Monday, April 27, 2009

Artists working with social media

i found this while researching for my paper.

http://socialmovement.org/

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

my site

Here is the link to my site: http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~purcell5

I'm still having issues, so once I get my captioned video I will upload to youtube to have an alternative. My site just shows up as an index. No idea why and it makes me nervous because you can take the files off of the site. I will figure it out, even if I have to go to a lab to fix.

Thanks.

Monday, April 20, 2009

Tweeting

Twitter article from NY Times.

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Internet relationships

We might have talked about this in class briefly. I know some people are doing their paper based on this issue.

http://jezebel.com/5218831/are-your-internet-relationships-helping-or-hurting-your-social-life

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Check this out!

This is just the first paragraph of the article...

Information thieves can now do an end run around encryption, networks and the operating system
Through the eyepiece of Michael Backes's small Celestron telescope, the 18-point letters on the laptop screen at the end of the hall look nearly as clear as if the notebook computer were on my lap. I do a double take. Not only is the laptop 10 meters (33 feet) down the corridor, it faces away from the telescope. The image that seems so legible is a reflection off a glass teapot on a nearby table. In experiments here at his laboratory at Saarland University in Germany, Backes has discovered that an alarmingly wide range of objects can bounce secrets right off our screens and into an eavesdropper's camera. Spectacles work just fine, as do coffee cups, plastic bottles, metal jewelry--even, in his most recent work, the eyeballs of the computer user. The mere act of viewing information can give it away.

To read the HTML full text...

Title: How to Steal Secrets without a Network. By: Gibbs, W. Wayt, Scientific American, 00368733, May2009, Vol. 300, Issue 5
Database: Academic Search Premier

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Related to today's class.

Very funny, and true.

YouTube Clip

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

your digital life made easier.

this is really cool, i'm gonna try it out. (it's free.) i will report my findings when i have the chance.

http://www.coolhunting.com/archives/2009/03/skimmer_x_adobe.php

From Coolhunting.com:

"The new Adobe AIR application Skimmer sorts this problem out with its clean, minimal interface that conveniently aggregates Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Youtube and Bebo activity in to a single list view while still allowing you expand each item to view the full details—all within the application. Skimmer also makes it easy to post status updates, Tweets, photos and videos to their respective sites."