Best of ResourceShelf 2009
October,
2009
Monterey, CA
Gary
Price
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Opening Words and Sites
- Mobile is All The Rage, Look What's Coming! Date Check
The Big Guys
Social/People Search
- Facebook Now With Over 300 Million Users Worldwide
- 65 Million Active Mobile Facebook Users
- LinkedIn: 50 Million Users
- Twitter: 18 Million Users in 2009, 26 Million in 2010
- Many Interfaces to Search Twitter, Here are a Few:
Wireless Access to Information (Mobile)
- The Phone Becomes the "One" Tool. Just Scan or Point and Get the Job Done
News
Business Research
- Business: Housefront (Home Prices, Mobile Version)
Info Visualization
e-Books
Government and Legal
- Justia, Track Federal Court Dockets (RSS) and
Sometimes Get Filings for Free, Search by Party Name
- Apps for America Mashup Winners and Nominees (Some Great Stuff Here)
- Historic Aerial Imagery
- See Selected Areas Over a Certain Period of Time
- New:
Google is Adding Parcel Data (No Info, Just Outlines) to Maps. Is
the Underlying Data Coming? Stay Tuned! Here's an Example for Santa Barbara, CA
Public Domain Images and Film
Be Careful! Read All the Rules to Make Sure It's Truly Public Domain Content
- Others Not Listed Come from the U.S. Government
More Online Video
- Clicker.com,
- A "TV Guide" For High Quality Web Video (Private Beta, Happy to Get You an Invite)
- WatchKnow
- More than 10K Education Videos and Slides
- Teachers and Librarians Involved in the Project
Archiving the Ephemeral Web
Personal Archiving
Keeping Current with New Resources
- Googland
- Google is Always Doing Something, This One Blog Aggregates Content from all Google Blogs
- YouNoodle
- A Social Network for New Companies, a Directory Lists them All
THANK YOU FOR COMING!