A (semi-)Random Walk on the Web

If you are not sure what you are looking for in the Web World, SimilarWeb (www.similarweb.com/) is a Firefox Add-on that can be very helpful. After download and installation, a SimilarWeb icon appears in your main toolbar.


When clicked, it opens a sidebar on the left side of your browser screen, in which sites similar to your open page are automatically displayed in one of three formats: a thumbnail; list, or small icon. For example, if you were looking for a web analytics package other than Google Analytics (www.google.com/analytics/) and had found Woopra (www.woopra.com/), the SimilarWeb sidebar List View will show a list of similar sites, as shown in the illustration below.


Try using SimilarWeb in conjunction with StumbleUpon (www.stumbleupon.com/) for a really wild trip through the Web World.

Ning-ing a New Social Network

This called learning by doing -- to learn about Ning, I used it to set up a social network - "A place for all educators to share do's and don'ts, notes, tips, and tricks about technology applications for teaching and learning." It has the same name as this blog - visit it at

http://k24x7now.ning.com/

If the topic interests you, please join.