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I am teaching a free Historypin digital heritage workshop in Orange County next week!

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On behalf of the Orange County, California, Heritage Coordinating Council, I am teaching a FREE hands-on Historypin workshop next Tuesday, January 10th! If you live or work in or near Orange County, you are welcome to join us.

Using Air Display to convert my iPad into a second monitor for my MacBook (OSX and W7)

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The Air Display app from iTunes allows me to use my iPad as a second monitor when connected to the same wireless network.

Shameless Plug: Quoted by the AP about a new iOS app

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A plug about an AP news article in which I am quoted discussing the benefits and what I consider to be the irresponsible marketing and use requirements of a new mobile iOS app called Leafsnap.

A look at some cool history mashups

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Jon Voss of Lookback Maps has put together a fabulous video highlighting an assortment of library archive and museum mashups.

My “must have” apps after 1 academic year on the iPad

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My list of “must have” apps for the iPad. How I organize my apps. And which ones are important enough to sync to my home screen.

24 hours on RockMelt

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My thoughts on the new RockMelt social browser after a full day’s use.

Giving RockMelt, the social browser, a test drive

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My first look at RockMelt, the new social browser.

LINK: Getting Around MIT With Google Maps

I found this really cool Google Maps mashup via the Google Maps Mania blog today, MIT’s interactive campus map.  A search for “parking” instantly shows you all parking lots on campus, and a search for “pub” shows the locations of on-campus pubs — both equally important to college students.  Click on a site marker and [...]

Trying out YouVersion Bible reader for Blackberry

I downloaded the free Bible reader application from YouVersion for my Blackberry Bold last night. I only briefly played around with it after downloading, but the application seems nice, although quite basic. Unlike the Mobipocket reader, YouVersion’s reader doesn’t allow me to bookmark or store notations on particular pieces of text. It does, however, allow [...]

Trying out MySpace’s Blackberry app

So, last night I downloaded the new MySpace application for Blackberry, which was just released. I rarely even use MySpace anymore (thanks to Facebook’s increasingly better features), except to connect with the younger members of my family, and with the few friends and colleagues who haven’t made the switch yet to Facebook. But, I decided [...]