Drumbeat/campaignstorm/We Make the Web/newsletter

Topic ideas for the "Web Make the Web" Newsletter

• Sharing smart: How to source images and art for blog posts. How do you tell a story on your blog using rich media and images, but also stay within the boundaries of the law and give credit where credit is due (telling the story of CC)

• Fair hacking:You've learned enough html or css to be able to customize your blog or twitter page. Where do you source images and artwork? A guide to creative commons and the best photo/art sharing sites.

• Before you sign your life away: How to read the Terms of service on social networks and web-based applications without having to get a law degree. What to look for in terms of your data and how it can be used by the provider or even third-parties. How to talk to the provider about changing the TOS or alternative providers.

• How you see the web: An ongoing feature about misconceptions about the web (like a failblog for understanding the internet (the internet is a series of tubes), but a whole lot nicer about it)

• The terms they are a changin: When the TOS change on a major web-based application or social network, what are the relevant changes and how does that effect your use of the web?

• Apples to apples: A biweekly comparison of terms of service between social networks/sharing sites, particularly between open options and closed networks

• “If it's on the Internet, it must be true”: It may seem like research 101, but understanding how sites like wikipedia work and how you can contribute

• Options for measuring site traffic: What do the different types of visitors coming to my site mean, how to differentiate between a visitor, a spammer and a crawler

• The web won't bite: A continuing feature on how understanding how the web is built and operates, including stories on how your favourite programs and applications work, written for a lay audience

• Web Standards: It's more than a conversation for nerds. What web standards are and how they effect your use of the web.

• Fight the spammers: Easy things you can do to make it easy to have a conversation with your readers, but keep spam to a minimum

• Open Video: How html5 works and how you can use it on your site

• How open are you? A quiz to determine if you're using open applications and programs and what you're missing if you're not

• Aggregation nation: How to use tools like friendfeed, add-ons, etc to manage your social media accounts

• New product spotlights: explanations and demos using cool new tools for their content

• How'd they do that? Features on how open companies/orgs built their product balancing community and product