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Weekly Video: Technology Empowers Human Connections
We’ve seen many videos talking about social media. You know the video, with an upbeat backtrack and countless statistics screaming across the video. These are thought provoking videos, but one thing is missing in all the statistics; human connections. Rogers Communications produced a great video that talks about technology and does provide thought provoking statistics, [...]
It’s OK To Poke
Growing up our parents use to tell us its not nice to poke our brother or sister, but we never really listened. Now that lack of listening can pay off. Lately at work there has been a lot of experimentation with software, processes, methodologies, etc. When talking to my colleagues, I’ve referred to this experimentation [...]
Multiple Signatures Using Google Gmail
If you have a Gmail account and use it for both personal and professional purposes, you may have needed signatures for each. Unfortunately, Gmail doesn’t have the ability to create multiple email signatures like Outlook or other clients do. In my searches, I came across a method that uses the Greasemonkey add-on for Firefox. I’ve [...]
Weekly Video: Did You Know 4.0
I typically only do one weekly video in a week, hence the name weekly video, but this video just came through my e-mail from our College President and I want to share it now instead of waiting until next week. I’ve showcased similar videos in the past, but this was is updated and current with [...]
Twitter… The New Google Search
Image by louisvolant via Flickr For some people, Twitter is about sharing the happenings of their life. In fact, Twitter has a tutorial video describing what Twitter is on their web site. They even have as a tag line ‘What are you doing?’ This description and branding of Twitter has many people asking, ‘Why do [...]
Is Twitter a Waste of My Time?
As Twitter has gained popularity over the past few months, many institutions have struggled with the question: Is Twitter a waste of my time? I believe there are two further questions that are the cause for this questioning of Twitter and by answering these questions, you will be able know if Twitter is a waste [...]
Another Tech Merger: Oracle To Buy Sun
Image via CrunchBase It was announced on Monday, April 20th that Oracle has offered 7.4 billion dollars to buy Sun Microsystems. The first thing you may be wondering is ‘why would you care about Oracle’s plans to buy Sun?’ If you have a self-hosted instance of WordPress like I do or run an open-source CMS [...]
Twitter Is A Fad… Wait No It Isn’t!
I’ve been thinking about what to write about in my next post and started another topic that I may look at later, but decided to address the on-going discussion about whether or not Twitter is a fad or whether it isn’t. It seems that in personal conversations and online discussions lately, its come up about [...]
Weekly Video: The Internet and Social Media
This video proposes some interesting predictions about society and the impact that the Internet and social media will have on society. We’ve come a long way from the old predictions of the 50′s about flying cars. I believe these predictions are more accurate and based on the rapid changes with technology over the past 5-10 [...]
Where Is The Web Going?
Image by dullhunk via Flickr Most if not all of you have heard of various terms floating around like The Semantic Web or Web 3.0. These terms are used to describe the next phase of the Web. I don’t know how many of you have heard of TED. TED is an annual conference where some [...]
Social Media is NOT…
Social Media is NOT about the technology, but rather the relationships that are formed. Last night, while I was trying to fall asleep at 3am, I had an epiphany. I am attending the Stamats Integrated Marketing: Technology, Collaboration, Results conference in St. Petersburg, Florida and I have met some amazing people in the higher education [...]