I heard a story this morning about a policeman who ease-dropped on a conversation to learn that the 14-year old daughter of the man he was listening to had a Facebook Page. The policeman took it upon himself to make this statement to the father of the girl, “Your daughter [...]
I have been talking about how students can leverage social networks, like LinkedIn, to give themselves an advantage when looking for an internship or a job after graduation. Using these social networking channels proactively and responsibly will differentiate an average student from a student that [...]
In a post a few weeks ago, I talked about students and social media. In that post I mentioned the lack of attention that colleges and schools put on social media as a channel to grow a professional network. Some emphasis is placed on [...]
Let me start by saying that online privacy is an important issue that must be respected and honored during all interaction on the Web. Good, that being said, having little cookies storing and transmitting bits of “general” information about a user’s online traits isn’t such a bad thing. I like [...]
I mentioned in an earlier post about Google Docs that everyone needs to consider Google Docs as a viable option for Office software. Now, Google has officially launch a conversion tool for Microsoft Office files available to everyone. The
I am about to finish school again. This time totally finish and actually have a Bachelor’s Degree to show for all the effort. It’s amazing what some age and maturity along with paying for school yourself can do to motivate one to complete the task at hand. With that said, [...]
We have all seen how oppressive governments view social media. Governments know social media is a powerful communications platform that spreads the words of dissident and oppressed people wanting change. Change is viewed as bad by established ruling parties in most cases. First Tunisia, then Egypt, and now unrest is [...]
I have finally realized, that in a very short period of time, I have become a Foursquare geek! I came to this conclusion when I left a very cool place (The Community Tap) and was PO-ed at myself [...]
Google Docs is an aspect of the Internet that we are going to see a lot more of in the future. Heard of the concept of the “cloud”? Microsoft talks about “take it to the cloud” in many of their latest commercials. Do you know what that means?
Well Google has a [...]
Continuing the theme talking about backing up data and keeping information safe.
Are you worried about losing important family pictures and videos? What about those important files that if lost the world would stop spinning? What about just having a little bit of [...]
