Digg is a site that I am rather familiar with and like. Basically, what Digg does, is it brings all types of new articles and blogs together for users to read. After reading an article, readers are allowed to "digg it" if they enjoyed it. If enough people "digg" an article, it shows up on the homepage as a top story. I really like the way this works.
Its not like your traditional news. If you get a newspaper, a lot of people don't even use them anymore, or go to an online news site like CNN.com, you probably won't read half of the articles because they just don't interest you. But Digg is different, because readers vote on articles. The articles that you see are liked by hundreds of people, and chances are that you will like them too. I especially feel like Digg is better for people around my age. Because people from my generation use the Internet more than any other, and therefore use Digg more than any other generation, Digg presents me with articles that are important to me and my peers, and not just my 82 year old grandmother. If I look at a newspaper, I will probably read the titles of the headlines and then flip straight to the sports section. After the sports, I head to the cartoon section, and then into the trash it goes. And the same goes with online news websites that follow the same format. With Digg, when I get online I will read 6 or 7 articles that interest me.
If you haven't checked it out yet, I highly suggest that you do. I think you'll like it. Here's the link.
digg.com
Thanks for reading!
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Text Messaging Etiquette
So this is a serious problem with people my age and younger, and even some older people. With everyone having phones nowadays, its time some people learn some ground rules for using them. There is an article I found on PC World that gives some no-no's when it comes to text messaging.
Too many texts?
There is no "set in stone" number of times you can text a person each day, but try to keep the person you're texting in mind, and don't text them more than you would expect to be texted.
Reconsider that texted marriage proposal.
There are some things that are alright to text, but there are also times when you either need to pick up the phone and call, or have a face to face chat with the person. When discussing serious matters, don't do it by text. You can't convey emotion and it makes the conversation and mood seem too nonchalant.
The "other people" factor.
Don't text someone while you are engaged in conversation with someone else. It's just rude and, quite frankly, annoying.
Keep it simple.
Text messages were meant to be short, so keep it that way. Get to the point of what you're trying to say and don't overuse shorthand (unless your under the age of 17 and talking to someone who can speak that language).
Never be "that guy" (or girl).
Don't text during a public performance. It is a distraction and rude to the person performing and the other spectators.
Here is a link to the article on PC World. http://www.pcworld.com/article/169139/text_messaging_etiquette.html
Thanks for reading!
Too many texts?
There is no "set in stone" number of times you can text a person each day, but try to keep the person you're texting in mind, and don't text them more than you would expect to be texted.
Reconsider that texted marriage proposal.
There are some things that are alright to text, but there are also times when you either need to pick up the phone and call, or have a face to face chat with the person. When discussing serious matters, don't do it by text. You can't convey emotion and it makes the conversation and mood seem too nonchalant.
The "other people" factor.
Don't text someone while you are engaged in conversation with someone else. It's just rude and, quite frankly, annoying.
Keep it simple.
Text messages were meant to be short, so keep it that way. Get to the point of what you're trying to say and don't overuse shorthand (unless your under the age of 17 and talking to someone who can speak that language).
Never be "that guy" (or girl).
Don't text during a public performance. It is a distraction and rude to the person performing and the other spectators.
Here is a link to the article on PC World. http://www.pcworld.com/article/169139/text_messaging_etiquette.html
Thanks for reading!
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Company Use of RSS
Wow! It is so hard to find an article from a credible source
about a particular company that uses RSS feeds in the workplace to communicate
to employees and potential consumers! But after literally hours of searching I
found an article about how Natasa Lucic, an employee communicator and intranet
content manager at Motorola, did research to find out the best way to
circumvent this problem.
Lucic believes that using things such as RSS feeds and
microblogs can greatly cut down on the information overload that many business
employee’s experience. She has several suggestions on the best ways to
implementing these communication tools effectively.
Get Manager Support:
First of all, it is important to have support from upper
level managers in the workplace. The best way of implementing new communication
tools is to get managers on board and help employee’s with the transition.
Deliver More Effective
Training:
No matter how great a communication tool is, it won’t work
if people don’t know how to use it. Have training seminars on the new tools and
explain to employee’s why and how they should use them, and they will most
likely chose to do so.
Acknowledge the E-mailers:
No matter the emphasis you place on new ways of
communicating, there will still be those who prefer to use e-mail. E-mail is
still a very effective way of communication and if employees prefer it, as
opposed to newer channels, don’t force them to change.
Here is the link to the article written on the “simply
communicate” website.
Thanks for reading!
Blogging Etiquette
I am new to blogging and had once thought that a blog was
just a place where you went to rant and rave and post your own personal
opinions for the world to see. Although this is what some people do, I have
found that there is a proper etiquette to blogging in order to get your point
across, in order to establish yourself as a respectful and credible source.
