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Screencast: RSS feeds in Google Reader and related clients with John LeMasney

In this screen­cast, John LeMas­ney explains how to use Google Reader, an RSS (Really Sim­ple Syn­di­ca­tion) feed reader, to col­lect, curate, and fil­ter all of the con­tent from your favorite aca­d­e­mic sources. Using Google Reader as the engine, John also … Con­tinue read­ing

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Screencast: Using the Chrome Web Store to extend Chrome functionality.

In this screen­cast, we show you how to use Google’s Chrome web browser to install and extend its func­tion­al­ity. We look at how to get to the store, how to browse rel­e­vant appli­ca­tions, how to search for apps using key­words, … Con­tinue read­ing

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Lunch & Learn: Research and Writing on the iPad with Will Howarth

Will Howarth, Pro­fes­sor Emer­i­tus of Eng­lish at Prince­ton, spoke to a large Lunch ‘n Learn audi­ence on Feb­ru­ary 16 about how he uses his iPad as an essen­tial com­pan­ion to read­ing, writ­ing, research and travel.
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Technology Spotlights: RSS and Twitter

Here’s the slideshow pre­sen­ta­tion from our Tech­nol­ogy Spot­light Series on 3/25/2010. The topic was What is RSS and  Twit­ter and How to Get Started. Here’s the link to the hand­outs for this topic: Guide to RSS Feed Read­ers (PDF) Get­ting Started … Con­tinue read­ing

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