Twitterverse

http://www.twitterverse.com/

Check out Twitterverse -
It's a visual interface of tags from recent twitter updates.

Social Networking for Arachnids

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/30/spider.web.ap/index.html

I know this isn't technology related, but the term "social cobweb spiders" just tickled my funny bone too much not to share. Social networking - it's all the rage, even with spiders!

Cool Tool of the day: StumbleUpon

http://www.stumbleupon.com/

StumbleUpon is a browser toolbar for Firefox or IE. It's almost like a cross between a social site, Digg, and Tivo. You specifiy what your interests are and click the StumbleUpon button and are presented with a random web site that it thinks you'll like. Like it? Click the thumbs up button. Hate it? Click the thumbs down button. It's that simple. Over time, you train the toolbar on what you like and don't like and it will gradually give you sites that you'll probably be interested in.
You can connect with friends, share sites with them, review sites, and recommend sites - and that's not all.
A time waster for sure, but a cool tool nonetheless.

Cool site of the day: Footnote.com

http://www.footnote.com/

Here's a neato site to share with our students - footnote.com. You'll find tons of original documents digitized as images. You can add notes to the image, scan and upload your own documents, add comments, etc. This could be another great resource for research!

Feedburner

http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/home

Feedburner lets you create a page where users can easily subscribe to your blog with a number of different RSS readers. It will also keep track of statistics for you - like how many folks have subscribed to your blog. Check out my feedburner page by clicking on the link over to the right under "Subscribe to this blog!"

Attensa RSS reader for Outlook

http://www.attensa.com/products/outlook/

This company has made an RSS reader that will integrate right into your Outlook client. It's pretty easy to download and set up and is perfect for people like me who have Outlook open all day long.

Cool site of the day: Flashcards

http://www.proprofs.com/flashcards/

OK, so this is geared more towards students, but I thought it was just too cool. This site has flashcards for a ton of different subjects and can help everyone from midddle school to the IT professional studying for their MCSE certification. Don't see something you like? You can create your own.

Seeing sites like these make me wonder - should we be sharing these tools with our students? Maybe have a place where we have the "Cool tool of the day" or "Cool site of the day"?
On our website?
On our public PC screensavers?
On a bulettin board or rolling TV screen?
Teach an optional class, open to anyone?