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Quiz: What Blogging Platform is Right for You?

What Blogging Platform is right for you?   1. What do you want to do with blogging? What do you want to mainly use your blog for? (or something like that) a)    Mostly view b)    Mostly post c)    Read and post equally d)    Only view   2.  To whom are you trying to reach? What read more »

Additional Software Options for Students, Part 1

Many of the services listed are either free, have free versions with lower capacities/less features, or low cost to GSLIS students. Some, like Omnigraffle, are the Mac equivalent of a Windows program. It’s also always worth checking what is available on the UIUC software webstore. If you see anything you’d like to vouch for and read more »

ITD Google Reader and Blogging Workshop

Last night Adam and I hosted a Google Reader/Blogging workshop in the Elluminate Meeting Room.  For my portion of the demonstration I talked about how users can personalize Google Reader to aggregate  blogs and news feeds in order to keep organized and share them with friends and Gmail contacts. You can view the slides from read more »

Website(s) of the Week

A double whammy this week. After all, when it comes to fun, twice the amount is well, two times better! We present two more comic websites for your enjoyment! PHD Comics fulfills all your intellectual needs, and some more. With the school year wound down and another one coming up soon enough, we need to read more »