Author Archives: Stephen Snider

quietube: YouTube without the distractions To watch YouTube videos without the comments and crap, just drag the link above to your browser’s bookmarks bar. On any YouTube page, click the bookmark button to watch in peace.

“Welcome to Academhack.org. The goal of this site is to serve as a resource for academics trying to navigate the world of computing and technology. There are many sites that do a good job of exploring and theorizing how the … Continue reading →

“With Academic Commons, we seek to form a community of faculty, academic technologists, librarians, administrators, and other academic professionals who will help create a comprehensive web resource focused on liberal arts education. Academic Commons aims to share knowledge, develop collaborations, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This in from Mashable… Ever had one of those moments when you really wished you knew how to do something specific? If only there were someone you could ask… Thanks to the social web, particularly niche blogs and expert-driven communities, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This in from Mashable… Lon S. Cohen is a writer and social media strategist. He is @obilon on Twitter. Never before in history has it been easier to glean from the knowledge of others who will give it away to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This from Open Culture… The open education movement got a little stronger this week with the launch of Academic Earth. Run by Richard Ludlow, a new social entrepreneur only a couple of years out of Yale, Academic Earth brings video … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This in from Open Culture… in Most Popular | January 17th, 2009 Every now and then, we like to remind those who subscribe to Open Culture via rss feed or email that our site hosts large collections of cultural and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This from Open Culture… in Psychology | January 21st, 2009 Speaking at the TED conference in 2007, Malcolm Gladwell (author of The Tipping Point, Blink, and now Outliers: The Story of Success) introduces you to the food industry’s pursuit of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This in from BoingBoing… Andrew sez, “The National film Board of Canada (NFB) has opened up its vault – more than 700 films, clips and trailers are now available on the film board’s new website launched today. From entertaining shorts … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This from Science Commons and BoingBoing… Making the Web Work for Science Science Commons designs strategies and tools for faster, more efficient web-enabled scientific research. We identify unnecessary barriers to research, craft policy guidelines and legal agreements to lower those … Continue reading → Continue reading →