Monthly Archives: February 2008

Web 2.0 Masquerading as Web 1.0 (interesting del.icio.us interface)

I just ran into the site German GROW, a site with cultural links for German teachers at http://www.aatg.org/content/view/255/ It’s run by the AATG (American Association of German Teachers). Like the icons? It looks very Web 1.0. But click each link… More On: Web 2.0 Masquerading as Web 1.0 (interesting del.icio.us interface)

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I can’t believe I just used the <u> (underline) tag!

OK we’re not supposed to the <u> (underline) tag because it confuses readers who might think an item is a link when it’s not. But surprisingly…it still has it’s uses. For instance, I use the <cite> tag for book titles… More On: I can’t believe I just used the <u> (underline) tag!

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The Organization is still in the URL

One issue we keep wrestling with in ITS is how do we hide our organizational structure so that our Web presence can be more seamless to the non-ITS savvy user. An interesting case is Studio 204. I must say it… More On: The Organization is still in the URL

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Portraits of “Famous People” from Library of Congress

I’m trying to track down images of key historical figures from U.S. history and I just found this site from the Library of Congress which lists peoples across the different collections. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/235_poa.html But I have to be honest here and… More On: Portraits of “Famous People” from Library of Congress

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Web 2.0 in linguā latinā

Yes there is now a community hub with everything in Latin at http://schola.ning.com/ Actually, I think there has been a Latin community for every form of Internet technology, but it’s interesting to see how a relatively small user community (Latin… More On: Web 2.0 in linguā latinā

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