http://technomediaman.com TechnoMediaMan Explores Media and Technology! Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:24:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here is an update from the Marans: Great News! We thought you might be interested to know we have recently updated our website to include over 200 of our electronic guides in a new easy to use format. You can view our new e-guides by visiting our website: http://www.maran.com/MI/maran_illustrated_kitchen_e.html Enjoy! The Marans http://technomediaman.com/more-ebook-madness-from-the-marans/ Here are a couple of links that will introduce you to the latest Google offering:   7-23-08 - PC Magazine.com - Knol, Google's Version of Wikipedia, Goes Public by Chloe Albanesius Google Knol emerged from its seven-month closed beta Wednesday, and is now open for people looking to share their expertise on ... Google ... http://technomediaman.com/introducing-googles-new-knol/ I've written several times about Maran Illustrated and their online eBooks including the following posts. I started with...Maran Illustrated Yoga eBook available online for FREE!. I then added updates: Maran Graphics Family Gives Away the Store (or at least the books) Maran Illustrated Student Library is Now Online More ... http://technomediaman.com/update-on-maran-illustrated-ebooks/ PC Mag.com presents some great tips for making good use of Google tools. The first 10 were related to 'Google Maps and Earth' and the second 10 were related to 'Google Search'. Included were: Google Maps and Earth: Sky Search Nearby Use business name / category in directions search Public transit ... http://technomediaman.com/20-google-tips-and-tricks/ An interesting article appeared in the InsideHigherEd.com newsletter. It was the title caught my attention! FISH TO PROFS: STICK TO TEACHING. I could just visualize one of those mounted 'singing catfish' talking to a group of professors! The article, of course, was more serious. ... http://technomediaman.com/teachers-need-to-approach-their-jobs-narrowly/ John Mutter, editor-in-chief, of the Shelf-Awareness newsletter announced their 3rd anniversary via the newsletter. If you aren't familiar with the newsletter these highlights will help you become more familiar. You may sign up for the FREE newsletter and see back issues at Shelf-Awareness.com "Yesterday marked the third ... http://technomediaman.com/happy-anniversary-to-shelf-awareness/ As a newbie at buying and selling domain names through my business, DomainsPromote.com, I was interested to read this new book.  The book was written by David Kesmodel, a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal. The Domain Game After looking for it in all of the local stores and not ... http://technomediaman.com/new-book-the-domain-game-how-people-get-rich-from-internet-domain-names/ UNIVERSITY PRESSES START TO SELL VIA KINDLE An Inside Higher Ed email delivered on June 24, 2008 led me to this interesting article about university presses selling books as Amazon's Kindle eBooks. Just months after Amazon's Kindle , a portable eBook reader launched , academic publishing houses are starting to sell books via ... http://technomediaman.com/ebooks-and-textbooks/ If you've created Websites you know how big a problem this can be.  Lifehacker.com offers two effective and efficient ways to remove formating: "When you're copying and pasting something to or from a Microsoft application such as Word or Outlook and you want to remove the formatting there is a quick ... http://technomediaman.com/microsoft-word-removing-format/ I have spent several periods of time (too long to be proud of) trying to figure out how to effectively use Google Documents , an often praised resource or tool for collaborating with others . I was wasting my time until I ran across the brief tutorial in ... http://technomediaman.com/using-google-documents/