Monthly Archives: January 2011

From my alma mater, a study establishing a correlation between high levels of involvement in video game activity and attentional problems.

Curious – earlier today I describe the Geocities shutdown and comment on the dangers of placing too much trust in free online storage of your resources. A few hours later I read this post from the ReadWriteWeb announcing that Google … Continue reading →

This 6 or so minute video from ABC involves an intervew with PEW spokesperson presenting social networking trends.

This is an object lesson for those assuming free online is free forever. GeoCities once offered anyone the opportunity to build a web site. I probably recommended this as an option for educators wanting to get into web site development. … Continue reading →

McCain on Thursday introduced the Internet Freedom Act, which would keep the FCC from enacting rules prohibiting broadband providers from selectively blocking or slowing Internet content and applications. Why? Net Neutrality would require “onerous” government regulation.  If I live in … Continue reading →

This link from the Pear Analytics blog points to a white paper summarizing use of Twitter. The largest category of Tweets was described as – Pointless Babble (41%). Pass-along value (I hope this post would have pass along value in … Continue reading →