Monthly Archives: September 2008

The Top Five Collections of Free University Courses

From Open Culture… Last week, the launch of Stanford Engineering Everywhere, featuring 10 free computer science and engineering courses, got no shortage of buzz on the net. This led me to think, why not highlight other major collections of free … Continue reading Continue reading

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Free Presidential Biographies on iTunes: FDR and Beyond

From Open Culture Thanks to PBS, you can now download from iTunes a four-hour definitive biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. FDR guided the US through the Great Depression, then World War II, serving as president for an unprecedented four terms. … Continue reading Continue reading

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Learn Photoshop in One Week

Interested in getting good with Photoshop but know nothing about the popular photo editing software? Weblog Elite By Design puts together a crash course for mastering Photoshop in one week that might be a good place to start. Continue reading

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Yet Another Free Photo Editing App – Windows Only

Photoshop Alternative Artweaver Helps Edit Your Images Windows only: Free application Artweaver isn’t just a Photoshop alternative like GIMP, but a fair clone of Photoshop itself. While Artweaver lacks the polish and advanced feature sets of Photoshop, the menus are … Continue reading Continue reading

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If Wikipedia was a Professor, College Would Be Awesome [Citation Needed]

CollegeHumor, kings of turning internet memes into viral videos, have done it again with Professor Wikipedia. It’s pretty awesome, although I take issue with the notion that nobody wants to know the names of all the makeup artists who worked … Continue reading Continue reading

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Update to iTunes U and iTunes 8

This message was sent out today from Apple about iTunes U and iTunes 8: On September 9, Apple announced a new version of iTunes and the iPod nano (4th generation). Using iTunes 8 with a screen reader such as VoiceOver … Continue reading Continue reading

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