Sharing this link to 100 twitter applications and tools and a few links to Twitterers to follow:
Here, we’ll take a look at 100 tools that can help twittering teachers make the most out of this helpful microblogging tool.
via Top 100 Tools for the Twittering Teacher | Best Colleges Online.
Twitter is fast becoming one of the more useful tools in the social media toolbox. Take some time to look and explore the tools, and then go sign up for a twitter account. We’re www.twitter.com/TheNextWave
If you use a Macintosh or Linux, and run into a site that absolutely thinks you have to use Internet Explorer no matter what, this tip is for you.
First, we all know to use Firefox, the most up-to-date, modern, standards compliant, cross platform browser right?
Then we need to fool the site that is built by idiots- that think that you have to use IE (or Internet Exploder as most competent web developers call it) that you are using the inferior browser. The trick is a plugin for Firefox called a User agent switcher- the link is below.
Adds a menu and a toolbar button to switch the user agent of the browser.
Install it through the automatic install, and then put the toolbar button in your toolbar by using the View>Toolbars>customize command- and then click the button before visiting an IE only site.
This will make Firefox tell the Explorer site that you are using their horrible browser- even though you aren’t. If the site uses the proprietary ActiveX technology- you’re hosed, but luckily- most don’t.
The plugin works by sending a message to the site that you are using IE- even if you aren’t. It makes Firefox pretend to be Internet Explorer just for that visit. Hope this helps.
There is no reason for any site to require a specific browser, ever. We have web standards created by the W3C to prevent this kind of nonsense. Please inform any webmaster that what they are doing is actually hurting their site and global harmony.
A big part of building a site these days is proving that you (or your company) is the expert at solving problems. So while a “blogroll” or links page is nice, why not give your viewers a customized search portal- that only indexes sites that you think are great (it’s one way to stop people from finding your competition- right?)
Here is how Google describes the custom search engine service:
Have a website or collection of sites you’d like to search over? With Custom Search Engine, you can harness the power of Google to create a search engine tailored to your needs.
Create a search engine tailored to your needs
Include one website, multiple websites, or specific webpages
Host the search box and results on your own website
Customize the colors and branding to match your existing webpages
There are a lot of good sites that cover WordPress- maybe we should have one just searching the sites we think are useful- just one more thing to add to the to do list!