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OpenDesk.cc Is Like Ikea For Open Source Zealots | TechCrunch

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Furniture is probably the last thing on the mind of most open source proponents but now it doesn’t have to be. OpenDesk is a free, open source line of furniture that you can make yourself or order unassembled from a maker with a CNC machine. Not only is the furniture cheap – free if you have the wood and hardware – it’s actually cool-looking.

Created by Joni & David Steiner and Development 00, OpenDesk is the first project that is compatible with FabHub, a site that allows you to search for fabricators in your area. You could also find someone with a ShopBot to cut the pieces for you and drop them off at your domicile or office.

OprnDesk

See the full story: OpenDesk.cc Is Like Ikea For Open Source Zealots | TechCrunch.

App offers Edinburgh bookshop tour | The Bookseller

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A free app providing a tour of Edinburgh’s 53 bookshops has been released onto iTunes.

The Bookshops Trail app has been created to mark Edinburgh’s status as a UNESCO City of Literature and gives users an overview of each bookshop and its individual specialisms, opening times, contact details and the quickest way to get there. The app covers independent bookshops, chain retailers and secondhand sellers.

Bookshops featured include the Owl & Lion Gallery, Free Church Books, Peter Bell Books, Old Children’s Books, Pulp Fiction and Fruitmarket Gallery, as well as branches of Blackwell’s and Waterstones.

A What’s On feature also provides up-to-date information for all literary events taking place across Edinburgh.

A spokesperson said: “Free and a must-have for the travelling booklover, this app will give users a visual and informative guide to Edinburgh’s bookshops. Edinburgh is the world’s first UNESCO City of Literature, one of six cities worldwide to receive UNESCO’s City of Literature designation.”

The app is supported by the City of Literature website. 

Edinburgh Bookshops Trail

via App offers Edinburgh bookshop tour | The Bookseller.

10 OpenCourseWare Sites for a Free Education | Mashable

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See the full article: 10 OpenCourseWare Sites for a Free Education | Mashable.

  1. MIT
  2. OpenCourseWare Consortium
  3. Yale
  4. Open.Michigan
  5. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  6. Harvard Medical School
  7. Carnegie Mellon
  8. Tufts University
  9. Notre Dame
  10. UC Berkeley

14 Fantastic Free Tools for Design Collaboration | Mashable

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There’s a wealth of excellent collaboration tools to make it easier to get feedback and approve artwork in a timely, professional manner. For freelancers or small agencies on a tight budget, these free tools can make sharing design concepts in real time a breeze, without breaking the bank. via 14 Fantastic Free Tools for Design Collaboration | Mashable

The 14 tools reviewed are:

  1. Red Pen
  2. Bounce
  3. Flatsies
  4. Prevue
  5. Marqueed
  6. GoVisually
  7. Invision App
  8. Design Drop
  9. Framebench
  10. Concept Inbox
  11. Skwibl
  12. EasyProof
  13. Apollo
  14. Redmark

Download 151 science fiction and fantasy stories from Tor for free! | ion

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Tor.com is celebrating its fifth birthday with a gift for all of us science fiction fans: all of the original stories published on the site over the last five years collected in a single ebook. Happy birthday, Tor!

The collection, The Stories: Five Years of Original Fiction on Tor.com was first posted in mid-July, but the download link is coming down next week, so head over to Tor, sign up to become a registered member, and enjoy thousands of pages of free fiction!

via Download 151 science fiction and fantasy stories from Tor for free! | io9.

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26 Free Live Webinars for Librarians in August | Ellyssa Kroski – OEDB.org

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26 Free Live Webinars for Librarians in August | Ellyssa Kroski – OEDB.org.

Ellyssa’s always popular monthly post listing free webinars for librarians. Boopsie-Daisy, Easy-Peasy! One librarian’s experience with Boopsie mobile app development  and  Inclusive Library Programs for People with Intellectual Disabilities are must attend for me. Always a great range of topics!

13 Best Free Audio Editing Apps | Mashable

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See the full discussion: 13 Best Free Audio Editing Apps | Mashable.

  1. Acoustica Basic Edition
  2. Audacity
  3. AudioTool
  4. Tunekitten Audio Editor
  5. MP3 Cutter
  6. MP3Gain
  7. Audio Joiner
  8. Reaper
  9. WavePad
  10. WaveShop
  11. Wavosaur
  12. Fission
  13. Nero WaveEditor

For an LIS class group assignment in 2012, we evaluated and compared a few different audio editing applications (Audacity, LMMS, Traverso and WaveSurfer) and Audacity came out the winner on the majority of criteria, usability and range of features available.

35 Free Live Webinars for Librarians in July | Ellyssa Kroski – OEDB.org

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35 Free Live Webinars for Librarians in July | Ellyssa Kroski – OEDB.org

Ellyssa usually publishes a new list early every month. I highly recommend following her blog, the iLibrarian on the OEDb website.

ALA Launches Online Hub to Support Tech Literacy | The Digital Shift

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The American Library Association (ALA) this week launched a preview version of Digital Learn, a free online resource for librarians working with digital literacy learners. The new hub, which will be fully available June 30, follows recommendations released this month from ALA’s Digital Literacy Task Force.

via ALA Launches Online Hub to Support Tech Literacy | The Digital Shift.

See also: ALA Task Force releases digital literacy recommendations | ALA

 

Cultivate Your Creativity With These 4 Fair Use Libraries | Mashable

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Looking for creative content that is also free can be taxing. And when overused, Creative Commons becomes a bore of stock photos and MIDI jingles. Especially when it comes to fair use music, sometimes you just want something more refined and less 8-bit.

via Cultivate Your Creativity With These 4 Fair Use Libraries | Mashable.

The article discusses:

  • Moby Gratis
  • Internet Archive
  • UbuWeb
  • Free Music Archive
  • Open Culture