get embed code from flickr slideshow
flickr creates great slideshows.. you can get the "embed code" and put it on your own site (eg blog, wiki etc.)

search compfight for flickr images
Use compfight dot com to search flickr for images licensed under creative commons. Make sure you keep a copy of the photo's web address so you can credit the photographer.

Follow latest activity via a "Feed Reader"
To spare your email inbox, you can Subscribe to the "Latest Activity" RSS feed (eg in the ACE e-learning Ning network) using a Feed Reader (eg google).

add link in ning
michael chalk adds a link to a comment in the Ning place.

optimise photos in xnview
XNview is a great free image editor. You can resize and optimise a whole folder full of images in one go, using the "Batch Process".

Read the links in a Ning
it pays to give your attention to the links in a Ning environment. EG: under "latest activity", 1) a name 2) replied 3) to a discussion ..will all link to specific, different places. Try it out.

change heading colours in wikispace stylesheet
At wikispaces.com there are a few ways to change your look and feel. If you'd like to be more advanced in your editing, you can change the look of your heading colours. in this screencast, michael chalk shows how to use a colour scheme generator to produce codes you can then key into the wikispace CSS.

optimise a single image with XNview
how to resize, crop and export an image for the web (smaller screen and file sizes)

Add images in Wordpress (PRACE)
How to add an image to a post or page, for people at PRACE editing the website.

Links in google docs
how to insert a link in google documents

Links in iGoogle
many people use a range of google services eg calendar, docs, gmail etc. One of their services can tie the others together - "igoogle", at google.com/ig Here michael chalk investigates a gadget for your iGoogle called google bookmarks.