Great new options for blogging and digital publishing – article from paidContent
Author: Dr. Donna Murdoch
Adult Learners. Lifelong Learning and Relevancy. Opinions are my own.
Article on Gizmodo. Outlines the choices we have just 2 days before Google Reader shut down. One thing nobody is mentioning is Google Takeout, where you can export your feed now in case someone develops something better soon.
I am choosing Feedly, though it’s not GR. I just tried the new Digg Reader, and it has potential, but not nearly as many sharing options (or IFTTT integration) so I will probably not use it till they get it. I want my feeds separate now for anything new I might want to try.
As I am reading this article, I notice 2k others are reading it with me. Better battery life truly is the holy grail of handhelds – I wonder if it would be worth carriers like AT & T investing in R & D so we would use more data (without fear of battery loss.) How could I keep from posting something that most of us think about every day – an article about how to make your battery last longer? On Gizmodo.
More about “the internet of things.” Hubs and sensors to automate your home – this author finds the three devices that give him the most “bang for his buck.” Great reading as this is where we’re going in the near future – at GigaOm.
Drop box’s update has some new features and easy swiping ability. Read full article at Engaget. Funny there is no reference to their recent acquisition of Mailbox, but that is something people have always loved about the mail client. Do they aim to have even more Dropbox integration with Mailbox?
“When people begin interacting with hundreds of connected electronics everyday, they will benefit from a personal cloud of information that follows them from place to place.” Article on GigaOm describes what we now call The Internet of Things – and of course we love the convenience and magical things it means to our lifestyles. But given recent developments, do we truly like to use that infrastructure to be a part everything, even as simple as turning on a light or setting an alarm clock? Interesting to think about ……
As the article says, “not too smart and not too dumb but just right.” Whatever that actually means (very subjective.)
“These tools won’t tend to look anything like Word, Excel or PowerPoint – nor Apple’s iWorks, nor Google Docs. Instead, they will leverage the strengths of mobile computing. They will be touch-based, real-time, collaborative and highly visual.” Important article to read at Read Write.
“your DVR is being fed bad information. Standard American DVRs only know what’s on by looking at on-screen programming guides, which are put out and updated by a third part, not the people actually running the shows…..”
I had to post this because it happens so often and I always did wonder why. Article at Gizmodo.
“WigWag has created a sensor and hub package that makes automating and playing with your connected devices more fun. But will its interface be the recipe for consumer adoption of the internet of things?” Article here at GigaOm.
I used to think using my iPhone to turn on/off HVAC or dim lights via connected devices was TOO connected, even for me. Then I noticed a recipe on IFTTT that said “flash my bedroom lights twice when I get a text that says ‘arrived safely'” and I thought about it in a whole new way.
“The tiny interlocking combs of specialized ink could power human implants, drones and cameras. Each microbattery is thinner than a human hair.” Amazing article in GigaOm.
Workplace Learning in the Digital Age 