Monthly Archives: December 2014

Remind: Safe Classroom Communication

December 23, 2014

Remind: Safe Classroom Communication
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/remind-safe-classroom-communication/id522826277?mt=8

Not just for teachers! This handy app allows organizers of all kinds to send safe, easy, and free one-way messages to groups and individuals. Phone numbers are kept private. Teachers, coaches, club leaders, and others use the service to schedule reminders, assignments, homework, assessments, and motivational messages directly to students’, parents’, and group members’ phones. This app is designed for iPhone and iPad users running iOS 6.0 or later. This will be added to Education and Academic Resources Subject Tracer™. From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout 1994-2014. https://www.scout.wisc.edu

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Startup Data Trends – A Fast Way To Browse Startups on AngelList

December 23, 2014

Startup Data Trends – A Fast Way To Browse Startups on AngelList
http://www.startupdatatrends.com/

Startup Data Trends is a way to browse the publicly visible startups on AngelList. Here, you can search for startups in a specific location and/or market. Filtering The returned startups can be filtered by their follower counts, screenshot counts, alphabetic order and a ranking function based on followers over time. Metadata Alongside the startups, you can see some key metadata about the search itself, such as the average amount being raised by startups that match it, and the average public valuation. This will be added to Entrepreneurial Resources Subject Tracer™. This will be added to Start Up Resources for the Entrepreneur white paper.

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Gibbon – Simple Playlists for Learning

December 22, 2014

Gibbon – Simple Playlists for Learning
https://gibbon.co/

They believe that almost all the knowledge is already available on the web. All you need is someone to guide you to it. They created Gibbon to make it easy for everyone to create and follow simple paths of resources to learn anything. Inspired by its rich educational history, Gibbon is handcrafted in Leiden, the Netherlands, a city full of educational history. Gibbon is a community of people that want to learn from each other by collecting and sharing the knowledge from the web. Be Good & Get Better. Collect & share the knowledge from the web. This will be added to Tutorial Resources Subject Tracer™. This will be added to Student Research Resources Subject Tracer™. This will be added to Education and Academic Resources Subject Tracer™. This will be added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.

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Yipgo – Versatile, Text-based System To Keep Track of Everything In Your Life

December 22, 2014

Yipgo – Versatile, Text-based System To Keep Track of Everything In Your Life
http://yipgo.com/

A versatile, text-based system to keep track of everything in your life. Features include: a) Create Pages – Organise things the way you like. Pages are a perfect way of separating chapters of your life; b) Edit as Text – Use text to denote your activities. Mark as done or todo, assign timestamps and fill with other markup as you see fit. As simple or complex as you want it to be; and c) View Your Agenda – The read-only agenda view is a great place to see a summary of your activities across all of the pages you’ve written. All mobile friendly too. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This will be added to Entrepreneurial Resources Subject Tracer™.

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WikiData – Free KnowledgeBase With 15,819,145 Editable Data Items

December 22, 2014

WikiData – Free KnowledgeBase With 15,819,145 Editable Data Items
http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Main_Page

Wikidata is a free linked database that can be read and edited by both humans and machines. Wikidata acts as central storage for the structured data of its Wikimedia sister projects including Wikipedia, Wikivoyage, Wikisource, and others. Wikidata also will provide support to many other sites and services beyond just Wikimedia projects! The content of Wikidata is available under a free license, exported using standard formats, and can be interlinked to other open datasets on the linked data web. This will be added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This will be added to Statistics Resources and Big Data Subject Tracer™. This will be added to Entrepreneurial Resources Subject Tracer™.

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Mendeley – Free Reference Manager and Academic Social Network

December 20, 2014

Mendeley – Free Reference Manager and Academic Social Network
http://www.mendeley.com/

Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network. Make your own fully-searchable library in seconds, cite as you write, and read and annotate your PDFs on any device. Features include: a) All your research in one place – Securely stored and accessible across devices, you can search and sort your references, documents and notes in one place – right down to the keyword you’re looking for; b) Read and annotate on the go – Use Mendeley online or offline to access your PDFs on the move. Highlight, annotate and add sticky notes to capture your thoughts in context; c) Citation and bibliographies – Generate your citations and bibliography in the style of your choice – in just a few clicks. Compatible with Microsoft Word, LibreOffice and BibTeX; d) Sharing and collaboration – Publicly or privately share reading lists, references or full-text articles. Create groups to tackle research assignments, share feedback and write papers with your collaborators; and e) Showcasing your work – Connect with colleagues, peers or classmates to follow their research output. Showcase your published research to millions around the world. This will be added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This will be added to Student Research Resources Subject Tracer™. This will be added to Education and Academic Resources Subject Tracer™.

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GoPitch – Pitch To the World

December 20, 2014

GoPitch – Pitch To the World
http://gopitch.co/

If you can’t explain what you do to someone, things get difficult. People like me have a challenging time explaining our big visions and ideas, but we’re good at receiving feedback and iterating to improve. Using GoPitch should get you feedback, exposure, and fresh looks on your concept. Why only 35 seconds? People are busy, and being concise is hard (something I learned after having to compress my life into 140 characters). Hard things are usually important. Did I mention people are busy? This will be added to Entrepreneurial Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This will be added to Start Up Resources for the Entrepreneur white paper.

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Alexis Ohanian’s Product Picks

December 20, 2014

Alexis Ohanian’s Product Picks
http://snipurl.com/29clkw5

Products Alexis recommends every entrepreneur know about. This will be added to Entrepreneurial Resources Subject Tracer™.

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Component Search – Find the Components You Need Now

December 19, 2014

Component Search – Find the Components You Need Now
http://componentsearch.com/

Component Search is a leading provider in the component sourcing market committed to becoming the industry standard for the procurement of components. With millions of components in our vendors’ inventories and over 300 million parts in our component database, Component Search is your one-stop shop for everything from procuring to researching parts. Component Search prides itself on offering the most user friendly website in the industry, complete with the most advanced tools for engineers, managers, and procurement professionals alike. Features include: 300 million+ datasheets and advanced part data; b) Inventories from ober 800 verified suppliers; and c) Real time pricing from your favorite distributors. This will be added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This will be added to Entrepreneurial Resources Subject Tracer™. This will be added to ShoppingBots Subject Tracer™.

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NodeXL – Network Overview, Discovery and Exploration

December 19, 2014

NodeXL – Network Overview, Discovery and Exploration
http://nodexl.codeplex.com/

NodeXL is a free, open-source template for Microsoft® Excel® 2007, 2010 and 2013 that makes it easy to explore network graphs. With NodeXL, you can enter a network edge list in a worksheet, click a button and see your graph, all in the familiar environment of the Excel window. Visit the NodeXL Graph Gallery to see the wide variety of graphs that have been created by the NodeXL community. This will be added to Business Intelligence Resources Subject Tracer™. This will be added to Entrepreneurial Resources Subject Tracer™ This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™.

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