Here we are again with a semi-regular link installment. Feel free to share if you’ve found any particularly interesting content yourself over the last month!
It’s been an interesting but busy week for me as my parents’ birthdays (happy birthday, Mom and Dad!) put technology and social media on the back burner for a bit. Just because I’ve been quiet, though, doesn’t mean the internet has– without further ado, I present some of my favorite links from the last few weeks:
- At least the people love us – The William & Mary Web Redesign team (which I wrote about this week here) receives an eduSTYLE award for “People’s Choice Winner.” Great work being done on my alma mater’s web presence, really worth taking a look. Congratulations, guys! (Curious about the eduWEB conference? Kyle James does a solid job of covering things.)
- The best tech tools and fitness plans to get in shape – Let’s be honest with ourselves: if you’re a regular blog reader, you might have a few pounds to lose or a few muscles to bulk up. Why not integrate technology into your routines? I’ll be the first to admit I’m adopting some of these utilities, starting with the useful-looking service Traineo.
- And then I turned into a dancing silhouette – USJamerica blogger protagoras34 writes a thoughtful piece about the dangers of being too plugged in. A poetic article definitely worth a read.
- 1938 Media loses Verizon deal over racism charges – In a hotly-debated decision, firebrand videographer Loren Feldman inadvertently puts a hasty end to a lucrative Verizon deal with a prior controversial video. The discussion around this decision is particularly eye-opening.
- Has/how/why tech blogging has failed you - Robert Scoble writes a provocative piece with the take-home message that change is not always good.
- Leopard savaging a crocodile caught on camera – Enough said.
I think that’s enough link excitement for a couple weeks. In case you were wondering how I compile these lists, I take interesting info from two main inputs: my Google Reader starred items and FriendFeed likes of my own and the people I follow over there. Both services are incredibly powerful in that they provide a myriad of ways to parse, organize, and sort data. For instance, feel free to subscribe to any of the following feeds of items I’ve found interesting:
- Andy’s starred “Blogging” items
- Andy’s starred “Technology” items
- Andy’s starred “Personal Blog” items
Nifty, eh?
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