Podcasting guide

http://hivelogic.com/articles/podcasting-equipment-guide-2009/

Fun stuff!

sam

Breaking up in an online world

Good advice.

http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/10/how-to-break-up-in-an-online-worldand-avoid-e-stalkers.ars

This is not good. Plus 2600 and our semester long project.

Not good. Not good at all if true:
http://government.zdnet.com/?p=5547

To get the 2 point exam bonus you folks need to put a 1-2 paragraph
word document in into Drop Box week #4 answering: What is significant
enough about the term '2600' that the Hacker magazine chose it for
their name?

For next week:
Test tuesday on Windows/Internet. Notes:
- zorak.monmouth.edu/~posten/class5.ppt
- zorak.monmouth.edu/~posten/Class 9 - intranet.ppt
- zorak.monmouth.edu/~posten/class8.ppt
- zorak.monmouth.edu/~posten/class11-ethics.ppt
Thursday meet in the basement of the Library.
Thursday the next part of our semester long project is due, use Google
Scholar or Diigo to find 10 peer reviewed / scholarly articles related
to your subject and split them up between all team members for review.
Post the names of them and a link in Dropbox for Week 5 with who is
assigned to review each one.

From 2004, The Essay in the age of the Internet

Saw this linked earlier today, it's a good read and reminds me of what
I find frustrating about the modern educational system here in the US.
I wonder how much better off I'd be as a writer if I hadn't gotten
stuck with so many of the bad habits that built into this system. Or
would I still be a 'lazy' writer any way?
http://www.paulgraham.com/essay.html

The thing I like about Graham is that he is both a thinker and a
do-er, and he can distill down what separates the two, and separates
those groups from the average lazy slug like me. The bottom line is
that you all are spending an awful lot of money, time and effort to be
here at a University, and the whole 'point' of University seems to me
to be able to inspire you to do those things that will recoup that the
best. And Graham nails the million little cuts that tear most of us
down and gets us into the whole 'career' mindset which society has
deemed to be the safe and smart thing, and gives a sparkle of an
insight into what it takes to break free of that and do some
astonishing things with our limited time here on earth.

Some other good Graham essays if you like this one:
http://www.paulgraham.com/nthings.html
http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html
http://www.paulgraham.com/boss.html
http://www.paulgraham.com/mit.html
http://www.paulgraham.com/love.html
http://www.paulgraham.com/procrastination.html
http://www.paulgraham.com/gh.html
http://www.paulgraham.com/wealth.html
http://www.paulgraham.com/lies.html
http://www.paulgraham.com/determination.html

Here's one that nails the reason why we treat the words Hacker and
Cracker very differently in this class:
http://www.paulgraham.com/gba.html

Here's one of the best:
http://www.paulgraham.com/hs.html

It's what you'll wish you had known before you had gotten into college
from the perspective of where you will be from a few years on. Chief
among these is that if you have ANY entrepreneurial spark, capitalize
on it while you are still young and crazy and don't have a family to
support. This is the time in your lives when you can most afford to
take those risks that you will dread when you've got a few kids of
your own.