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Best Free iPhone Apps

Rich — Thu, 27 May 2010 03:46:31 +0000

Here are the slides to a new presentation I created for mpow. There was a fun atmosphere during the class and the attendees seemed really into it. Half of them already had an iPhone or iPod Touch (mostly newer users) and the other half said they were thinking about buying an iPhone/Android phone/Blackberry soon and they just wanted to learn more about mobile apps. The class really should have been called “Some of the Best Free iPhone and iPod Touch Apps” because it was really a difficult challenge to identify all the apps people should really know about. Are there any duds that should’ve been left out of the presentation? Which free apps should I have included?

Twitter for Beginners at NSLS

Rich — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:36:29 +0000

I’m presenting this talk on Twitter for a local networking group of librarians involved with computer instruction. Here are my slides. Please let me know if you have any questions!

Understanding YouTube

Rich — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:23:43 +0000

Recently, I gave a presentation on YouTube at mpow. It was a lot of fun and I even had the audience attempt to do the wave for a short video I uploaded. At the start of the class, only about a quarter of the attendees indicated an interest in both watching and sharing videos on YouTube. But everyone stuck around for the entire class and I’m hoping most of them left the class with a belief that they can upload a YouTube video very easily. Of course, I made sure to plug the new Digital Media Lab as well. There were a few “oohs” and “ahhs” when I told them about the overnight checkouts for the flip video cameras and the digital cameras!

Here are my slides and the wave video:

TechMunchies: Best Websites of 2008

Rich — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:39:45 +0000

Had our first TechMunchies event today. TechMunchies is a new staff training series at my library to help staff get comfortable with technology in an easy-going, informal setting. It’s a lunch-time series, so staff can bring food and eat and converse while learning something new. I see it as a continuation of the Learning 2.0 program we did last year. Today, I presented some of the Best of Websites of 2008, 28 websites in about 55 minutes. Here are my slides for anyone who’s interested.

Too Good to Be True?

Rich — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:32:18 +0000

Just learned about these free software cheatsheets and initially thought that it was too good to be true. Then I started downloading them and from what I can tell, they’re great and there’s no catch to using them. You don’t even need to register with Customguide.com.

Topics include Mac OS X, Microsoft Office, CS3, Firefox, and IE. I think these will be great for our computer labs and our computer classes. Gotta laminate them first, of course!

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