Allison’s Space 02/24/2011

  • “Barcode Yourself is a complete, interactive experience in the series of barcode art, created using the personalized data of participants. Enter an individual’s gender, weight, height, age and location, and the barcode is formed using real-world data.”

    tags: qrcode game

  • “There are quite a few QR Code generators online. Some of them like Barcode Maker simply cosmeticize the Google Chart API while others like ZXing have full MECARD encoding.”

    tags: qrcode generator

  • “There’s a lot of noise on Twitter. People use a variety of ways to filter through that noise, from following specific lists, finding like-minded people through third party sites, or using a variety of services and websites to find the information that matters to them on Twitter. Another interesting way to filter through what is being said on Twitter, and better yet, analyse it, is to visualize it. This is certainly not a new idea, and we’ve written about some services in the past that will allow you to do just that. With the world around Twitter constantly growing and developing, it’s no surprise that since then there are a ton more services allowing you to visualize your followers, Twitter stream and your own personal Twitter stats.”

    tags: visualization twitter

  • “There are many, many ways you can creatively use QR codes in your classroom. Once you understand how they work and the types of information they can provide, you will be unstoppable! Also, you should know that mobile phone cameras with QR code readers can scan QR codes projected on a screen as well as printed QR codes. However, many of the applications of QR codes work really well when used with print media.”

    tags: qrcode education

  • “When Firefox performs a search from the Address Bar, it queries the search engine string you have setup within Firefox. If it’s using Yahoo, you can switch to Google. Don’t like Google? Use Ask. Here’s how to switch which search engine Firefox searches when you use the address bar to search.”

    tags: search_engine configuration

  • “RadBox is a quick way to save online videos, so you can watch them later. Whenever you come across a website with a video that you wish to watch later, just hit the Radbox bookmarklet button on the browser. Later, watch all these videos at Radbox. Radbox supports all popular services including YouTube, Vimeo, Metacafe, DailyMotion, CollegeHumor, Hulu, Blip.tv, Megavideo, TED etc.”

    tags: video bookmarking

  • “Movements.org is a non-profit organization dedicated to identifying, connecting, and supporting grassroots digital activists from around the world. We match members of our global network with necessary resources from the technology, media, private and public sectors as well as with each other in order to foster peer to peer capacity building. Movements.org hosts annual summits, regional training events, and an online hub for best practices, lessons learned, discussion and news about the use of new technologies in social movements. The organization was formed during a December 2008 summit, the Alliance of Youth Movements, that brought together experts in social media with pioneering grassroots movement leaders for the first time in history. Founders of Movements.org include Jared Cohen, Director of Google Ideas at Google, Jason Liebman, CEO and co-founder of Howcast, and Roman Tsunder, co-founder of Access 360 Media.”

    tags: grassroots activism technology communication

  • “While smartphones have been heralded as the coming of the next generation of communication and collaboration, they are a step backwards when it comes to personal security, anonymity and privacy.”

    tags: privacy security cell_phone

  • “Springpad gives you a place to quickly and easily save anything you want to remember. Take a note, create a task, scan a product barcode and look up the book your friend mentioned. The best part is that no matter where you are, Springpad is there with you to make sure you don’t forget something worth remembering. Just think it and Spring it, and it’ll be there for you when you need it. “

    tags: notebooking online

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