Resources and Information from the AIDS.gov blog:
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Accessibility
Web accessibility means that people with disabilities can perceive, understand, navigate, interact with, and contribute to the Web. Web accessibility encompasses all disabilities that affect access to the Web, including visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, and neurological disabilities...read full Accessibility One-Pager
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Blogs
Blogs are websites with regular updates and typically combine text, images (graphics or video), and links to other webpages. Blogs are usually informal—taking on the tone of a diary or journal entry. Some blogs are very personal, while others provide mainstream news updates. Most blogs encourage dialogue by allowing their readers to leave comments...read full Blogs One-Pager
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Mashups
A mashup is a website “that combines data from more than one source into a single integrated tool”. Data sources often include maps (such as Google Maps ) and databases (such as business locations). Mashups depend on organizations sharing data. They also depend on software developers to create programs that can work together...read full Mashups One-Pager
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Photo Sharing
Photo sharing sites allow you to literally “share photos” online with your friends, family, and colleagues. One of the most common online photo sharing sites is Flickr . Other popular photo sharing sites include SmugMug , BubbleShare , Picasa , and Photobucket . These sites share much in common with online social networking sites, such as Facebook and MySpace — users can connect with each other, send messages, leave comments, and share photos....read full Photo Sharing One-Pager
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Podcasts
Podcasts (a blend of the terms “iPod” and “broadcast”) are audio or video files that you can listen to or watch on your computer or on a variety of portable media devices (like an iPod, Zune, and certain cell phones). They are usually short, often free, and you can subscribe to receive new podcasts automatically via your computer or other media device...read full Podcasts One-Pager
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RSS Feeds
“RSS” stands for “Real Simple Syndication.” RSS feeds are a way for websites to distribute their content to people automatically. With an RSS feed, you can subscribe to a particular website, just like you would subscribe to a newspaper, and you will be notified when that site has new content...read full RSS Feeds One-Pager
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Social Network Sites
Social network sites are online communities that give you opportunities to connect with, or provide resources to, clients, colleagues, family, and friends who share common interests. In each social network, you create a profile that describes you or your organization, and then invite people to join you as “friends.” There are many different types of social network sites, many of which are free, and they range from general to those tailored for a specific demographic or interest area...read full Social Network Sites One-Pager
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Texting Appointment and Medication Reminders
Text messaging is a way of sending information to and from cell phones and certain personal digital assistants (PDAs). More and more clinics are exploring text messaging options to send their clients appointment and medication reminders...read full Texting Appointment and Medication Reminders One-Pager
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Text Messaging
Text messaging is a way of sending information to and from cell phones and certain personal digital assistants (PDAs)...read full Text Messaging One-Pager
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Twitter
You can think of Twitter as a “micro-blog.” You use your computer or mobile phone to broadcast short messages, or “tweets,” that are limited to 140 characters. People can sign up on Twitter to follow your tweets. You can choose to follow people and will receive their tweets, too. Twitter is a “service for friends, family, and coworkers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?”...read full Twitter One-Pager
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Usability
Usability measures the quality of a user’s experience when interacting with a product or system—whether that is a website, software application, mobile technology, or any user-operated device. In general, usability refers to how well users can learn and use a product to achieve their goals and how satisfied they are with that process...read full Usability One-Pager
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Video & Computer Games
Video and computer games are interactive games you play on game devices (such as Nintendo’s Wii, XBox, and Playstation), and computers. There are single player games, social (or multiplayer) games, and massively-multiplayer online games (MMO), where large numbers of participants play together over the Internet...read full Video & Computer Games One-Pager
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Virtual Worlds
A virtual world is a computer-based, simulated reality or fantasy environment where people can socialize, connect, and create in an infinite number of ways. Participants can develop digital representations of themselves, known as avatars. In a virtual world, you can be whomever (or whatever) you want to be...read full Virtual Worlds One-Pager
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Wikis
The term “wiki” comes from the Hawaiian word for “fast.” Wiki technology creates a webpage that anyone with access to it can modify—quickly and easily. A wiki is essentially a webpage with an edit button...read full Wikis One-Pager
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Nice site, with loads of useful information..
-- Richard Vanderhurst.
Posted by: Richard Vanderhurst | November 01, 2008 at 07:55 PM
Excellent!
Posted by: Joanne studders | April 01, 2009 at 04:30 PM
Thanks for making these print-friendly, too.
Posted by: Nicole Mandel | August 20, 2009 at 08:13 PM
These are really great!! It's incredibly useful to be able to explain to my older colleagues how to use these different tools, which are so intuitive to me. Thanks!
Posted by: M | September 01, 2009 at 02:45 PM
Thank you for such great resources - information on AIDs and information on tools to reach people with information as well.
Posted by: Kathlyn Ebert | November 17, 2009 at 09:04 PM