people you work from sites like Flickr and will contact people to
meet online or in real life - use it and assume people ask to use it. You may get a credit or you may get
are using it on you. paid. So it is (arguably) better to give a little of your
work online and get seen than never get noticed at
all.
If you are keen to contribute something of yourself
• Never follow emails that ask for any personal to the world wide web, consider using a Creative
information or passwords - these are often Commons license. (www.creativecommons.org).
‘phishing’ attacks. Always type in the URL or use
your own bookmarks when accessing your online
services
23. More free tools you might find useful
• Skype
www.skype.com
- download required (free)
- free phone calls between
computers
- landlines can be registered in
different countries so people can
call you
- very useful for conference calling
- both useful sites. Stikipad is tidyer; Wetpaint
• Wiki providers
allows one person to run multiple wikis. Both have
www.stikipad.com
added features eg discussion boards. Neither have
www.wetpaint.com
quite the basic usefulness of the big wiki sites eg
www.wikipedia.com - you need your own server to
run a wiki like this
24. Additional services
• Flickr Pro account $19.95
• Small cards from your Flickr photos
£9.99 for 100
• Register your own domain names
and email addresses at www.123-
reg.co.uk
• Build much fancier websites with a
local team: www.jellifish.co.uk
• ...more links at
del.icio.us/cmwhite/getconnected