Recently found … 12/30/2009

  • “For students and teachers, the Google Docs collection provides a streamlined, collaborative solution to writing papers, organizing presentations and putting together spreadsheets and reports. But besides the basic features, there are lots of little tricks and hacks you can use to make your Google Docs experience even more productive. Here are 100 great tips for using the documents, presentations and spreadsheets in Google Docs.”

    tags: google, docs, organization, collaboration, productivity, google docs

  • MyFoodapedia is a comprehensive food database brought to you by the USDA Center for Nutrition.

    tags: nutrition, food, calories, wellness, government

  • “The Art of Manliness proudly presents the “35 Greatest Speeches in World History,” the finest library of speeches available on the web. How did we compile this list?

    Great oratory has three components: style, substance, and impact.

    Style: A great speech must be masterfully constructed. The best orators are masters of both the written and spoken word, and use words to create texts that are beautiful to both hear and read.

    Substance: A speech may be flowery and charismatically presented, and yet lack any true substance at all. Great oratory must center on a worthy theme; it must appeal to and inspire the audience’s finest values and ideals.

    Impact: Great oratory always seeks to persuade the audience of some fact or idea. The very best speeches change hearts and minds and seem as revelatory several decades or centuries removed as when they were first given.”

    tags: history, politics, inspiration, speech, oration, speaking and listening, literacy

  • Why? Because … we can’t resist these headlines: “Babies Living on Board Titanic!” and “Redneck Vampire Attacks Trailer Park”

    tags: newspaper, news, google

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