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A Short History of Blogging
The Word
The first use of the term weblog in relation to the delivery of content on a website comes from the delivery of a paper titled “Exploiting the World-Wide Web for Electronic Meeting Document Analysis and Management” by Raikundalia & Rees, two lecturers from Bond University, Australia made to a conference on August 14, 1995. The paper discussed the use of:" (...) a Web browser access to various meeting document information, such as minutes, tabled documents, reports and document indexes. Applications are being developed to take standard electronic meeting log files, postprocess them in a variety of ways, and generate a series of indexes and summary files. These files are formatted in HTML and exploit hyperlinks to the full in order to relate the different types of information." Although the paper is aimed at the recording of electronic meetings, the processes described reflect strongly on what blogs evolved into. Popular use of the term weblog as we know it today c…
The first use of the term weblog in relation to the delivery of content on a website comes from the delivery of a paper titled “Exploiting the World-Wide Web for Electronic Meeting Document Analysis and Management” by Raikundalia & Rees, two lecturers from Bond University, Australia made to a conference on August 14, 1995. The paper discussed the use of:" (...) a Web browser access to various meeting document information, such as minutes, tabled documents, reports and document indexes. Applications are being developed to take standard electronic meeting log files, postprocess them in a variety of ways, and generate a series of indexes and summary files. These files are formatted in HTML and exploit hyperlinks to the full in order to relate the different types of information." Although the paper is aimed at the recording of electronic meetings, the processes described reflect strongly on what blogs evolved into. Popular use of the term weblog as we know it today c…
Vyclone - Social Video Editing
Vyclone is
a social video platform that lets you co-create, sync and edit multiple views
of a shared moment, effortlessly. It is a free service for collaboratively
editing videos on your iPhone, on your Android phone, or on the web (does not
work in Firefox, only with IE 10 or Chrome). It can be an incredible ELT resource if you assign your students with a group project, for example. Give it a try!
How it works:
How it works:
Eusébio da Silva Ferreira
Eusébio da Silva Ferreira, the biggest football player in Portugal and one of the most important
players in the whole world has, unfortunately, left us today, aged 71, victim of a heart attack.
The eternal Sport Lisboa and Benfica striker scored 733 times in 745 professional games and was top goalscorer at the 1966 World Cup. Born in Mozambique in 1942 when it was still a Portuguese colony, Eusébio da Silva Ferreira went on to play 64 times for Portugal, scoring 41 goals. The Benfica striker's nine goals at the 1966 World Cup in England included four mythic goals against North Korea. He had been admitted to hospital several times over the past years for the treatment of heart and respiratory problems. Famed for his blistering acceleration and dazzling dribbling skills, Eusébio was named European Footballer of the Year in 1965. He won the European Cup with Benfica in 1962 and was in the side that lost to Manchester United in the 1968 Wembley final. Eusébio enjoyed 10 League Championsh…
The eternal Sport Lisboa and Benfica striker scored 733 times in 745 professional games and was top goalscorer at the 1966 World Cup. Born in Mozambique in 1942 when it was still a Portuguese colony, Eusébio da Silva Ferreira went on to play 64 times for Portugal, scoring 41 goals. The Benfica striker's nine goals at the 1966 World Cup in England included four mythic goals against North Korea. He had been admitted to hospital several times over the past years for the treatment of heart and respiratory problems. Famed for his blistering acceleration and dazzling dribbling skills, Eusébio was named European Footballer of the Year in 1965. He won the European Cup with Benfica in 1962 and was in the side that lost to Manchester United in the 1968 Wembley final. Eusébio enjoyed 10 League Championsh…
The New Digital Age...
For further information or for buying this incredible book written by Google's Executive Chairman and by the Director of Google Ideas, access: The New Digital Age - Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business
Portuguese version, here.
Happy New Year
May the New Year bring all the health, light and hope we need...
T&L wishes you a very HAPPY 2014!
T&L wishes you a very HAPPY 2014!