Monthly Archives: December 2010

Classmates posts, and faretheewell!

Well, it’s been a great quarter.  Grats to all those who were graduating with the end of it.  Just wanted to say that I’ve really enjoyed this class and for many reasons.  I have to echo Rowdy’s post in saying … Continue reading

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What’s Next in Social Networking?

Sometimes I wish I had gone on to become a computer software engineer so I could write code and invent something cool like Facebook.  I’ve watched the rise and subsequent near fall of MySpace and the rise and crazy popularity … Continue reading

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Pulse – Take It!

My office is not what you would call a technological hotspot as far as people using new tech and sharing it with each other, but a few days ago I told a lawyer in my office about Hoot Suite, which … Continue reading

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Project Post

Hey guys! I’m going to be talking about my final project, My Ideal Protein Blog. It’s a blog about a diet that I began on October 12.  I’ve got a big goal for weight loss, and I plan to chronicle … Continue reading

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What would we do instead?

I’ve been thinking about the readings for this week and this question keeps popping up in my mind.. If we didn’t consolidate the stream that brings us our data, phone, internet, television, etc… how would it evolve?  What would we … Continue reading

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We’re not gossips….we just like stories

It’s hard to admit that you’ve ever driven slowly past an accident in an effrot to see what was “going on.”   Denying that you are interested in other people’s business is just what you do in polite society.  But gossip … Continue reading

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Google Books…. you mean that sh%t’s not free?

Google announced today that it was going to be cutting itself a healthy hunka e-book pie.  Though it is in direct competition with iBooks and Amazon’s burgeoning “Kindle” library, one of its main claims to fame is that it is platform … Continue reading

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Internet Privacy – Only you can look out for you

People living in this country often labor under the false impression that their Internet privacy is somehow constitutionally protected.  Let me assure you that in the good old U.S. of A. this is not the case.  Information that you give … Continue reading

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Universal Wish List . . . what a great idea!

I was thinking about the upcoming holidays this afternoon, and while I have eschewed the commercial insanity of Christmas, I still like to get a few little things around the holidays for the people in my life who make it … Continue reading

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Post Discussion Leader Post

Well, I had been a bit nervous about doing the discussion leader thing because I found so many of the presentations to be so well done that I didn’t really know how I was going to stack up with my … Continue reading

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