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POPSPeople give birth and die on Facebook (internet actually)
The thing about Facebook and Twitter is that unlike earlier times on the Internet, these two companies have shaped the perception of people connected to each other more closely than ever before. Everyone is on-line on FB or Twitter or both!. Not that people were not connected earlier via email or email groups (and some exclusively still are), but FB and Twitter are humongous instant messenger type services where everyone perceives as something where you know others are on (email does not give a perception that you are on and individual instant-messenger were always individual). So as Facebook comes up with ideas on what to do with people who are dying on the internet, I think they should also come up with some special arrangements when people are born. I'm not talking about some FB application (I hate them and they are annoying). There is no denying that babies are being born on Facebook every day (it sounds weird but that is a truth).
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POPSIM bot tutorial This quick tutorial will show you how to develop your own functional IM bot that works with Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live and all other popular instant messaging clients.
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POPSBeverly Hills case blends free speech, public schools and cyber-bullying "In the Beverly Vista case, in which attorneys for both sides are in the stage of filing motions, the friends had been out of school for about two hours when they talked about another girl at school, directing some profanity at the girl but making no threats. The girl who recorded that conversation on her personal digital camera posted it on YouTube that evening. The video was viewed by about 20 people, including the girl who was talked about in the recording, according to the lawsuit. In an Instant Messenger chat, that girl told the one who posted the video to "keep it up for now," court papers allege. The next day, the girl and her mother went to the school's administrative office. School officials summoned the student responsible for posting the video and demanded that she delete the video on the spot, saying she had humiliated the girl who was talked about, according to court documents."
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POPSinstant messenger Meebo added feature of allowing the creation of user accounts meebo the February 16, 2006, which enables users to use a single login to connect to multiple services.
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POPSThe Technology Tug of War My Favourite part of this article: "In this strange new world of multimedia academia, I’m competing for my students’ attention - and I haven’t even mentioned the distractions of texting on cellphones. With all the distractions, I am essentially forced to shout for attention. The classroom has become a three ring circus, and I’m on the smaller stage off to the right."
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POPSAIM, MSN, ICQ, Yahoo Messenger Spy Monitor Fairly intrusive stuff - I wonder when "anti-spy" monitor software will be released and then counter-acting "anti-anti-spy" software - and here i was thinking these IM chat clients encrypted everything outside the chat itself :S - I'm fairly sure MSN chat logs are... sounds like I have lots to hide LOL
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POPSBefore They Spoiled the Software iTunes has always been bloated and buggy on windows. All of the other media players are bloated but generally work alright. IMHO The last good version of ACDsee was version 3. The best picture manager now is Picasa. Adobe Reader has always been rubbish. Version 4 does run faster, but FoxIt Reader is the better alternative.
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POPSAre You a Geek? Think if you try the test (more questions follow) you may already know the answer.
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POPSThe tools our students use Alan November argues that educators should take advantage of students' high comfort level with networked tools. Via Laura Blankenship's tweets (that's GeekyMom to you): http://snipr.com/1ne3v.
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