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Entries for April, 2008

Disney’s Virtual Worlds: Raising Kids on Social Networks

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Convert and Share PowerPoint

Authorstream is a free online product which allows you to convert your powerpoint (.ppt) slideshow into video, which can then be hosted, burned or shared…very cool
(Via Digital Inspiration via LifeHacker)
So earlier in the year I gave a presentation titled eLearning 101, as a powerpoint it is not very inspiring, but I used it [...]

Get a free feed from your friends

There has been a lot of noise about FriendFeed lately so I checked it out and it’s actually worth talking about.
This simple looking product mashes up a page from all your firends stuff that they want to share. you can share a whole heap of stuff as you can see from the screen shot:

I have [...]

Last.fm revisited

I havn’t used last.fm for quite a while, but today I needed music to help me think and opened up Last.fm again…and I remember why I liked this service. It selected music that I liked (similar to U2) and streamed really well and I enjoyed listening and even discovered some new stuff!
A great non-traditional productivity [...]

HMAS Sydney gives up some secrets

First pictures of the HMAS Sydney published