Category Archives: Tech

Twevolution at SDSU

By chris | March 2, 2009

I’ve posted to a limited degree in the past about Twitter, the microblog utility that has become the #3 social media website in the world. It’s pretty cool, but it’s just starting to hit the mainstream.
Here’s my 30-second salesman pitch: with Twitter, you can communicate with others dynamically using the tools of the web, [...]

Also posted in Social Media | Tagged blogging, SDSU, Students' Association, Twitter | 1 Comment

Facebook updates, then un-updates, its Terms of Service

By chris | February 18, 2009

Early this month, Facebook changed its Terms of Service. This change in their terms was subtle, but crazy, at it would seemingly give FB license to use your uploaded content FOREVER. Even if you deleted your account. That seems like it would be a pretty decent invasion on users’ expectations of privacy. [...]

Also posted in Social Media | Tagged Blogs, Facebook, Privacy, Social Media | Leave a comment

SDSU Collegian on Twitter

By chris | February 17, 2009

To everyone who’s into this whole Web 2.0 revolution, (That would be you, Mr./Mrs. Person Readingmyblog) the SDSU Collegian has recently started a Twitter account.
Twitter is a “micro-blogging” platform where its users post blurbs of 140 characters or less. The users will post everything from what they ate for dinner that evening, to links [...]

Also posted in Brookings, Social Media | Tagged Collegian, Newspaper, SDSU, Student, Twitter | 1 Comment

Blogging @ SDSU?

By chris |

How many student organizations at SDSU have their own blog? I don’t know of any. ZERO. That is extremely depressing. I am probably in the 90th percentile of tech savvyness at SDSU, and I don’t know of a single student group that has their own blog. Blogs are the basics, [...]

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iPhone Coming Soon to SD?

By chris | February 11, 2009

As part of Verizon’s scheduled acquisition of Alltel, VZW agreed to sell some of its assets. A recent story in the Wall Street Journal (It’s subscriber only, so I’ll do my best to analyze) named AT&T as a company interested in purchasing the service areas that Verizon is giving up. It also [...]

Also posted in Gadgets | Tagged AT&T, iPhone, Verizon | Leave a comment