Move the web cam

I just finished working with a classmate on a communication assignment and I have to say, it was a lot of fun. We spent a few hours working with each other on Google Documents and a Skype video call and it was a total success. It was real-time remote document editing and face-to-face communication… [...]

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Building a super forum: Director’s Cut + Extra Footage

So, here is the ‘Director’s Cut’ of how to build a super forum. For those who pay attention to titles you realize I’m missing Episodes 1, 2 and 3, but be assured that will be corrected in the future. Like any good Director in the special features on a DVD it’s time to [...]

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Is something other than Twitter inevitable?

I hate Internet outages about as much as power outages without a deck of cards, but even worse is when that one Internet service you rely on is unavailable. You can check the scores at TSN and you can get the weather, but Twitter is down… again.
I haven’t been on Twitter for nearly as [...]

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Building a super forum: Episode 6

Public Relations professionals concern themselves with two specific things among others: their reputation and their client’s. The Internet can be an influential place that can sway public opinion quickly and sometimes it doesn’t matter who starts the trouble.
We’ve all done it before – we’ve “googled” ourselves (I’m probably not the only one who hates [...]

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Communicators better get wired

I like the Internet because it has a lot to offer. It’s an avenue for communication, it breaks down geographical boundaries and it’s fast. I came across an article recently by Om Malik called Big Growth for the Internet Ahead, Cisco Says and the graphic caught my eye.

For an Internet enthusiast this is [...]

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Building a super forum: Episode 5

Use RSS Feeds. They will save your life – metaphorically speaking.
I used to do this: check friend’s site, no updates; check the local Internet gaming team’s site, no updates; check to see if any friends have recently posted any photos, no updates. If you left your computer dormant for a half an hour there [...]

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E-mail is boring…

That’s what my one student-for-life told me a few days ago.
I suppose Steve is an example for me of a friend who completely grew up submerged in online culture. I tutored him throughout his elementary school days and now he is smack in the middle of high school. My first memories of computers [...]

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Building a super forum: Episode 4

Bookmarks were great for everyone until the inevitable happened; the price of computers went down, every student got a laptop and before you knew it your day consisted of working on one, two and maybe even three computers. It’s a real hardship for tech junkies, I know.
I looked around a while for solutions to [...]

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Making a useful ’super forum’

Things are getting very interesting in the Web PR world. With all the work I’ve done in Computer Science and Information Technology along with my personal use of different Windows gadgets and Linux, using Internet tools for public relations purposes just feels natural.
So far Melanie McBride has shown our Centennial class a number of [...]

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Noodle Code

When I first tripped over this ‘blog’ idea on the Internet, there was ‘the good’ and there was ‘the bad.’
Blogs are good in that they allow anyone to become a publisher and share their ideas with the world. They also allow anyone to, at least mentally, have their own website.
How are blogs bad? [...]

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