This is the first in a series of articles about the services that operate behind the scenes on the BCN (Blackpool Community News) websites. This series will look at Box.Net, Odiogo, Amazon Associates and WordPress services and those of TypePad. But we start by revisiting Scribd:
This website (and the BCN main website) first used Scribd [...]
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It seems strange doing a blog post about Twitter (it ‘being the new blogging’) when Blackpool does not seem to have really got its head around the idea of blogging yet!? However (with thanks to Darren Rowse and TwiTip) – here we go……
Twitter is the ‘new’ blogging – albeit micro-blogging in 140 characters or less! [...]
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This Blog has now added a text-to-speech service through Odiogo, allowing readers to actually listen to blog posts on the website, and even on iTunes (as well as iPods and iPhones) as a podcast.
While this is a very ‘fun’ feature for readers, it could be a very valuable tool for the visually impaired and can [...]
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Taking place this afternoon: Internet Radio Broadcast via Bloomfield Talks « Blackpool Community News
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Scribd has suddenly made life a lot easier! With Scribd we can publish many documents, organise them, theme and tag them – and all in one place! Find out more via Publisher Overview | Scribd. With the following ‘badge on the main site our readers can view the same files that we link to.
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This BCN website seeks to bring news of some of the latest developments in ICT social and inclusive media, yet in our own backyard lies a wonderful existing resource.
Blackpool4me has its own iTech Channel full of technical guidance, resources and software. And in iTech – How to do It! there are some truly interesting, bizaare [...]
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Mind Bloggling is an online community of Bloggers giving a voice to people with mental health issues. It is a fine example of the Blogging genre with a varied collection of individual Blogs on the Library page.
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