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Learn the ABCs of Online Security Threats

Tech Soup

By instructing computers in a botnet to try and load and reload a website repeatedly, attackers can effectively knock a website offline temporarily. XSS — Cross-Site Scripting Attack. Cross-site scripting — or "XSS" for short — is something of a nebulous concept. Sneaky, sneaky.

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The Jing Project: Embed Screencasts Into Conversation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It was very liberating for me to create a screencast like this -- no storyboard, script, no retakes. I'm going to use it (if I can carve out the time before I leave) to create some screencasts of my workshops to have offline- just in case the Internet doesn't work. You can capture and narrate in snap. That's the only thing missing.

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Reflections from NTC Plenary Panel on Innovation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I usually set up a google document for the panel that includes the script, online interaction design, timings, and logistics (when to arrive for the AV check, etc). We have a preparation call and I ask panelists to add their bullet points (in different colors) to the questions in the script and suggest different ways of asking the question.

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