CodeCruncher Links 10/18/2008

• 10 Reasons You Should Write Something Each Day – Stepcase Lifehack

  The written word is a part of every day life. At its most basic, writing is a way of communicating. This is the one inalienable characteristic of writing itself, whether you’re communicating with a colleague or friend or you’re actually communicating with yourself – though a shopping list, for instance.

  tags: writing, lifehacks, write

• 10 Great Web Apps for College Students

  Some of the most useful Web 2.0 tools that have the potential to help students do better in school, collaborate with their fellow students, and save them time.

  tags: tools, web2.0, web, readwriteweb, education, applications, webapps, resources

• The Social Media Classroom: A New Web 2.0 Platform For Education – ReadWriteWeb

  The Social Media Classroom (SMC) is a new project started by Howard Rheingold which offers an open-source Drupal-based web service to teachers and students for the purpose of introducing social media into the classroom.

  tags: 2.0, social media classroom, drupal, Howard Rheingold, tools

• ConverStations: 6 Social Media Tools Every Business Should Use

  By now, every business has heard about, considered, and maybe even dabbled in the blogosphere. Understanding that business people are busy running their business, here are seven tools (and my preferred brand) that every business should have in their social media toolbox:

  tags: web2.0, list, social media tools, business, blog, rss aggregator, shared bookmarks, thoughtstream aggregator, microblogging, shared content

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