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Backing Up

Backing Up

Being an education professional in the field of computer design, I have always told students to back up their work, or else they may lose everything they’ve been working on for the last class period. I also tell students to back up their work in at least two locations online, and on a flash drive …

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Happy End of 11111011000

Happy End of 11111011000

I want to apologize for not posting in the past couple of weeks. It seems that my life as a retail superstar has interfered with my ability to act as an academic, let alone a public academic. So, I might as well attempt to write something before the end of the year. As my relatives …

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Delicious as an Cyber Organizational Structure

Delicious as an Cyber Organizational Structure

As a grad student, I often have a ton of books spread out throughout three to six locations. I can never remember where they are and I always have a tough time organizing them. Therefore, when I heard about Library from Delicious Monster, it seemed that I could finally have some scene of control over …

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The Next Virtual “Cottage Industry?”

The Next Virtual “Cottage Industry?”

It was hard for me to start writing this week. Suffering from a combination of writer’s block and a series of allergies made it tough to put words on the screen. However, there came from the Internet a significant amount of chatter that the writer’s block or sickness didn’t matter anymore. The discussion among those …

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Best of NCA 2008

Best of NCA 2008

I just wanted to use this post to highlight some of the key points from the first day/day zero of the National Communication Association 94th Annual Convention in San Diego. 1.) Follow the Boy Scout rule, “Be Prepared”: I had every intention to keep a hardcore Twitter stream with the little tidbits of wisdom I …

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Netbooks as the Future of Computing

Netbooks as the Future of Computing

I talked with one of my friends, and I found out something shocking. I’ve had many computers. The majority of them have simply died on me (5 out of 9, what can I say? I’m hard on computers). However, another point that has come to light is that it was hard for me to become …

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In Defense of Distributed Conversation Applications

In Defense of Distributed Conversation Applications

I’ve been using Ping.fm for almost a month and what I noticed that the service allows me to form my thoughts without worrying about how it may fit into the structure of most of the social networking sites. However, there has been a backlash against the use of such a “megaphone” application like Ping.fm. The …

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Open Source Software as the Gateway to Platform-Neutral Portability

Open Source Software as the Gateway to Platform-Neutral Portability

Many times I am forced to use a locked computer that has limited access online and zero ability to add software that I need for other projects. This point of frustration is why I believe initiatives such as the Open Source project and, more importantly, Portable Apps will be a vital resource in the next couple …

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