Posted in Internet, Social Networks, Software, Telecommunications, Trends on December 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In addition to the normal “end of the year” articles and predictions for next year, I’m also starting to see “end of the decade” articles — like this one from PC Magazine. What were/are the best products, services, and technologies of the past decade? Here’s their take:
Google
Apple iPhone
Apple iPod
Facebook
Wi-fi
Broadband Internet access
TiVo
GPS
Windows XP
Apple iMac
Pretty amazing to [...]
Posted in Fun, Social Networks on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This year’s “word of the year” for 2009? The New Oxford American Dictionary says “unfriend:”
To remove someone as a ‘friend’ on a social networking site such as Facebook.
Although I understand how popular this word is, it’s a little depressing . . .
[from CNN]
Posted in Internet, Social Networks on March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Internet and the services that have been developed for it are usually helpful; sometimes a little funny or off-beat, but for the most part, they can help us in our work or personal lives. On the other hand, we sometimes see these services used in indiscriminate and harmful ways. That’s where this story fits [...]
Posted in Blogs/RSS, E-mail, Instant Messaging, Social Networks on March 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Thanks to PCMag.com, we have one place to check if you want to delete your accounts on some of the major services. I don’t know about you, but I have many accounts on different services — primarily to see if they fit me or if I fit them. There are many that I just leave [...]
Posted in Hardware, Security, Social Networks, Software, Telecommunications, Web 2.0 on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you haven’t yet seen it, MaintainIT has posted their third cookbook for technology in libraries — Planning for Success. This time they are focusing on maintaining and sustaining the technology in your library. Major sections include:
Planning and Decision-Making
Communication and Partnerships
Buying and Deploying Technology
Maintaining and Sustaining Technology
Networking and Security
Innovation, e.g., free/open source tools, gaming, Web [...]
Posted in Fun, Social Networks on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When I first joined Second Life a few years ago, I was not given much choice in what my default avatar looked like. I could make substantial changes to it after getting inside Second Life, but there weren’t many choices at the beginning. That was OK with me — I liked the default avatars.
Now, Linden [...]
Posted in Handhelds, Social Networks, Telecommunications, Trends on November 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been working with Second Life off and on for the past few years. One of the issues I’ve always come up against is the robustness of the system and connection that is needed in order to have a satisfactory experience. So, you can imagine how surprised I was to see that Second Life has [...]
Posted in Blogs/RSS, Fun, Social Networks, Trends, Web 2.0, Wikis on April 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you’ve seen one of the “In Plain English” videos created by Common Craft, you’ll remember it. Using basic tools like paper, scissors, drawings and a creative mind, they create videos that explain complex ideas.
If you’re wondering what these topics are and have a few minutes to spare, you will be rewarded:
Twitter
Online Photo Sharing
Blogs
Social [...]
Posted in Handhelds, Instant Messaging, Social Networks, Telecommunications on April 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Vollee is working to bring Second Life to your handheld. Amazing. Second Life will not work on most computers because of it higher requirements. To get it to work in a mobile environment seems questionable. However, this company has demonstrated their version and it seems to be true to the Second [...]
Posted in Social Networks, Trends on April 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Do you have stuff all over the Web? Maybe a blog, a Flickr account, a MySpace account, a FaceBook account, a YouTube account, Twitter, follow many RSS feeds? Would you like all of this in one place? That’s what social aggregation sites promise to provide.
Although relatively new, I’ve seen Iminta and FriendFeed. [...]
