Websites change. Perma Links don’t. Perma.cc helps scholars, journals, courts, and others create permanent records of the web sources they cite. Perma.cc is simple, free to use, and is built and supported by libraries.
JSCompress.com is an online javascript compressor that allows you to compress and minify your javascript files. Compressed javascript files are ideal for production environments since they typically reduce the size of the file by 30-80%. Most of the filesize reduction is achieved by removing comments and extra whitespace characters that are not needed by web browsers or visitors.
Which Story Mapping Platform is Right For You? | on location
I’ve been working on comparing varying story mapping platforms over the past few weeks on my blog, with the end goal being to create a guide for folks who need a story map but aren’t sure which platform will work best. Four of the most popular story mapping platforms available–Esri Storymaps, StoryMap JS, Neatline, and Odyssey.js–can all give your narrative a geographical context, and each one has perks and features that can further elevate the story you want to tell.
MapStory is an open platform for organizing our knowledge about how the world changes over time and space. Click on a link to the right, and learn how you can start contributing observations of your own.
Tonight we’re officially launching the Slack Platform. We’re pretty thrilled that we can now give you a full-service platform offering: from tools to build with to a place to get discovered
"The 50-person, San Francisco-based company has just one product now — the $399 Aether Cone wireless speaker — and they plan to keep it that way until they've perfected the music player. What makes the hardware company stand out in a marketplace littered with free algorithm software is that the physical product tracks your listening habits in relation to time, date and location in your home. If you turn up or turn down a song, Cone tracks that too. Weather is likely the next variable tracked by the speaker. After all, you shouldn't have to tell your stereo that you only want listen to melancholy folk songs when it's raining."
Wordnik is the world's biggest online English dictionary, by number of words. This page will give you a quick overview of what you can do, learn, and share with Wordnik.
" es un generador de texto basado en El Quijote (el de los molinos) al más puro estilo Lorem Ipsum (texto en una lengua que está algo deprecated). Con Quijotipsum obtendrás dos ventajas: texto entendible por ti, tus compañeros y tu familia y un texto fresco, novedoso y alegre en puro castellano, con tildes para probar la codificación (sí, esas cosas del UTF-8 que tanto gustito dan)."
"A simple javascript library to turn text into vector UML sequence diagrams. Heavily inspired by websequencediagrams.com, who offer a serverside solution. We use Jison to parse the text, and Raphaël to draw the image."
As technology expands the learning experience by making it more interactive, immersive and engaging with thousands of educational apps from across disciplines and devices, there is no limit to the exciting possibilities for learning. When learners are deeply engaged, the learning environment comes alive; motivation and retention are improved. However, for many educators the challenge is, where to begin? Designed based on current research and through two previous efforts (A to Z Web 2.0 Tools and Blooms + Apps), Crossroads is a continuation of the transition from traditional teacher-centered curriculum to active and engaged learner-centered lesson design. It is a place where technology meets pedagogy; exploring, rating and sharing teaching and learning experiences through a worldwide community.
cdnjs.com - the missing cdn for javascript and css
Everyone loves the Google CDN right? Even Microsoft runs their own CDN. The problem is, they only host the most popular libraries. We host it all - JavaScript, CSS, SWF, images, etc!