Creating a breadcrumb – the easy way!

15 September 2009

"Breadcrumbs" is what web site / blog designers call a line of text that usually appears at the top of every posting that tells you its location in the site relative to the category or categories under which it has been listed/linked/filed — like this:
Home >> [Category] >> [Post Title]
Just take a look at the [...]

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Thesis theme and SEO plugins

5 September 2009

The Thesis theme, which I have used on a number of Wordpress blog, has grest SEO optimization.
Before installing Wordpress on a number of blogs, I had used All In One SEO Pack plugin and the Platinum SEO Pack plugin, both of which I can strongly recommend (if you're not using Thesis) as essential and excellent [...]

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Flip Mino / Ultra: Camera has no video but won't show correct time remaining

3 September 2009

A practical tip today. I had been experiencing problems with my Flip Mino camera. The videos I took had all been removed. There was clearly nothing on the camera except the software. No video files to be seen.
But the timer / clock on the camera reflected the "remaining time" that was left after the previous [...]

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The cultural blinders that led to the IE6 mess

17 August 2009

If  you're still using Internet Explorer 6, you are basically driving a gas-guzzling clunker on the information superhighway.
Now many (including me) are getting behind the "Bring Down IE6" Movement. And it's even better than a governmental "Cash for Clunkers" program because all the possible upgrades are free and reliable.
The premise is simple: Internet Explorer 6 [...]

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UK Higher Ed Fee Data Released for 2009/10

14 August 2009

Mike Reddin of PublicGoods.co.uk — a very creative and helpful way that he spends some of his retirement helping the field of international education after years of service at the London School of Economics — has announced the 2009/10 update to his annual survey of domestic/European Union (EU) and international undergraduate and graduate fees at [...]

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Learning about conversations from the 13th Warrior

13 August 2009

There's a wonderful scene in the film, The 13th Warrior. At first, Ibn Fadlan (played by Antonio Banderas) needs to have everything translated by his mentor (played by Omar Sharif). When he sets out with the group on their great adventure, he no longer has a "cultural insider" to help him and he must fend [...]

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Finding a Job in International Education

12 August 2009

I recently received an e-mail from a school teacher in Florida asking me for advice on finding a job in international education. That same day I re-tweeted a link to an article about how to sell your study abroad experience in a job interview by Dan Klamm and received another request for advice on how [...]

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#FollowFriday: The enemy of true conversation?

11 August 2009

Back in January 2009, @Micah (Micah Baldwin, who is currently with Lijit) sent out a tweet proposing "Follow Friday".

In an article on Mashable.com ("#FollowFriday: The Anatomy of a Twitter Trend", Baldwin said:
The idea is to think of interesting people you already follow and recommend them to others
The idea was laudable — but what is the [...]

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How to lose your job on Facebook

10 August 2009

WARNING: Some might find the language used in the graphic offensive. It is, however, an actual Facebook message.

Jack Schofield,  the computer editor of The Guardian (a UK newspaper, online and off), sent out a Twitter message linking to the graphic file below.
It's a Facebook status message posted by a young woman — and her supervisor's [...]

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How to change your Facebook language setting

6 August 2009

Image via CrunchBase

Have you ever thought about letting a social networking tool help you increase your secondary language skills, especially when it comes to social media?
For example, what is "status" in Swahili or "message" in Chinese?
Facebook provides a great opportunity to do this whenever you want.
Here's how:

Simply go to the bottom of your Facebook Home [...]

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