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- Cool Websites & Tools – Compare Countries, Make a Digital Book, & Shoot Moving Pictures
- New To Android? Welcome, Here’s A Brief Intro
- Today I Learned: 10 Amazing Facts For Geeks Discovered On Reddit [Weird & Wonderful Web]
- Post-It To Your Screen – 6 Sticky Note Apps For Windows
- Understanding How Open Source Software Developers Make Money
| Cool Websites & Tools – Compare Countries, Make a Digital Book, & Shoot Moving Pictures Posted: 20 Sep 2014 09:31 PM PDT  MAPfrappe – there are countries of all different shapes and sizes, but it can be hard to appreciate the true size of a country unless it is placed over another location. MAPfrappe is a Google Maps mashup in which you “sketch” the area you want compared. You can then drag it to a second map and place it wherever you like. My Story Book – is an interactive site where kids can make and publish their own online digital storybook. The stories can be about whatever you want, and you can turn the end product into a high quality digital... Read the full article: Cool Websites & Tools – Compare Countries, Make a Digital Book, & Shoot Moving Pictures |
| New To Android? Welcome, Here’s A Brief Intro Posted: 20 Sep 2014 07:30 PM PDT  Just got your first Android device? It’s probably better to be familiar with the device and its history, don’t you think? Luckily, Techiesense produced a useful and interesting infograph that illustrates Android’s colourful background. Click to enlarge. Read the full article: New To Android? Welcome, Here’s A Brief Intro |
| Today I Learned: 10 Amazing Facts For Geeks Discovered On Reddit [Weird & Wonderful Web] Posted: 20 Sep 2014 06:30 PM PDT  Humans are learning from the day they are born, with babies absorbing everything they see, hear, touch, and experience around them. This innate desire to learn doesn’t simply disappear when we leave childhood; it carries on well into adulthood, and, hopefully, until the day we breathe our last breath. The Internet offers a golden opportunity to learn something new every day. From Wikipedia to Google mashups, from subreddits to blogs, there are an incredible range of tools available to those who want to learn. My personal favorite of all of these is one particular subreddit: Today I learned (TIL). Today... Read the full article: Today I Learned: 10 Amazing Facts For Geeks Discovered On Reddit [Weird & Wonderful Web] |
| Post-It To Your Screen – 6 Sticky Note Apps For Windows Posted: 20 Sep 2014 12:00 PM PDT  Whether you’re on Windows 7 or Windows 8, Post-its on your desktop or Start Screen can be extremely helpful for remembering small but important amounts of information. Stop cluttering up your desk and go digital with these fantastic sticky note apps. First up, for the desktop-inclined, we’ll cover those options before moving onto some modern Windows 8 options. Desktop Sticky Notes These solutions are perfect if you’re either running Windows 7 still, or if you’re on Windows 8 but prefer the desktop over the Start Screen. An honorable mention should also go out to Stickies, which some would argue is... Read the full article: Post-It To Your Screen – 6 Sticky Note Apps For Windows |
| Understanding How Open Source Software Developers Make Money Posted: 20 Sep 2014 09:00 AM PDT  There are many myths about open source software (OSS) and perhaps the most common is this: open source and profit are mutually exclusive. Surely there are those who believe that all software should be open and free, but they are a minority (not dissimilar to art purists). The truth is: many OSS developers and projects do generate revenue. Some earn just enough money to survive while others produce so much money that they put proprietary alternatives to shame. How’s that for irony? That being said, profiting as an OSS developer does require a slight paradigm shift. Rather than seeing your... Read the full article: Understanding How Open Source Software Developers Make Money |
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