Language barriers falling with Google Conversation Mode

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Viral Video: Food Court Hallelujah

Like many other people, I like a well done flash mob. I love this flash mob. On November 13, 2010 unsuspecting shoppers got a big surprise while enjoying their lunch at a shopping mall in the area of Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Over 100 singers participated. The flash mob was organized and videoed by AlphabetPhotography to wish everyone [...]

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Operatic Sendup of Cheap Flights by Fascinating Aida

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Social Media Manager #Fail

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Silent Airspace

Remembering September 11 (as we do in the United States), I've been mesmerized by this 23 second video showing the halt of air traffic in the USA on that day in 2001. This animation was created by NASA using FAA air traffic control data from September 11, 2001. It shows the rapid grounding of air [...]

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One easy way to prevent your password from being hacked

During the past week, I've had a couple of professional colleagues who have been victims of password hacking -- and have had a real mess to clean up. A few years ago, I became aware of an excellent  blog post about hacking passwords by John P. of One Man's Blog, "How I'd hack your weak [...]

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It's the Dad Life

Today's Favorite on Friday came out last week for US Father's Day. It was done by some fathers at Church on the Move in Tulsa, Oklahoma and was made for the opening of their Father's Day worship service. It's become a viral sensation -- with good reason. What dad can't relate to this? I think [...]

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I found out I was married on Facebook

Plenty of people have seen the YouTube video of the couple who updated their relationship status on Facebook at the altar. And then there's the Icelandic comedy sketch of the couple who breaks up on Facebook. I want to share with you a true story that I heard from a colleague of mine. My colleague [...]

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How to Opt Out of Many Twitter DMs

Joyous day! Yesterday, I discovered a way to prevent my twitter accounts from receiving a host of the obnoxious "wlecome" DMs (Direct Messages) that people send out -- at least those sent out by SocialOomph and TweetLater. SocialOomph is a really great service for managing Twitter, but people are using it to send tons of [...]

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Søren Peterson Produces a Perfect Email Signature

Kudos to Søren Peterson, formerly of Berea College in Kentucky and now at University of Maryland, for having what I consider one of the one of the most international, perfect -- and globally accessible  -- email signatures out there: ------------- (Mr) Søren M Peterson, Education Abroad Advisor Center for International Education Berea College | 101 Chestnut [...]

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What Plants Can Tell Us About Web Browsers...

I've been a big fan of Opera Software's web browser for years. I started using it shortly after it came out in the 1990s. I even had the delight of meeting some of the staff in Oslo during a visit I made to Norway. Opera continues to get better and better. Like any browser, it's [...]

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Seth Godin on Curiosity

CURIOSITY from Nic Askew on Vimeo. Seth Godin is interviewed on curiosity. What is a fundamentalist? A fundamentalist is a person who considers whether a fact is acceptable to their faith before they explore it.  as opposed to a curious person who explores first and then considers whether they want  to accept the ramifications. What [...]

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Why I am ashamed of some social media leaders today

All day, the world news media has been reporting on the horrendous earthquake that struck Haiti late yesterday afternoon. One of the first organizations to respond was Haitian-born singer Wyclef Jean's foundation, Yéle Haiti, that sent out a tweet within about an hour of reporting the earthquake yesterday. DONATE $5 BY TEXTING THE WORD "YELE" TO [...]

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How not to: Use an iPod 01

This evening I went to a local eatery. It was very quiet and few patrons were around -- which, of course, made for a great evening of conversation with a friend. But the problem was one of the waitrons -- who had decided to play a personal playlist from his personal iPod on the establishment's [...]

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How to Create / Change / Update your Facebook URL

I've found it's almost impossible to find clear and concise information on how to create/change/update an existing Facebook Profile or Page URL into a "pretty" URL. Because Profiles and Pages are indexed on search engines, many people would prefer to have a URL of their choosing -- instead of having the default URLs with unwieldy [...]

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The Most Important Way that International Education Can use Facebook

I think I could also have named this posting "The single biggest mistake I see International Education making on Facebook"... It's incredibly simple. International education offices and organization should be creating Facebook Pages for themselves instead of Facebook Groups. I get a number of invitations each week from International education offices and organization to join a Facebook [...]

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Best. Ambient. Travel. Video. EVER. (Almost.)

I love ambient videos. I watch Sunrise International and other programs that just let you sit back and enjoy the beauty of the surroundings that have been filmed. But now I have an ultimate experience to share. The "new media" division of Norway's national broadcasting system, NRKBeta, has produced a video celebrating Bergensbanen's 100th birthday. The video shows every [...]

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My latest wish list for Twitter and Twitter apps

I know I've been on a Twitter-kick lately when it comes to postings, but I've been doing a number of projects with a couple of Twitter accounts and I just keep noticing things that I think folks might want to know The more I work with Twitter, the more I get frustrated by the clumsy [...]

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Managing the quality of your Twitterstream

As Twitter is exploding, there are a number of issues that arise with using this new medium. One is how you can improve the quality of what's coming in your stream -- and what's going out. Both are of value to you and those who follow you. A primary consideration is to ask "What is [...]

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Tech Tip: WordPress archive links don't work

This was so simple to fix, but I can't believe how long it took me to find the answer. My archive links wouldn't work on my WordPress installation. The archive page was fine and visibile -- but when I clicked on a month, it would take me back to my home page. The archive widget [...]

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