Archive for February, 2008
Monday, February 25th, 2008
In modern society, social networking is a great opportunity for communities to grow. In the past, community was only based on physical location, but now it is not. Communities are much more specialized. No longer are we friends only with our neighbors and co-workers, but now we can find anyone interested in anything we might [...]
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
Social networking used to be much more difficult than it is today. Before the Internet people used to rely on face-to-face interactions and building a social network strictly based upon who they knew and further who their friends knew. When the Internet came about that changed everything and it became much easier to [...]
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
You might of heard that Social networking is a group of people into particular groups, like communities or a neighborhood. Even that social networking is possible in person, as schools or in the workplace, it is most popular online. This is because people in colleges, high schools look for ways to keep in touch with [...]
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Continuing on the career trend, I clicked on a Facebook ad which redirected me here. Sounds a lot like what we were brainstorming about.
http://www.weapplyforyou.com/Student.html
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Going off of Chris’s post and our class discussion, this post is about the problems facing students trying to find a job. And it’s also a continuation of my post on using your name as a website and protecting your reputation.
What can a student do to differentiate themselves from their peers?
What can you hand [...]
Tags: career, differentiate, job search, reputation management, resume, unemplyment
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
In looking at all of these cases we have done such as Second Life, Facebook and talking about MySpace I want to bring about another aspect. In today’s world as I was growing up the computer has become more and more popular with younger and younger generations. I grew up using AIM among other things [...]
Tags: Impersonal World, Networking Impersonal, Social Networking, Social Networking Impersonal
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
Don’t we have enough problems in our real life? Don’t we have enough joys in our real life? Don’t we have enough avenues to spend our money in our real life? Don’t we have enough entertainment in our real life? It is obvious that many individuals seek online extra excitement and alter lifestyles [...]
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
Rumors said that the company SECOND LIFE IS WORTH 2,180 million USD.
Another rumor is that Google wants to buy Second Life. Google wants people to use Google earth in their virtual life.
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
Second life has been referred to as a game. But a game consists of scores, winners or losers, levels and strategies. There are games inside second life, but the game itself is not a game. Second life consists of avatars. These are digital creations of ones self. Another way I look at it is how [...]
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
Just when you though your first life was too much to handle…they offered you a second one. Second Life embodies the fantasies of its users; your second life is everything you want it to be. Yet, amoung numerous opportunites to seek adventure and run a business, second life offers people the opportunity to hide behind a mask [...]
Tags: cell, divorce, MMO, Second Life, Vollee
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