Wordle: Shakespeare’s Sonnets

What Is Google Wave?

“Google Wave is a new tool for communication and collaboration on the web, coming later this year.”  According to an article, “Google’s Wave Consolidates Core Online Features in One Tool,” on PCWorld.com, it “consolidates features from e-mail, instant messaging, blogging, wikis, multimedia management and document sharing.”  For more information, see “Google Wave:  A Complete Guide” at Mashable and the following videos:

Video: “Google Wave: Natural Language Processing“

Video: “Google Wave: Live collaborative editing“

Video:  “Google Wave Developer Preview at Google I/O 2009“

Video: “Google Wave Founding Team Interview“

Video: “[OSTI] Deep Web Video”

Video:  “[OSTI] Deep Web Video“

Office of Scientific & Technical Information

Links for 2009-05-28 [delicious.com]

• Geek Chart
  A Geek Chart is a web badge that shows where you share stuff online.
  Each slice of the Geek Chart is a link to your profile on sites like Flickr, Twitter, Youtube and more.
  (tags: socialmedia web2.0 charts tools social socialnetworking)
• Boogami
  The Search Engine That Delivers Exact Results!
  (tags: searchengine research)
• ECCELLIO
  Eccellio is a faceting Search Engine based on Google CSE, it aims to make you find a more appropriate result even if you are searching on specialized matters: it’s like Google++ or Google simplicity with one additional single-click.
  (tags: Google searchengine science)
• ScienceResearch.com
  innovative deep web science search
  (tags: invisibleweb science research)
• Get Yourself Star Trek Computer Sounds
  (tags: startrek audio)
• Twoogle
  Search Twitter and Google Simultaneously
  (tags: searchengine Twitter web2.0 Google)
• regator.com
  a bite of the blogosphere’s best
  (tags: blog feeds news searchengine web2.0 tools)
• Office of Scientific & Technical Information, OSTI, U.S. Department of Energy, DOE
  At OSTI, you can rapidly search science information and download research results using special federated search technology tools.
  (tags: chemistry physics government data reference)
• Secrets of the Parthenon
  Companion website for NOVA show “Secrets of the Parthenon”
  (tags: history ancientgreece video architecture humanities)

Technical Communication Twine

I started a Technical Communication twine.  Please join me in adding useful links and information.

My Twines

I joined Twine more than a year ago, but I didn’t get around to exploring it until this week.  I’ve joined the following twines, “interest networks”:

• 2.0 World
• Educational Technology
• learning_with_web2.0
• Online Education
• Search
• Search and Discovery
• Social Media
• Star Trek
• Twitter Guide

I subscribed to RSS feeds for all of them and tried out the bookmarklet, which doesn’t seem to allow the user to specify which twine to add the item to.

I can see how Twine could be useful for my second-semester composition students.  They could find or create twines related to their research topics.

Links for 2009-05-23 [delicious.com]

• SearchMerge
  (tags: web2.0 socialmedia searchengine)
• Nexplore Search
  (tags: research web2.0 metacrawler)
• Welcome to VisWiki!
  VisWiki is a visual, intuitive, and interactive web interface to encyclopedic knowledge/information, especially of Wikipedia. It is designed to provide a fun place to learn stuff in an efficient manner.
  (tags: research reference wiki wikipedia visual encyclopedia)

What Is Wolfram|Alpha?

Wolfram|Alpha is a “computational knowledge engine.”  It “is the first step in an ambitious, long-term project to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable by anyone.”  To use it, you “enter your question or calculation, and Wolfram|Alpha uses its built-in algorithms and growing collection of data to compute the answer.”  Examples of computations and an overview video are available on the website.

Videos:

• “A New Kind of Science – Stephen Wolfram“
• “Stephen Wolfram discusses Wolfram|Alpha: Computational Knowledge Engine“
• “Countdown to the Wolfram|Alpha Launch“
• “Wolfram|Alpha: Why Now“
• “The ‘Four Pillars’ of Wolfram|Alpha“
• “A Sneak Preview of Wolfram|Alpha“
• “Wolfram Alpha Review/Preview 1“
• “Wolfram Alpha Preview/Review Part 2“
• “Wolfram Alpha video review“

Reviews:

• AltSearchEngines > “A review of Wolfram|Alpha that you should read“
• ResearchBuzz > “Looking at Wolfram|Alpha: No Killers“
• Phil Bradley’s Weblog > “Wolfram|Alpha – computational is the key word!“
• TechCrunch > “Putting Wolfram Alpha To The Test: Not Super-Impressed (But Here Are 50 Invites)“
• CNET > “Wolfram Alpha shows data in a way Google can’t“
• Search Engine Land > “Wolfram Alpha Live Review: The Un-Google“
• Beyond Search > “Wolfram Alpha and Beta PR“
• Search Engine Watch > “New Search Engine Wolfram Alpha Launches to Much Buzz“

Resources for Self Publishing

Books:

• Carroll, William.  Self Publishing Made Easy.  San Marcos, CA:  Coda Publications, 1999.
• Fry, Patricia L. The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book. 2nd ed. Ojai, CA: Matilija Press, 2007
• Poynter, Dan.  Self-Publishing Manual:  How To Write, Print, and Sell Your Own Book.  15th ed.  Santa Barbara, CA:  Para Publishing, 2006.
• Rich, Jason R.  Self-Publishing for Dummies.  Hoboken, NJ:  Wiley, 2006.
• Ross, Tom and Marilyn.  The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing: Everything You Need to Know to Write, Publish, Promote and Sell Your Own Book. 4th ed.  Cincinnati, OH:  Writer’s Digest Books, 2002.
• Sander, Jennifer Basye.  The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Self-Publishing.  New York, NY: Alpha Books, 2005.
• Start Your Own Self-Publishing Business:  Your Step-by-Step Guide to Success.  2nd ed.  Irvine, CA:  Entrepreneur Press, 2007.

Periodicals:

• ForeWord Magazine
• Publishers Weekly
• Writer’s Digest

Organizations:

• IBPA (Independent Book Publishers Association)
• SPAN (Small Publishers Association of North America)
• SPAWN (Small Publishers, Artists, and Writers Network)

Websites:

• Book Marketing Tips and Book Promotion Ideas from John Kremer
• “How Self-publishing Works” on HowStuffWorks
• ParaPublishing.com
• Self-Pub.net
• Self-Publishing
• Self Publishing:  How to Write, Publish & Sell Your Book or Ebook on the Web
• Self Publishing Information
• Self Publishing Information and Links
• Self-Publishing Review (online magazine)

Articles:

• “Self-publishing a book: 25 things you need to know“

Blogs:

• Self Publishing 2.0
• Small Press Blog
• Writing and Publish News from Matilija Presshttp://www.fonerbooks.com/cornered.htm

Videos:

• FonerBooks Self Publishing YouTube Playlist
• “How to Publish a Book: Traditional or Self-Publishing – Pt 1“
• “How to Self Publish and Create eBooks“
• “Publishing Vs Self-Publishing“
• “Self Publishing: The State of Publishing in 2009“
• “Self-publishing vs. Getting a real publisher“

Video: “How to beat Google”

Video:  “How to beat Google“