Curated Links for Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011
October 5, 2011 in Links
Since Adele has cancelled part of her North American tour, another selection from NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series. Just because. #
SkillShare: This is probably a site that’s been around for a while, but a good source of both free and paid opportunities to learn new skill sets. #
Creating a web literate planet (summary): Along the same lines, Mark Surman explains some of the efforts he’s helping to lead with Mozilla to train people to better use and make web-based tools. Lots of information. #
Newsrooms Beta: Now Open to Everyone: Digg has just opened the doors of their new Newsrooms features to the world. I’m not a big Digg user, but I’m sure some of you will be interested in this development. #
We’re hiring: Code in the public interest, make your mother proud: The Chicago Tribune is looking for people who can wrangle code. #
Can a tweet be defamatory: Bob Tarantino takes up a topic which I suspect will be popping up quite a bit over the next few years, and one we discussed recently with Frank LoMonte of the SPLC. #
Five steps to better TV stories: Take what you can from this to make better web video stories, as well. #
How Technology Made Occupy Wall Street Both Irrelevant and Ubiquitous: I don’t think “irrelevant” is the word I’d use, but Mims’ thesis is provocative, and worth a look. I suspect there will be a lot of similar “What It All Means” articles about the recent Occupy protests happening in the U.S. I’d venture that about 1 in 10 will be right. #
5 Things Blogging Taught Me About Tweeting: This is helpful if you’ve ever been a blogger. But the tips are also helpful for anyone who wants to start or better understand Twitter. via @buffer on Twitter. #
The Facebook Follow: Facebook wants to follow you everywhere around the Internet. #
Tool of the Day: Animoto Animoto has been around a while. It’s a service that automatically generates a video out of photos and music that you upload to the service. It’s free to try out, but if you want more features, you’ll need to upgrade to a pro account, or – if you’re an educator – register for the educational license, which will give you and your students some of the features of the pro account. #
