Geek Habits for non-Geeks - May 2008

Note: this page is useful in conjunction with the exercises.

Before we Begin..

1. Install Firefox
2. Fire it up!
3. Get a Google account
4. Get a delicious account
5. if you have time.... Install the delicious Firefox extension

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Exercise 1: Subscribing to Feeds

Google Reader

Some example sites with feeds

• Boingboing
  "A Directory of Wonderful Things" - one of the most popular blogs in the world
• BBC News
  For the news junkies+masochists among us
• TED Blog
  Cannot say enough good things about this.. TED is a conference with some of the most inspiring+interesting talks in the world. I wish I had time to watch them all.
• Seth Godin
  A blog about, *ugh*, marketing. However, he understands humans like no-one else, and has very important things to say about (and to) creative people.
• Technorati
  A directory of blogs
• Random Acts of Reality
  The diary of a London ambulance driver. Witty, heart-wrenching, compelling.
• 43 Folders
  Merlin Mann's blog on productivity for the knowledge worker. Guaranteed to make you reassess the way you work for the better.
• Stephen Fry's Blog
• Portishead's Myspace Blog
• Werks Events
• Sri Mckinnon on Flickr
  Subscribe to someone's images+photos on flickr (here's my friend Sri's)
• Authentic Blogging
  Libby Davy's blog (she's a Brighton based blogging coach)
• Ben's blog
• An Artist A Day
• Puritan Blister
  Music blog of interesting mashups and covers
• Ill Doctrine
  Cool 'state of the USA' video blog

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Exercise 2: Social Bookmarking

• delicious signup
• The delicious Firefox extension
• Ben's delicious page

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Useful Links

• Netvibes
• Chumby
• Richard Dawkins
• Google Calendar
• Google Docs
• Last.fm
• upcoming

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