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  • Emerging and digital media: opportunities and challenges

    This could be interesting to watch, and though it's a little convoluted, it appears that you can do just that. The Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage (CHPC) has commissioned a study on Emerging and digital media: opportunities and challenges.  "In this study, the Committee on Canadian Heritage will explore developments in emerging and digital media, how they

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  • Facebook Privacy Scanner

    I haven't been giving much thought to the recent privacy/policy changes at Facebook, but did find this tool pretty interesting.  ReclaimPrivacy.org has a tool that will scan your Facebook settings and let you know what the world can know about you, and how to tweak the settings if you find something you don't like. Here's

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  • Some Google and Schoogle notes and updates

    The Centered Librarian points to 100+ Amazing Google tricks that will save you time at school at Eternal Code. The post consists of approximately 10 tricks for each of the following services: Search, Stuff specifically for education, Docs, Gmail, Calendar, Mobile, Chrome, Books, and Services and Apps.  Some really neat stuff in there. Beyond the Reference

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  • BarTab – my new #1 Firefox extension

    Chrome still doesn’t have a couple of what I consider are my vital extensions, so I still use Firefox whenever I can.  Problem is, with all the extensions I use on it, plus the fact that I usually have something like 20-30 tabs open across several windows, Firefox has kind of become a bloated beast,

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  • Weapon of Mass Instruction

    I used to have a sticker showing some books with the text "Weapons of Mass Instruction" on my laptop, but I think this example of a Weapon of Mass Instruction is better by far!

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