The Internet at the local Starbucks has been unavailable for a few weeks which has motivated me to find uses for my computer when I’m offline. It’s amazing how much of the utility of my laptop is dependent upon having access to an Internet connection. In the spirit of making my computer useful when disconnected […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was reading the anti-Facebook privacy driven Internet zeitgeist around the new Diaspora project. I’m not sold on the idea of Diaspora, a peer to peer solution for social networking. I doubt it will have any more success than Freenet and other similar peer to peer projects which haven’t gained traction. What is interesting to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Listening to The Longest Time by Billy Joel while driving down Memory Ln in York, PA. Gunny #
RT @elizabrooks: Pay attention here RT @TechCrunch: Dave Morin Leaves Facebook To Launch New Startup With Shawn Fanning http://bit.ly/821DFr #
I saw this statistic that 83% of Twitter accounts did not publish anything in December. I don’t think that’s a reflection on Twitter’s value or popularity. Personally I don’t publish much on Twitter but I do find it a great resource to keep my finger on the pulse of what’s going on in the sectors […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I am taking a journalism class this semester as a way to ease back into the academic world and finish up my degree. Part of the class is to stay on top of the news, which I am generally good about. I listen to the BBC World Service, NPR, and have a subscription to The […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I had no idea Doctors Without Borders and Medecins Sans Frontieres were the same group. Learn something new every day. #
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