Digging in the Cache is a series where we go back in time to look at fun tidbits of Internet and computer history. This week I want to introduce you to one of my favorite computer icons (pun intended) — Clarus the Dogcow, who is a bitmapped image created by Susan Kare for Apple back in 1983 as part of the Cairo font (originally as a dog). Fonts are created on a very small scale, so when the image was increased in size for use in a page setup window to show orientation, it became less clear if it was a dog or a cow. [Read more…] about Digging in the Cache – Clarus the Dogcow (says Moof!)
5 Strategies for Managing the Twitter Firehose
Twitter can be very difficult to use, especially for new users. A lot of the difficulty comes in trying to manage the fire hose worth of incoming information. Just following a small number of people, even 5 or 10 can lead to a lot of tweets (depending on their frequency). Since the idea is to try to connect to a wider audience, most businesses would like to have several hundred (or thousand) followers, which usually comes with following a good number as well (for building relationships, sharing, etc.). So how do you use Twitter effectively and still keep a handle on all the information that’s bombarding you?
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Thoughts on Education & Careers….
Thanks to the United Way for Southeastern Michigan, I had the opportunity this morning to speak to a classroom of 9th graders at Pontiac High School for Career Day. The United Way is involved in a program with troubled schools to increase the graduation rate. Career Day was put together to expose students to potential careers and help them start to think about their futures. While I was only at the school for a morning and spoke for only about 15 minutes or so, I wanted to share some observations because our current high school students are our future workforce… [Read more…] about Thoughts on Education & Careers….