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What is Goodreads?

by Barbara J. Feldman April 1, 2013
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Goodreads is a social network that revolves around book reviews and recommendations. Founded in 2007, Goodreads has 16 million members, 30,000 book clubs and over 23 million book reviews. And Goodreads recently announced that they are being acquired by Amazon. For me, the best part of Goodreads is their recommendation engine. Rate just twenty books, [...]

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How Google Tracks the Flu

by Barbara J. Feldman January 14, 2013
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Google Flu Trends tracks flu season internationally and down to the city. To drill down on the data, just click the map for your country, then your state. The city data is available on its own tab. It’s looking scary out there. Be sure to wash your hands frequently through out the day. But is [...]

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What is a Twitter Chat?

by Barbara J. Feldman October 8, 2012
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A Twitter chat is a an organized event (sometimes occurring at regular times) to tweet on a pre-arranged hashtag. It is similar to a Twitter party, but while a party may only occur once or twice, Twitter chats frequently recur at the same time weekly or monthly. For example, #gtchat is the hashtag for a [...]

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New Surfnetkids Design

by Staff December 7, 2011

Over the next few weeks, I will be rolling out the new Surfnetkids design that you see on this page. What do you think? This project took me TWO YEARS (this is very embarrassing!!!) The artist who originally created it must have long since thought that I had given up! The paid members of the [...]

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Top Ten iPad Apps for Parents

by Staff June 12, 2010

The iPad is a great device for parents, not just for their own use, but also for the use of their children. It can give them something to do, help with various around the house tasks, etc. The following are the top ten iPad apps for parents: Kindle for iPad: The Kindle application, or electronic [...]

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Top Ten Kids’ iPad Apps

by Staff June 11, 2010

The new iPad by Apple is a great new product for kids. Here are some iPad apps that rank high for kids: Magnetic draw for iPad: This is a magnetic drawing board that works much the same way as the magnetic drawing boards you can pick up at Wal-mart. This application has a pen and [...]

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