Recent Problems With Facebook Highlight Misunderstandings of the Web
Educators are grappling with how to deal with some of the problems that arise when students and teachers use online social networks such as FaceBook. No one is going to get it perfect to start with....
View ArticleDid We All Miss The Arrival of Web 3.0?
When I first started following the concept of Web 3.0, every article about the semantic web, or the merging of the current web with virtual worlds, or cloud computing mentioned that we were a few years...
View ArticleNo Matter How Much You Hate FaceBook, You Shouldn’t Make Up Stories About Its...
Like many people, I read the New York Times story about the FaceBook Exodus last week. I then laughed at how silly it was and moved on. But then I started seeing this article linked to every where…...
View ArticleIs FaceBook the Best Online Implementation of Educational Theory We Have So Far?
I have talked to many people that have taken a class online entirely through FaceBook. I can honestly say that none of them liked it. They found it really hard to go back and read things they missed,...
View ArticleIs Facebook Killing the Internet?
As a disclaimer, I use Facebook. I don’t hate it in any way. But all of the problem FB is having over privacy make me ponder where the Internet is heading. The more I think about it, the more I am...
View ArticleResponse to Yahoo’s plans to shut down delicious
Warning: This is an emotional response to yesterday’s announcement by Yahoo! that they are shutting down the popular, absolutely essential, epitome of web 2.0 tool delicious. What the hell?! First...
View ArticleFirst Impressions of Google+
When Google releases a new service, they usually do a decent to excellent job on the design and interface. You can rarely fault them on their ideas. Even if a particular idea isn’t your cup of tea, you...
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