Passwords for chocolate

There was a really good example on the TV last night of how easily people are sharing sensitive information with strangers. In this case an exchange of passwords for chocolate!

Filtering internet information

Its a bit hard to say anything about this without giving the message away too soon but hopefully you will get it.

Beating the Addiction

If you are finding yourself going to various blogs and website too often in a day or checking those emails several times an hour, try this site.

You can sign up and get it to limit how often to go to various sites.

Of course I dont need this. No signs of addiction round here....

Making Twitter your own

If you have been using Twitter, you may, like me, have got to the point where you have put in a background picture and even changed it once or twice. Tonight I found some instructions for truly customising your twitter page.

Fast becoming one of my fave sites is Mashable where you too can find the instructions and find yet another reason to put off that assignment/marking/reading/housework for just a little longer.

( If you are one of my students reading this it does not apply to you. Step away from the Blog and open up that assignment! )

What to do when the computer freezes

I know how she feels about the little spinny thing!

Why u need to think about cybersafety

Thanks to Netsafe's tweet for this little gem!

Wifes facebook page releases secret service personnel info.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6639521.ece

Who runs the internet?

A great video looking at changes to the Web, What is Web 2.0 - or is it Web 3.0?

I some of what I have read on ICT the discussion around Web 2.0 goes like this;

First there was the Web ( well there was stuff before that of course) We could go to different sites to look at and download information.

Now we have Web 2.0 We can create the content, adapt other peoples content (e.g. Wikis), use other peoples content in a different context ( as I have with this video from a University Ning site which in turn took the video from UTube)etc. My understanding is that Web 3.0 is where the internet adjusts to our surfing preferences and helps us refine our interest experiences eg Stumble and Twitter.

See what you think.