Handling Information Overload

October 15, 2009

Inbox Zero

Five Simple Rules for Keeping an Empty Inbox
Treat Your Inbox as a To-Do List
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Google Maps/Earth Workshop Resources

September 30, 2009

jake kulstad
jkulstad@richmond.edu - x8258

Examples from my website.

Goals
Learn key features of Google Maps and Google Earth
Create Custom Maps and Tours
Explore online tools  to find data and tools
Share custom Maps and Tours with others
Understanding the basic features of KML

Google Maps
“My Maps” (log-in or create an account)
save/send/organize

GPS Visualizer tool http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/
-create KML overlay using coordinates from Google

KML factbook  http://www.kmlfactbook.org/
-Good for displaying country-level data
-Adjust “Full Chart Value” to “data max”
example data query
save KML
display in Maps or Earth

Lighthouse Geospatial Data Gateway  http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/
National Landcover dataset

Google Earth
-Controls
-Layers
-Geographic Web
-Roads
-Street Views
-Panoramio
-YouTube
-3D Buildings
-Terrain

Placemarks and lines
Tours
Taking a tour
Grand Canyon Example:  http://www.gearthblog.com/kmfiles/GrandCanyonTour.kmz
http://www.googlelittrips.org/
http://citytours.googlelabs.com/
http://www.googletouring.com/
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/planet-earth/google-tour/google-tour.html
http://googlesightseeing.com/

Recording a tour

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Links:
http://sites.google.com/a/kimbridges.net/google-earth-workshop/
http://geoday.nl.googlepages.com/index
http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/library/google_earth/how.html
http://www.googlelittrips.org/
100 tools:  http://mashable.com/2009/01/08/google-maps-mashups-tools/
NOAA Maps:  http://demo.geogarage.com/noaa/
Wifi hotspots near UR:  http://hotspotr.com

USA Photomaps http://www.jdmcox.com/
more data / pictures/options, but is a little hard to use

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Handling Information Overload Workshop

September 21, 2009

Read the Harvard Business Review’s Death by Information Overload

Less is More!

Avoid the Wikipedia Effect.

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Excel Tips and Tricks:

July 20, 2009

Here are the links provided in the “Introduction to Excel 2007″ workshop:

VTC – www.VTC.com — Email me if you would like an account
Safari Books – Access via library Research Databases
Ribbon Customizer
Do you have the Compatibility Pack installed on your non-Office 2007 Computers?

Useful Tips and Blogs… Check them out:
http://chandoo.org
http://excel2007.tips.net
http://spreadsheets.about.com
office.microsoft.com

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Blogs at UR and beyond

March 20, 2009

This post is a supplement to Tuesday’s workshop on creating a web presence. Happy reading!

Blogs shown during the workshop:

Where to get a blog:

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The Mighty Mac: Resources

March 3, 2009

Mac blogs:

Workshop Resources

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Office 2007: To Cheat, or not to Cheat?

March 3, 2009

I have a moral conundrum. When teaching someone how to use the new features in Office 2007, is it OK to show them how to install a “classic” user interface to regain the old menu structure? A product such as Ribbon Customizer allows a user to do just that with a free version of their Office 2007 plug-in (advanced features can be had for an additional $29).

There are numerous new tools now available in Office 2007, and the new Ribbon structure to the menus makes this functionality more accessible. The company marketing RibbonCustomizer admits that “If one defers learning the Ribbon, one will eventually be simply behind.” I choose to look at it much the same way I view nicotine patches… not great in their own right, but a useful tool for someone looking to change their habits.

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The Culture of Microblogging, and Twitter Too

February 25, 2009

Twitter Lingo, Basics:

Making Twitter useful to you

Twapplications:

Find Tweeple

Broader questions:

Now that you’ve seen what Twitter can do…

What are the benefits of being so connected?

What are the drawbacks?

Can Twitter benefit higher education? Can it possibly improve pedagogy?

Publicity:

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Cloud Computing; Feb 18th

February 17, 2009

Tim O’Reilly: Web 2.0 and Cloud Computing

Tim says:

  • Any web application is a cloud application in the sense that it resides in the cloud. Google, Amazon, Facebook, twitter, flickr, and virtually every other Web 2.0 application is a cloud application.
  • People use the term “cloud” more specifically in describing web applications that were formerly delivered locally on a PC, like spreadsheets, word processing, databases, and even email.

Examples:

Online Office software:

Resources:

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Google Earth Class

February 26, 2008

Hi there.

We’ll be delving into Google Earth pretty soon and I wanted to include some links that will be using and a few more we’ll likely not get to but you might want anyway.

If you’ve got any special requests for the upcoming Google Earth class please leave them below in the comments.

Here’s a site devoted to how to use Google Earth that has some video versions of some of the basics I’ll be covering in the class for your future review or preview.

A few other sites that might be useful to you.

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