This is where it’s at folks: free programming and web design books. Make your computer do impossible feats of inhuman strength with this collection of languages and techniques, from old-school Fortran to Web 2.0 hipster-standards AJAX or Ruby.
I’m loving this collection and (hopefully by mid spring) I’m going to gather all of my favorite [...]

The reason I love web design so much is that anyone can do it. The web is just full of tutorials, examples and geeks on call.
Here’s a massive resource of good links. It’s well organized and through, but it also manages to focus on reputable sources of information. Put this one in your bookmarks [...]

Google has a new librarian’s newsletter that offers a nice clear (and brief) look at how their rankings work.
Nice to see a little bit of transparency from the behemoth Google, which is known to be more than a little secretive about its algorithms.
This doesn’t actually, clear things up entirely, but it is Google’s [...]

The Digital Library for Earth Systems Education is a good example of the potential for using the web as a community repository of educational resources.
Unlike some of the other educational websites I’ve seen (which typically distribute prepackaged course materials), the DLESE has a strong emphasis on community input.
Having been around since 2001, it [...]