The Net Naturalist
A field guide to social media.
Category: Technology
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Wearable technology is on the rise. I’ve read a number of articles discussing the growing importance of wearable tech with predictions such as “Why Wearable Tech Will Be As Big As the Smartphone” as well as compilation posts that talk about tech advancements and trends in 2013 or 2014. It amuses me and can’t help but notice how NOT NEW…
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So because of my science background, when I think pinning– I don’t necessarily imagine the site, Pinterest. I think of entomology class when I was instructed to capture, pin and label insects. But alas, pinning doesn’t have to mean clumsily sticking a pin through the mesothorax. I’m now associating it with a vibrant and visual…
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With the addition of Google+ brand pages, I’ve noticed a number of awesome environmental, outdoor and wildlife brand pages. I couldn’t resist sharing them. I decided I would create a useful Nature and Wildlife Circle on Google+ that includes many of the environmental groups you can follow. I’d love to aggregate a number of them, so…
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I’ve collected a number of free ways to create a petition and hope that anyone (mom) who reads this blog can put them to good use for protecting the environment and wildlife. As always, I welcome feedback and hope you share your tools and techniques with me! Change.org: Even from the homepage, Change.org encourages members…
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I knew I would find soil fascinating, so I decided to take a night class titled “The Living Soil“. I was also interested in learning about soil so that when the inevitable zombie apocalypse strikes I may be able to plant some food for my dear family and the few remaining survivors. Currently I’m just…
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Being an avid news-junkie, loving RSS feeds (RSS = Real Simple Syndication) that make staying up to date on key issues easy and amusing comes with the territory. I love them so much that I sometimes get carried away and I overpopulate my Google Reader. I subscribe to everything from nonprofit technology bloggers to key…
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*Note: An updated version of this post can be found on Wildlife Promise called 25+ Nature and Wildlife Mobile Apps. If you managed to wrestle my iPhone away from me, you would see that I collect nature applications, everything from trail-tracking apps to apps that help me identify birds (my weakness). My goal is to…
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While I’m busy at the awesome Choose Clean Water Conference I can’t let it slip by that it is Beth Kanter’s Birthday today. Beth has helped countless wildlife organizations spread their messages and learn how to use social media. She’s also a wildlife watcher herself and makes sure to take her kids outside. 🙂 She’s…
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For the past several months, NWF has been asking people to pledge to get themselves and their kids outside more. Part of the fun of my job was to ask parents and activists to take the pledge. Not being entirely certain that the original pledge would work for social media’s sake– I created both one…
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