Universities and the Web » Uncategorized http://www.universitiesandtheweb.com Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:22:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Google Wave invites for .ac.uk email addresses http://www.universitiesandtheweb.com/google-wave-invites-for-ac-uk-email-addresses/ http://www.universitiesandtheweb.com/google-wave-invites-for-ac-uk-email-addresses/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:53:39 +0000 Billy http://www.universitiesandtheweb.com/?p=201 If you’ve got a .ac.uk email address and you’d like a Google Wave invite, send me an email at billy@universitiesandtheweb.com. I’ll update this post when the batch I’ve got have gone.

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]]> http://www.universitiesandtheweb.com/new-ucl-homepage/feed/ 0 “Any idiot can start a journal on the web” http://www.universitiesandtheweb.com/any-idiot-can-start-a-journal-on-the-web/ http://www.universitiesandtheweb.com/any-idiot-can-start-a-journal-on-the-web/#comments Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:16:02 +0000 Billy http://www.universitiesandtheweb.com/?p=184 The quote in the title of this post comes from Alex Williamson, former Publishing Editor of the British Medical Journal, in today’s Guardian – Editor quits after journal accepts bogus science article.

]]> http://www.universitiesandtheweb.com/any-idiot-can-start-a-journal-on-the-web/feed/ 1 Embed Google Books pages easily http://www.universitiesandtheweb.com/embed-google-books-pages-easily/ http://www.universitiesandtheweb.com/embed-google-books-pages-easily/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:27:39 +0000 Billy http://www.universitiesandtheweb.com/?p=177 It’s been possible to embed pages from Google Books using an api previously, but in their latest updates Google Books have made it possible to easily embed  Google Books in the same way as embedding a YouTube video or a google map. In the example above, I’ve also selected the page that the embed opens on.

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The University of Maryland make a great effort with this video greeting card, the minisite is excellent as well with features including ‘Find Yourself’ allowing students participating in the video’s closing group shot to zoom into a high-res photo of themselves.

[via CollegeWebEditor.com]

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