The New York Times – Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. The New York Times’ Web site is what you’d expect from the number one newspaper in America. Chock-full of video, photo, and traditional print media content, this site continues the paper’s century-and-a-half-long tradition of in-depth coverage Related articles Shooting at Empire State Building Shows…
Bloomberg – Business, Financial & Economic News, Stock Quotes. We’ll put it this way: Bloomberg.com is the go-to financial news service for the guys who manage your stock portfolio and the Wall Street bigwigs who manage their portfolios. Related articles The Rise of Bloomberg Online (247wallst.com) Consumer Comfort in U.S. Slumps to Lowest Level Since…
Verbotomy: The create-a-word game. Verbotomy gives you the power to create words from meanings with daily Challenges: The Challenge provides a definition, and you invent a verb (or Verboticism)-usually a mashup of others. Entries are judged. Related articles Weekend Distraction: Wordsplosion, A New and Simple (Yet Satisfying) Word Game (sharechair.wordpress.com) Towers of Babble Available…
Ninjawords – a really fast dictionary. Sometimes you need to know the meaning of a word, and you need to know it two-tenths of a second faster than any other dictionary site can get it to you. And that’s why Ninjawords is there. Like a ninja, it is smart, fast, and accurate. Related articles Uuuuuugh,…
Fold3 – Historical military records This is a great site for genealogists and history buffs. Footnote is a perfect Web-2.0 example of the power of the Internet to uncover insights into history. They have an arrangement with the National Archives to digitize and upload every document they own. Related articles FGS Announces $135,000 Donation to War of 1812 Pension Project…
PhoneTag. This is high rated and can really help me to get the content of voicemails. Related articles Phone Tag, “Ghost Behind” MP3 + Lamin Fofana Remix (thefader.com) Lazer Tag with iPhone Mount (werd.com) Tags on objects interface with smart phones (sfgate.com) Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Be productive everywhere! (rememberthemilk.com) Ditech Networks Reports Financial Results…
Ethnography or Just Good Requirements Gathering – Exploring the Depths of Product Management. MIT Media lab and other folks argue that the process of requirements gathering is just idiotic right now: take a word document and write all you can think of down there and then creating something out of that. Related articles Business Analyst…
Diigo – Web Highlighter and Sticky Notes, Online Bookmarking and Annotation, Personal Learning Network.. best way to save a web page before it disappears behind a paywall in rule the web (link rot) Related articles Helpful SEO Tool: Diigo (bostinno.com) Tutorial: Using Diigo to Annotate Web Content (edtechtoday.wordpress.com) Diigo as a classroom collaboration tool (keithbirch.wordpress.com)…
Disease Risk Index. best disease risk analyzer tool on rule the web Related articles Asthma and Heart Disease – Exploring the Link (everydayhealth.com) Is it true that taking care of your teeth can protect you from serious illnesses like heart disease and diabetes? (topdentists.com) Study: Your blood type may raise heart disease risk (cbsnews.com)…