Universities have placed vocation over thought -
[…] The true and unchanging purpose of universities is to study, think and research: to be removed from the immediate demands and overwhelming directives of everyday life, in the so-called ivory tower, in order to better understand its logic, needs and possibilities. In this way it both enriches society and benefits state and economy […]
Llegim que el govern indi va aprovar dijous passat el nou símbol de la rupia, segons un disseny de Shri D Udaya Kumar triat entre cinc finalistes. Encara trigarà una mica, però, a formar part d’Unicode, l’estàndard internacional per a representació de text en sistemes informàtics.
In view of the fact that the Indian economy has been expanding at a sustained high rate of growth, is steadily integrating with the global economy and India has emerged as a prime investment destination worldwide, it was decided to undertake an exercise for selecting a distinct and identifiable symbol for India Rupee (INR) like other major currencies such as US Dollar (USD), British Pound Sterling (GBP), the Japanese Yen (JPY) and the European Union (EU) Euro.
(Via Nisus Blogs.)
Poyozo és una extensió de Firefox que et permet recollir i analitzar en el teu ordinador, automàticament, tota la informació que vas escampant al web per diverses vies: blogs, fotos, twitter, facebook, correu electrònic, etc. Això, jo ho estava fent mitjançant un script propi. Hauré de donar una ullada a aquest programari.
Poyozo is an automatic, personal diary system to help reclaim and consolidate your ever-expanding digital life with simple visualizations that you can use every day. OWN YOUR DATA Poyozo gives you your own data back by downloading the information you’re currently giving to the web on to your own computer. You can opt-in to importing your data from Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Last.fm, Google Calendar, any email service, any RSS feed, Flickr, Wesabe, Listit, Skydeck, Dopplr, your Firefox browsing history, the local weather, and your location, allowing you to access all of this personal data as easily as the companies that run these services can. PAINT YOUR DATA Poyozo provides simple, helpful interfaces to display your data. Quickly glance over your activities, or find all the tweets and emails you sent about a specific topic. Get real statistics on your web browsing, spending, or club hopping, and better understand how it all relates to each other. And it’s all hosted on YOUR computer, so there’s no chance we can use it for evil or marketing!
Tres teclas que desaparecerán y otras tres que nunca debieron haber aparecido -
TeknoPLOF ens explica l’origen i el significat d’unes quantes tecles rares dels PC. N’hi ha alguna que ve del telègraf!
Trucs: salvar pàgines web o articles com a PDF's a iTunes -
M’ha agradat el truc. Simple i pràctic: en lloc d’imprimir una pàgina web com a PDF, es pot desar directament a l’iTunes 9.2 i des d’allà es passa a l’iPad :-)
Fraise és el successor directe de Smultron i per tant a hores d’ara el millor editor de textos lliure per a mac.
Fraise is a free text editor for Mac OS X Leopard 10.6 which is both easy to use and powerful. It is designed to neither confuse newcomers nor disappoint advanced users. It should work perfectly for a whole variety of needs – like web programming, script editing, making a to do list and so on..
f.lux makes your computer screen look like the room you’re in, all the time. When the sun sets, it makes your computer look like your indoor lights. In the morning, it makes things look like sunlight again.
Tell f.lux what kind of lighting you have, and where you live. Then forget about it. F.lux will do the rest, automatically.
Mac, Linux & Windows. Via One Thing Well.
Eportafolis i Entorns Personals d'Aprenentatge -
Presentació de Joan Queralt en la jornada Innovem de l’IOC. El portafolis electrònic com a espai de reflexió de l’aprenent sobre el seu aprenentatge i (de)mostrador dels seus aconseguiments. Una altra peça del seu entorn personal d’aprenentatge. Més informació al blog de l’autor: 4a jornada IOC + Innovem.
20 WEBTOOLS applied to teaching -
Free ebook by Ana Maria Menezes.
How To Permanently Delete Your Account on Popular Websites -
Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn, Google, Ebay, Wikipedia, Flickr/Yahoo!, Windows Live, Stumbleupon, Wordpress.com, Amazon, YouTube and PayPal.
[…] we’ll take a look at the account deletion processes of popular websites and services, and how easy or difficult they make it. Then we’ll discuss why sites make things so complicated, and some things to consider when designing your own deletion policies […]