Information Overload & Social Filtering for Educators

Found an interesting tweet today courtesy of Marjie Knudsen, regarding the need to filter what commands our attention. Reminds me a bit of the APML (Attention Profile Markup Language) work I ran into as part of the highly-technical DataPortability.org. Marjie...

Posted on: 1 March 2010 | 6:48 pm

Who has a slow computer?

Just wanted to check in to see if any of my readers has a computer that is too slow? Google seems to send a lot of visitors to SquirrelNet because of an article I wrote a few years ago, called...

Posted on: 27 February 2010 | 12:53 pm

How to Search for Words on a Webpage

Question: How do I search for words on a webpage? Answer: We've all been to webpages that are too long. If you want to locate a particular word to target your reading, just hit CTRL+F then type in that word....

Posted on: 27 February 2010 | 12:46 pm

Google Broadband (Something I predicted 5 years ago)

Five years ago in 2005, I wrote an article that predicted the future of Google, entitling the article: Google's Future? GBrowser, GooglePC, Google NetPC and Google ISP. Since then, nearly all of this has come true: GBrowser (Chrome), Google NetPC...

Posted on: 10 February 2010 | 7:15 pm

Google Broadband (Something I predicted 5 years ago)

Five years ago in 2005, I wrote an article that predicted the future of Google, entitling the article: Google's Future? GBrowser, GooglePC, Google NetPC and Google ISP. Since then, nearly all of this has come true: GBrowse (Chrome), Google NetPC...

Posted on: 10 February 2010 | 7:14 pm

Safe Search using Google on Smartphones

If you have a smartphone (iPhone, Blackberry, Palm, etc) and want to see a SafeSearch version of Google, try this Safe Search using Google on Smartphones. Results will be formatted for your phone. This is a Google Custom Search engine...

Posted on: 25 October 2009 | 9:29 pm

Happy Mother's Day from SquirrelNet.com!

"I'm nuts about you Mom." Awww :)

Posted on: 10 May 2009 | 9:47 am

Track the Swine Flu outbreak on Google Maps

Here is a Swine Flu outbreak map courtesy of Google Maps. Click for bigger view.

Posted on: 26 April 2009 | 12:50 pm

Where to watch President Obama's inauguration online

Barack Obama will be inaugurated the 44th US President on Tuesday, January 20 a t noon (see inaugural schedule). In case you are away from the TV during the event but have internet access where you'll be, GigaOm has coverage...

Posted on: 18 January 2009 | 3:14 pm

How to Follow the Discussion on Twitter for Today's NFL Playoffs

If you're a football fan and want to follow today's discussion on Twitter (if you know what that is), following the discussion is rather easy. Just visit here on NFL playoffs search via search.twitter.com. On that note, if you ever...

Posted on: 18 January 2009 | 9:47 am