This is a summary of what I found in an article from the Houston Chronicle
about the etiquette of blogging, dealing with citation and attribution.
Fair Use
The copyright laws in America make it acceptable for a
person to use someone else’s material for reporting, teaching, or commentary.
This includes written works and also imagery. But, one can only use the
relevant part of the work or else you jump from fair use to copyright
infringement.
Attribution
Even if you use someone else’s work and it falls under fair
use, it is necessary for you to give the author’s name, if available, the name
of the blog or site in which you got your information, and a link to the
original article.
Creative Commons
Instead of getting their works copyrighted, some creators
have started releasing their works under Creative Commons. This means that
although there is no copyright of the work, if you chose to use part of their
material, it is still deemed legally necessary to correctly attribute the work
to the original creator.
When in doubt, ask the writer or artist if you can use their
work. Most are glad to help.
Warning
Even if you’re correctly citing your source, it is still
illegal to use the material for commercial purposes without having the written
permission of the person who created it.
Considerations
When in doubt, ask the writer or artist if you can use their
work. Most are glad to help.
Here is a link to the Houston Chronicle site in which I gathered this information, written by G. D. Palmer of Demand Media.
Thanks for reading!
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Google Reader
Well, yesterday was the first time that I’ve ever used
Google Reader, and all I have to say is that I am impressed and wondering why I
haven’t found out about this sooner! Being able to bring all of my favorite
sites to one page so that I can surf all of them at the same time is probably
the most awesome thing that I’ve been able to do online since the invention of
Facebook. There are a lot of things that I like about Google Reader and only a
couple of things that I don’t, but first I’ll tell you about the good.
As I
said before, being able to bring your favorite sites to one page is amazing.
Now instead of going to one web page to another, I can view all the new posts
and information from each page at one time and chose what I want to check out.
It saves time and effort and not enough can be said about that. Also, I love
how easy it is to use. It’s so simple to add a page or delete it and if you
like an article, all you have to do is “star” it and you can easily find it
again.
One of the things that I didn’t like about Google Reader is that once
you subscribe to a few sites, you have a ton of items on your feed. It can be a
little overwhelming at first to log on and see that you have 40 something new
posts to go through. The only other thing that I found that I didn’t like about
Google Reader was that it was rather bland. It reminds me a little too much of
looking at my email account. Sometimes, I think it might be better just to go
to the site itself and see it how it was intended to look. Overall though, I
think Google Reader is an awesome tool and I plan to use it often.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Wiki
Dan Carlin, a reporter for Business Week, wrote an article a few months
ago about the use of wikis for collaboration in companies. In this article,
Carlin discusses 2 companies, Nokia and Dresdner Kleinwort, and how the use of
wikis has drastically increased the efficiency of communication between
colleagues in their companies by greatly reducing communication through email
and, therefore, saving time and making things downright easier. He reports that
at Dresdner Kleinwort, the head of e-commerce, Alex Thill, has cut down his
email use by at least 75% and many of his colleagues have reported similar
results. By cutting down on emails, employees are able to save the time and
effort that would have previously gone into sifting through hundreds of emails,
and as we all know saving time means saving money. He also reports that at
Nokia, approximately 20% of its 68,000 employees currently use wiki pages to
update schedules and project statuses, trade ideas, edit files, and so on. Carlin
believes, and justly so, that as more companies realize the use of wikis in
their organizations and implement their use, they will soon spread throughout
the corporate world and become the more preferred means of collaboration.
For more information you can read the article yourself at:
Photo
This is a photo of an Axis buck that I harvested in August at my deer lease in south Texas. He scored 124 inches and made the Records of Exotics book as a bronze medal buck.
Introduction
My name is Westley Clark and I am a student at Stephen F.
Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. Currently a senior, if all goes
according to plan, I will graduate in May of 2013. I am on the path to
obtaining a Bachelor of Business Administration with a minor in Management but
currently do not know what exactly I will do with my degree. When I'm not at work
or engulfed in schoolwork (which currently seems like hardly ever) I enjoy
watching and playing football, hunting and fishing, and playing poker.
Like most college students, I’m constantly on the computer
(most of the time when I should be doing something else). Some of my favorite
websites are:
www.facebook.com - Facebook is a well know social media website in which users can communicate with friends stay
on track with their daily lives.
www.partypoker.com - Party Poker.com is an online poker website where you can play poker for free or for money.
thechive.com - The Chive is an entertainment website for guys that consists of photo albums of funny pictures, scenery, attractive women, and all around cool stuff.
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