Organizing Information

Keeping organized is very important. I organize my computer by using folders and labels. For each class I have a separate folder labeled with the class name. Then whenever we have an assignment, I save it to its corresponding folder and everything is neat and organized. Photos are saved in my iPhoto program on my mac. Videos are saved in a video folder as well. I do not use a hierarchical system. I use a nonhierarchical system in which things are saved and placed in their corresponding folder and not in an important order.
Tagging is a computer organization system that attaches labels to the grammatical constituents of textual matter.
Social Bookmarking is a method for storing and managing bookmarks of Web pages with individually chosen keywords.
These two terms are important because they help keep your computer, documents, and media organized.

Tech Article 5/6

Bin Laden Causes Hell From the Dead

After the news of Bin Laden's corpse pictures being withheld from the public, many spammers have been creating fake links on many websites. The main spam host has been through Facebook. People have been creating pages and links that once clicked, will cause your profile to be hacked and spread their link to other people via the Facebook friends system. Facebook Security posted a message encouraging users to be careful when clicking questionable links and to use the site's "Mark As Spam" links to report that content.
The FBI has released a few tips:
• Adjust privacy settings on your social-networking sites, like Facebook, to make it harder for friends or non-friends to post items to your wall.
• Do not agree to download new software in order to view a video. This often masks applications that can infect your computer.
• Read e-mails and social-media posts carefully. Malicious messages often contain poor grammar, misspellings and "nonstandard English."
• Report messages that claim to be from the FBI or other security agencies. Their names are often used to try to establish legitimacy.

Tech Article 5/6

Tech Article 4/29

Iphone 4 White Delay

There were many shipping and manufacturing issues that caused the delay of the expected June 4, 2010 release date. Apple claims that these issues caught them off guard. A main issue was the absence of flash photography in the new white version. The reason for this was that the proximity sensor was unaffected because the front side of previous models was black. A representative from Apple was quoted saying, "It's not as simple as making something white. There's a lot more that goes into both the material science of it -- how it holds up over time...but also in how it all works with the sensors." As a result, Apple released the new white version of the Iphone 4 10 months later than expected.

Tech Article 4/15

On April 17, Verizon Wireless will be eliminating the 1-year contract option officially. All prior 1-year contracts will be valid until the contract is over. Instead, there will only be 2-year contracts available. They claim that they are making this move because a majority of their customers opt for the 2-year contracts. Some see it as an attempt to hold their customers down for longer. For those who have commitment issues, Verizon says they will keep their month-to-month services and may have a $50 unlimited talk/text plan. The data services would of course be extra.

Podcast

1. A podcast is a voice recording that can update people on certain topics or even be a show that is simply recorded and people download it and listen to it.
2. I think people create podcasts to express their opinions, tell a story, or even to give a report such as news or a school report.
3. I have created one podcast in my life. It was a short story that we had to record and include sound effects and music for dramatic effects.
4. I would need my laptop equipped with a microphone and a voice-recording application.
5. I would like to give a sports update as a podcast.

Tech Article 4/8

The Solarball cleans dirty water using the sun. It can turn up to 3 liters of dirty water into drinking water per day. This is not on the market yet due to ongoing tests to ensure safety for drinking. It is predicted to be put on the market in early 2012. The video below explains it more.

RSS Feed Assignment

Web 2.0 Toolbox

Spring Break

On Spring Break i will be hanging out wih Joey and Gary. I will also be attending Joey's games. I will also be playing basketball at the Moonachie park.

Tech Article 3/25

The LG Thrill 4G by AT&T is one of the newest line of cell phones being released in 3-D. There is a lot of competition in the 3-D business between HTC's prototype and Nintendo's 3-D game systems. This phone will allow to you experience 3-D features without the hassle of the glasses. They are lobbying game developers to create the 3-D software for the Android system. Using an app, you can even watch Youtube videos that were filmed with 3-D cameras. This phone is equipped with 3-D cameras for image and video capture in 3-D. This device has not been released yet and the price is still undefined.

RSS Feed

Here are three websites with RSS feeds.
Apple
NBA
NCAA Basketball

Voki

Tech Article 3/11

The Smurf Village

This is a free game found in the iTunes App Store. This addicting game allows you to enjoy endless hours of virtual farming and civilization control of a Smurf village. Players begin the game with a single mushroom house and a lone plowed plot of land. From there, things quickly progress, allowing players to build specialized houses, gardens with colorful crops, bridges to span running rivers, trodden paths, and much more. This game can be downloaded and used on the iPad or iPod Touch. Several screen shots are shown below.

W-R show goes on

Tech Article 3/3

Bloxorz

Bloxorz is a maze game made to test your ability to think outside the box. This addicting game is hosted by miniclip. The object of the game is to get the block to fall into the square hole and to stay on the board while moving the block. There are obstacles like bridges and switches that you must overcome. This game can provide fun through 33 brain-testing levels. Are you ready for the challenge? Try it here!