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Ahhhh, stock photography. If done well, stock photos can add a powerful, visual element to the content on your website.  But please (my February resolution is to be more polite), please take the time to do comprehensive photo research when you don’t have a shutterbug on hand. Planning the visual aspects of your website is [...]

Once again, this is not a listing of places where I quaffed magic mushrooms in a field (that’s a totally different blog). Instead, this is my weekly round-up of the best of the interwebz, painstakingly curated by spending probably too much time online. In my defense, we were pummeled/blessed with about 5 feet of glittery [...]

In the spirit of all that is righteous and rockin’ about Fridays, I’d like to introduce a new feature on the SpaceRace blog: Raves! This ain’t your teenage son’s glow-sticky, Lords of Acid-y, baggy pants-y rave. This is a weekly celebration of the best of the web, where we’ll chat about the most amazing things [...]

A recent study conducted by Latitude Research, featured on Read Write Web, looks at what kids want from technology. The results are surprising and somewhat counter-intuitive, with the recent media reports about the effects of excessive screen time and the debate over gaming as an effective learning method. The researchers found that imaginative creation, connectivity, [...]

It’s a big day for Ning. Since announcing the end of free networks, Creators and community managers have waited in limbo for a new pricing structure. Educators and non-profits too. Free Nings ushered in a proliferation of new world networks, connected people, and made a lot of really cool stuff possible. For one particularly inspiring [...]