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More online than local: Why I love Google Docs

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It's the same kind of impatience I feel reading email from listservs -- only because my RSS reader makes scanning and reading a lot of information very eficient. I'm not going to ditch email or listservs anytime soon. And, with google groups you have an option of reading via a RSS feed.

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The Answer to Sean's Question: Tools for Effective Listening

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In article about ego searching, Robin Good adds If you can track what the rest of the world is saying about you or your products and services, you have a great deal of valuable information at your disposal. Add the feed to your RSS Reader. Follow the feed and leave comments when mentioned. News Feeds. Technorati.

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Are They Listening Carefully or Not At All?

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In article about ego searching, Robin Good adds If you can track what the rest of the world is saying about you or your products and services, you have a great deal of valuable information at your disposal. Add the feed to your RSS Reader. Follow the feed and leave comments when mentioned. News Feeds. Technorati.

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Digital Habitats: Stewarding Technology for Communities

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The first is to feed my inner geek who wants to explore the tools and how to use them. Projects – interrelated tasks with specific outcomes or products (i.e. listserv or web forum , Twitter , etc.). When I explore a toolbox, I have two impulses. Meetings – in person or online gatherings with an agenda (i.e.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

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news or web feeds ???? or software that gathers all the news feeds in one place where you can scan/read them quickly. The news feeds are created by some behind-the-scenes code called ???? Most blog software can generate a RSS feed with the click of a button - you don??????t Consuming Reading Feeds. Read your feeds.

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NpTechTag Summary: Insect Antennae, A Blast from the Past, and More

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TechSoup has RSS feeds too! Online/Offline and Open/Closed Content A story in CIO talks about how the Internet has boosted employee productivity and points to Pew Research that shows that the boundary that existed in people???s Heather from Aspiration shares her process for securing a venue for Penguin Day. bleeding edge tool, twitter.

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Meet Nicola M. Wells: Social Media As An Online Door Knocking Campaign for Immigrant Rights

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He immediately saw the need to tell the stories of the families that had been ripped apart by the raids, of children who had lost parents, of mother who weren't sure if they could pay rent or feed their children next week. He started a blog, and asked me to continue the project.