Monday, August 3, 2009

Assignment 10

Here's my delicious page: http://delicious.com/travis.alexander

1. Hawaiin Sunrise: Tags: 'Hawaiin Sunrise' http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardkeith/3397932936/



2. Pumpkin bigger than a person: Tags used: 'Big ass Pumpkin' http://farm1.static.flickr.com/33/54198371_509126dedb.jpg



3. If you use the Tags I used for the 2nd pic and click 'tags only' flikr only comes up with 4 results. 2 of which are of the same scary (NSFW) pic :(
http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=big+ass+pumpkin&m=tags

In diggs search criteria you can pick the top stories for today/week/month/year. In the top 5 stories of the year the Top 3 are obama related the 4th is Michael Jackson's death and the 5th (with 22693 votes) is this
It's a funny vid, but seriously, there's more important things that could've been in the spot. I dont know if that's more of an indictment of the website or the site's users.

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Assignment 9

Here's the URL to my Facebook page for assignment 9
http://www.facebook.com/people/Travis-Alexander/100000050076832

Assignment 8

I think Wave is going to be a great communications tool. The auto-translator is awesome.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Assignment 4

Here's a video I found of an award-winning concert pianist named Valentina Lisitsa.


Here's the picture for the assignment:

Assignment 3

Swedish city legalizes topless bathing….at public swimming pools

That's it...I'm moving to Sweden.

Assignment 2

A.)
Web 2.0 means a more user-friendly and interactive internet.

B.)
There does seem to be some criticism and controversy over the apparent lack of technological breakthroughs versus the hype that came with web 2.0. Personally, I agree that web 2.0 did not expand the capabilities of the web too much. It just allowed less advanced users access to technologies that would normally have required a higher degree of technological skill and, in some cases, computer programming knowledge.