Poynter. » WebSpeak http://www.poynter.org Standing for journalism, strengthening democracy | Journalism training, media news & how to's Thu, 24 May 2012 01:53:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Tweet (and other Twitter lingo) http://www.poynter.org/archived/webspeak/90445/tweet-and-other-twitter-lingo/ http://www.poynter.org/archived/webspeak/90445/tweet-and-other-twitter-lingo/#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:14:45 +0000 Ellyn Angelotti http://poynter.atendesigngroup.com/how-tos/digital-strategies/webspeak/90445/tweet-and-other-twitter-lingo/ Thanks to @barbaranixon for the inspiration with her Twitter lexicon blog post.

A few key terms you need to know to understand the Twitter world (Twittertopia?).

Tweet: Your 140-character (or shorter) message
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]]> Thanks to @barbaranixon for the inspiration with her Twitter lexicon blog post.

A few key terms you need to know to understand the Twitter world (Twittertopia?).

Tweet: Your 140-character (or shorter) message
… Read more

]]> http://www.poynter.org/archived/webspeak/90445/tweet-and-other-twitter-lingo/feed/ 0 HTML http://www.poynter.org/archived/webspeak/90117/html/ http://www.poynter.org/archived/webspeak/90117/html/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:48:17 +0000 Dana Eagles http://poynter.atendesigngroup.com/how-tos/digital-strategies/webspeak/90117/html/ HTML is the computer language used to create documents on the Web. HTML, which stands for “hypertext markup language,” tells a Web browser how to display text and images. You can see the complex code that underlies a Web page

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]]> HTML is the computer language used to create documents on the Web. HTML, which stands for “hypertext markup language,” tells a Web browser how to display text and images. You can see the complex code that underlies a Web page

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]]> Terms of service are the “fine print” rules that online publishers establish and that users “agree” to follow in exchange for benefiting from the services the site provides. Though seldom read by users (and hard to find on on most… Read more

]]> http://www.poynter.org/archived/webspeak/90057/terms-of-service/feed/ 0 FTP http://www.poynter.org/archived/webspeak/89933/ftp/ http://www.poynter.org/archived/webspeak/89933/ftp/#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:51:40 +0000 Dana Eagles http://poynter.atendesigngroup.com/how-tos/digital-strategies/webspeak/89933/ftp/ FTP stands for file transfer protocol. In essence, it’s a set of rules governing the exchange of files between computers over a network such as the Internet. FTP is commonly used to download files from… Read more

]]> FTP stands for file transfer protocol. In essence, it’s a set of rules governing the exchange of files between computers over a network such as the Internet. FTP is commonly used to download files from… Read more

]]> http://www.poynter.org/archived/webspeak/89933/ftp/feed/ 0 TrackBack http://www.poynter.org/archived/webspeak/89542/trackback/ http://www.poynter.org/archived/webspeak/89542/trackback/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:29:07 +0000 Dana Eagles http://poynter.atendesigngroup.com/how-tos/digital-strategies/webspeak/89542/trackback/ A TrackBack is an automated notification that lets one blog let another blog know it’s being linked to, thus facilitating “conversations” between blogs. Say, for example, that a food blog publishes a post with a link to… Read more

]]> A TrackBack is an automated notification that lets one blog let another blog know it’s being linked to, thus facilitating “conversations” between blogs. Say, for example, that a food blog publishes a post with a link to… Read more

]]> http://www.poynter.org/archived/webspeak/89542/trackback/feed/ 0 Blogroll http://www.poynter.org/archived/webspeak/89540/blogroll/ http://www.poynter.org/archived/webspeak/89540/blogroll/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:14:06 +0000 Dana Eagles http://poynter.atendesigngroup.com/how-tos/digital-strategies/webspeak/89540/blogroll/ A blogroll is a list of links in which a blogger points readers to related blogs. It says, in effect, if you liked my blog, you might be interested in these others, too. A blogroll typically runs… Read more

]]> A blogroll is a list of links in which a blogger points readers to related blogs. It says, in effect, if you liked my blog, you might be interested in these others, too. A blogroll typically runs… Read more

]]> http://www.poynter.org/archived/webspeak/89540/blogroll/feed/ 0 Technorati http://www.poynter.org/archived/webspeak/89538/technorati/ http://www.poynter.org/archived/webspeak/89538/technorati/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:04:53 +0000 Dana Eagles http://poynter.atendesigngroup.com/how-tos/digital-strategies/webspeak/89538/technorati/ Technoratiis a search engine devoted to finding and organizing content in the ever-expanding blogosphere – including the thousands of blogs hosted by news organizations. Although Technorati made its name with blogs, it has expanded to include the… Read more

]]> Technoratiis a search engine devoted to finding and organizing content in the ever-expanding blogosphere – including the thousands of blogs hosted by news organizations. Although Technorati made its name with blogs, it has expanded to include the… Read more

]]> http://www.poynter.org/archived/webspeak/89538/technorati/feed/ 0 Chicklet http://www.poynter.org/archived/webspeak/89537/chicklet/ http://www.poynter.org/archived/webspeak/89537/chicklet/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:01:51 +0000 Dana Eagles http://poynter.atendesigngroup.com/how-tos/digital-strategies/webspeak/89537/chicklet/ A chicklet is the small icon, or button, often seen on Web pages and blogs indicating that users can subscribe to a feed of the type of content displayed there – such as postings to a blog.… Read more

]]> A chicklet is the small icon, or button, often seen on Web pages and blogs indicating that users can subscribe to a feed of the type of content displayed there – such as postings to a blog.… Read more

]]> http://www.poynter.org/archived/webspeak/89537/chicklet/feed/ 0 Final Cut Pro http://www.poynter.org/archived/webspeak/89274/final-cut-pro/ http://www.poynter.org/archived/webspeak/89274/final-cut-pro/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:17:20 +0000 Dana Eagles http://poynter.atendesigngroup.com/how-tos/digital-strategies/webspeak/89274/final-cut-pro/ Final Cut Pro is an Apple software program widely used in newsrooms to edit video shot by photographers and reporters for posting on news sites. It’s an example of a non-linear editing program, which allows the editor… Read more

]]> Final Cut Pro is an Apple software program widely used in newsrooms to edit video shot by photographers and reporters for posting on news sites. It’s an example of a non-linear editing program, which allows the editor… Read more

]]> http://www.poynter.org/archived/webspeak/89274/final-cut-pro/feed/ 0 Photo Gallery http://www.poynter.org/archived/webspeak/89046/photo-gallery/ http://www.poynter.org/archived/webspeak/89046/photo-gallery/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 18:35:37 +0000 Dana Eagles http://poynter.atendesigngroup.com/how-tos/digital-strategies/webspeak/89046/photo-gallery/ A photo gallery is a collection of pictures offering a variety of views of an event or situation -– and allowing photographers to display much more of their work than could be accommodated on any given page of a Web site. Although

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]]> A photo gallery is a collection of pictures offering a variety of views of an event or situation -– and allowing photographers to display much more of their work than could be accommodated on any given page of a Web site. Although

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