Where do I find open source software?
There are thousands of open source projects globally and a good place to find them is via Source Forge Here are a few that peaked my interest. The RoboCup Soccer Simulator – The RoboCup Soccer Simulator is a research and educational tool for multi-agent systems and artificial intelligence. It enables for two teams of 11 simulated autonomous robotic players to play soccer (football). Brain workshop – Brain Workshop is a Python implementation of the Dual N-Back mental exercise. This exercise is the only mental activity that has...
read moreCreative Commons Explained
Creative Commons is something that I talk about at a high level when I deliver social media training. Here is the long version of this story. Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) This license is the most restrictive, allowing redistribution. This license is often called the “free advertising” license because it allows others to download your works and share them with others as long as they mention you and link back to you, but they can’t change them in any way or use them...
read moreTwitter 101
I finally took the plunge a few months ago and signed up on Twitter. It’s as simple as Q What are you doing? A 140 characters to answer Update That’s it in a nutshell however it has some really cool features which I will share at length here. This is what the home page looks like. What are you saying? This is where you say what you have to say about whatever you want to say. The catch is that you have only 140 characters to say it in. Click update when you are done. It could be some thing serious like a product launch or just...
read moreRSS Readers
Now that you know what RSS is all about, here’s a little information on RSS readers/aggregators. RSS readers are very similar to email clients. They are free so if you don’t like the functionality of one you can quickly and easily move to another. Some?of the RSS readers are? google reader bloglines newsgator my yahoo feedburner They all work on the basic principle of creating an account logging in adding the URL of the site you want to follow The alternate way to follow a site is to look for one of the icons above, this will...
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Have you bookmarked your favourite websites and check them on a regular basis? If you find this rather time consuming and frustrating when the website you look at has the same information from a couple of months ago then?RSS is for you. ? RSS aka Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication?is a format for delivering regularly changing web content like headlines, update notices, blogs, wikis etc…?directly to you.?It saves you time and helps you to get the information you want quiclky, after it was published. Another analogy is a...
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