I signed up for flickr but to be honest I highly doubt I will be using it. I already have a facebook account and dont think I would be active on another site that I have heard is similar. I chose not to sign up for other accounts on other websites becuase I dont think [...]
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Using Tags
Posted in Readings on Oct 22nd, 2008
I signed up for del.icio.us to begin taging and added the buttons offered by the site that were customized for the browser, which makes it possible to automatically update my delicious account even when I am not logged in. It’s definitely apparent that sites like flickr and delicious make it easier to stay connected and organize content. [...]
Our assignment for this blog was to sign up for a variety of websites that are based on the concept of Web 2.0 - the idea that users generate content, not the site. Some examples of this are Flickr, Digg, del.icio.us and Newsvine. Flickr is a photo sharing program operated by Yahoo. del.icio.ous allows you [...]
Virtual World
Posted in Readings on Oct 21st, 2008
It amazes me day in and day out how quickly technology is progressing, further allowing us to communicate. Through the use of websites, people across the world are able to share more or less whatever they want through the use of the internet. One in particular site caught my interset, Flickr. A blogging website which [...]
Politics and the Middle East RSS Feeds
Posted in Readings on Oct 15th, 2008
RSS feeds are a quick and easy way to access the latest information from sites one is interested in. Here they give headlines and quick synopses of different stories that take up little to no space clogging up the internet and rather than having to go to the site. This shows the different stories and [...]
TrekToday RSS Feed
Posted in Readings on Oct 15th, 2008
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My RSS feeds
Posted in Readings on Oct 15th, 2008
I signed up for the Google Reader because according to Journalism 2.0 it has features that will allow me to organize information and it will allow me to use multiple computers to access my account. When I registered for Google Reader it offered a choice of bundle packages to get started. I chose the news [...]
I decided to sign up for a web-based reader operated by Google to receive RSS feeds. I went with that reader because I’m not home a majority of the time during the week, so the web-base will allow me to check stories and updated news wherever I am.
For my final project, my initial idea is [...]
After registering for an account on iGoogle, I added a few RSS feeds by going to sites like the New York Times, The Washington Post and BBC. At first it was a little difficult to find the RSS feed link on each of these Web sites, but when I did find them, the selection of [...]
Rss feeds and final project ideas
Posted in Readings on Oct 15th, 2008
The RSS feeds I subcribed to are through google. The main ones I added were for sports and politics since those are the two main things that I follow. Also, I subcribed to some of the fin and games ones since they are always good if you are bored. The things I like about the [...]