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What are the most popular social media sites?

Social Media

Nowadays, everybody resorts to using Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, WordPress, and Blogger.Facebook: Facebook is a social networking service launched in February 2004, owned and operated by Facebook, Inc. As of September 2012, Facebook has over one billion activ...

Blogger
Facebook
LinkedIn
Twitter
WordPress
social media

I’m interested in learning about a variety of types of software and programs that would be considere

Useful Links

LearnIt.ucla.edu is exactly what you are looking for. There are many links to all the IT resource options such as www.Lynda.com, Safari Books Online, Microsoft IT Academy, UCLA on iTunes, and the UCLA Knowledgebase. All of these resources offer basic and gener...

Lynda.com
Microsoft IT Academy
Knowledge Base
learnIT
programs
Safari ProQuest
web-based software

Is there any way for me to convert pdf/audio files into a searchable text?

Applications/Software

You can easily do this on Adobe Acrobat. Follow these steps:1. Open Adobe Acrobat. Go to the “File” in the drop down menu and select “Open.” Open the desired PDF file that you intend to have indexed and searched and select “Open.” Make sure that the first page...

Adobe
PDF
Acrobat
audio
conversion
searchable
text

Are there any general instructions for using general software tools?

Applications/Software

Both www.learnit.ucla.edu and www.kb.ucla.edu both have a wide variety of guides and tips for diverse collection of general software tools.When seeking an overview of a software package in Lynda.com, try the “fundamentals” or “up and running” version of the so...

general software
Knowledge Base
learnIT
tools
web-based software

Is there a program that allows for training of statistical software?

UCLA Tech Resources

The UCLA Institute for Digital Research and Education (IDRE) offers a statistical computing program provides UCLA researchers with assistance in applied statistics, data analysis and statistical computing issues. The goal is to help UCLA researchers solve thei...

Statistical Computing Program
idre
statistical software
training

html entity conversion website

Programming and Web Development

If you’ve ever inadvertently pasted a block of html into a GUI text editor and ended up with a set of html encoded greater than signs and other unreadable codes, this website helps you quickly convert back.http://htmlentities.net/Here’s an example:<...

HTML

Cross Browser Testing

Programming and Web Development

One of the problems in building a website is testing how it works on different browsers. I know there are different solutions out there, but I just heard about this one today, so I’m starting a list here. Please add other techniques or useful sites. http://www...

web design

Lynda.com Playlists

Useful Links

Lynda.com has a great feature to assist in organizing all the great course one will want to take with playlists.Playlists can be created in the iOS app or the web browser version of Lynda.com. It can be more accessible in the iOS app, however the web browser ...

Lynda.com
learnIT
online learning
software training

Lynda.com On-The-Go, iOS App

Useful Links

For iPhone and iPad users, Lynda.com has an iOS app to enjoy courses while on-the-go.The app is free to download, but you must log in to use it. Select “Web Portal Access” and enter “ucla.edu”, then press the go button. You will be prompted for your UCLA Logon...

Lynda.com
iOS
iPhone
lear
online learning

Chrome for Enterprise

Internet and Web Browsers Chrome

For standardized deployment Google does offer Chrome for enterprises— http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/business/browser/Additional information— FAQ, http://support.google.com/chromeos/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=188447 Google Enterprise Blog, http://g...

browser
chrome
web browsing

Gmail Documentation

Email

Google Apps documentation for Gmail— http://learn.googleapps.com/ Official Gmail Blog (handy for news & updates on features), http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/Also— Gmail Essential Training, http://www.lynda.com/Gmail-training/Essential-Training/77961-2.html ...

email
Gmail
Google Apps
Google

15 Basic ‘ls’ Command Examples in Linux

MacOS, Windows, and Linux Linux and Unix

I learned at least three things from this list, and I’ve been using ls for years.15 Basic ‘ls’ Command Examples in LinuxThe new things for me were: ls -lh – human readable format on file sizes ls -ltr – reverse output order, which is particularly useful when s...

Linux
ls
OS X
Unix

Microsoft VHD Test Drive Program

Programming and Web Development

( Quoting ) " The Microsoft Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) format is the common virtualization file format that provides a uniform product support system, and provides more seamless manageability, security, reliability and cost-efficiency for customers.Using the powe...

hyper-v
VHD
virtual machine
VM

Files, File Types, File Extensions, and Folders

MacOS, Windows, and Linux

File – A computer file is a way to store information on a computer so it can be used later, and perhaps exchanged with other people. Depending on what you are doing, you might have different types of files. For example if you write an essay for a class, then y...

Geog7
computer literacy

cron job examples

MacOS, Windows, and Linux Linux and Unix

Here are some interesting examples of cron job use. http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/06/15-practical-crontab-examples/ – I didn’t know about @monthly, @yearly, and @reboot, or changing the MAIL destination setting. http://www.pantz.org/software/cron/croninfo.h...

Linux
Unix

How to get an image to show with your shared link on Facebook

Social Media

Have you ever tried to share a link in an FB post and were frustrated when a thumbnail image didn’t show up with the blurb? Those all-text posts sure look boring…If so, try putting the URL in Facebook’s Debugging tool: https://developers.facebook.com/tools/deb...

Facebook
debugger

jQuery Tutorial

Programming and Web Development JavaScript

Learn the basic building blocks of jQuery in a two hour combination of videos, and interactive console challenges. – http://try.jquery.com/Please list any other useful jQuery Tutorials you know of.

JavaScript
programming

Digital Research Tools

Useful Links

http://dirt.projectbamboo.org/ – “collection registry of digital research tools for scholarly use.” organized by task Six Data Analysis Tools Anyone Can Use GGobi – “is an open source visualization program for exploring high-dimensional data.”Please add other...

tools