Once again, Commoncraft has created a no-frills, easy to understand video on a highly popular social tool, a micro blogging utility known as Twitter.I’ve been using Twitter to experiment with this interesting aspect of the web, and it is incredibly easy to do, since you’re limited to 140 characters to let others know what you [...]

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Hey, thanks for the invite! I was going to put this on my personal blog but thought, hey, why not here too?

The folks at Commoncraft have several of these type of videos which are informative, quick, and easy to view.
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People are plugged into MP3 players and moving through their days to the beat of their chosen drummer – when and where they want to.  I’d made some assumptions about these devices and the people wired to them that were shattered when I got my own iPod.  I also finally discovered what my friends at [...]

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I can’t tell you how much I enjoy having my thumb drive: it carries with it just about everything that I want to have access to, such as backup documents, pictures, videos, and miscellaneous files. But that’s only half the story. Truth be told, my shiny USB (2GB Lexar JumpDrive Lightning) is also my portable [...]

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The Boise Basin Library has experienced an amazing response to eAudiobooks.  Our rural community spends much of its time on the road commuting to work, shopping for groceries, banking, attending extra curricular activities with our kids…. the list goes on.   Audiobooks have always been popular and some in high demand with hold lists; with the downloadable [...]

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