Phishing Quiz
Posted by: Christine Peterson on: June 23, 2009
Want to see how good you are in spotting phishing schemes? SonicWall created a quiz to test your knowledge — the SonicWall Phishing and Spam IQ Quiz. Good news? Test-takers are better able to spot a phishing scam now (86%) versus 2004 (69%).
I got 8 of 10 correct; how’d you do?
Twitter Search In Plain English from Common Craft
Posted by: Christine Peterson on: June 17, 2009
Common Craft has posted another great video on how to use some of the more popular web 2.0 services — this one on Twitter Search.
The Perfect Cell Phone by Dvorak
Posted by: Christine Peterson on: June 16, 2009
Ever since I first heard about the cell phone being “the” device we’ll all use, I’ve always been sceptical. I’m not comfortable with the form factor for doing things other than making phone calls and, although I use it for Internet and texting, it isn’t easy. John Dvorak has ideas of what it would take to make a cell phone “the” device in an article in PC Mag.
I’d add one more thing — e-ink for the screen. As much as a cell phone could do, if you can’t see it, it’s useless.
The Mom Song
Posted by: Christine Peterson on: March 23, 2009
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OK– so there’s nothing technical about this one, but I had to post it. It’s for all the Moms out there — and even for those of you who had Moms. See if it reminds you of anyone.
[from My Uncle]
New Look for W3C Site?
Posted by: Christine Peterson on: March 20, 2009
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has long been the place to go for standards dealing with the web. The problem has been . . . well . . . that the site has always looked . . . old.
They now have a beta for their new site:
So much easier to use and cleaner!
[from W3C News]
How Fast is Google Chrome?
Posted by: Christine Peterson on: March 20, 2009
Check out some of these experiments! Using both Google Chrome and Javascript, programmers are showing us how fast and flexible this browser really is. As you’re playing with some of these experiments, consider how quickly it responds to your mouse/input. It’s very much like having an application installed on your computer — except that it’s not! These are web-based applications!
My favorite? Glad you asked — it’s the video jigsaw puzzle. Get all the windows/pieces in the right place and it’ll coalesce into a single window.
Steve Wozniak “Dancing With The Stars”
Posted by: Christine Peterson on: March 17, 2009
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If you haven’t yet seen it, Steve Wozniak — co-founder of Apple Computer — was seen having a great time on Dancing with the Stars.
It’s great seeing someone so well-known step out of their comfort zone and have fun doing it!
Basic Computer Skills for Library Staff
Posted by: Christine Peterson on: March 10, 2009
The October 2008 issue of Computers in Libraries has a great article by Rachel Singer Gordon and Jessamyn West on the basic computer skills needed by every library staff member. Although you may add others, this is a great place to start:
- Rebooting
- Troubleshoot rebooting problems
- Copy/paste
- Save/move/copy files
- Ask for help
- Basic printer troubleshooting
- Basic printer options
- Printing frames
- Basic word processing
- Checking electrical connections
- How to tell if your Internet is down, or everyone’s; one page is down or all the Internet
- Creating a good password
- Identify which applications are open and how to manipulate these windows
