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Citing tweets in academic papers
I haven’t been asked about this, but then again, I’m not dealing directly with students much these days. Amit at Digital Inspiration dug out links to the official APA and MLA guidelines on how to cite tweets in academic papers. Good to know!
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After 244 years, Britannica announces it will discontinue its print version
As reported in the New York Times, "Encyclopaedia Britannica will focus primarily on its online encyclopedias and educational curriculum for schools. The last print version is the 32-volume 2010 edition, which weighs 129 pounds and includes new entries on global warming and the Human Genome Project." It'll be interesting how this will change basic intro
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GoneReading: buy book stuff for a cause
I get about 2-3 "cold call" emails per month asking me to consider posting something "of interest to my readers" on this blog. They're pretty much never of interest to me, and thus I don't feel compelled to pass them along to you. Here's an exception. GoneReading is a small website that sells stuff related
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Some big changes from Techsmith
Two big announcements from Techsmith last week. First Jing Pro is being retired. Looks like the free version will stick around, but in order to use the more advanced features offered by Pro you’ll have to switch over to the latest version of Snagit, which now records video. The folks who’ve taken the time to
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The definitive guide to iOS screencasting
Well wouldn't you know it – just days after my last post lamenting the lack of options for capturing screencasts, a new tool called Reflector has been released that allows the iPad2 and iPhone4S to stream to any Mac running OSX Lion (pretty much just like airplay on AppleTV). It's $15 for a single-user license.