Podcast: Play in new window
I never posted this episode of our podcast. Today, we recorded a new episode, so I will post that one too. You can listen to all of our past podcasts on HelpMeRick.com.
The topic for this show was technology in education.
When you are a computer guy, you know when the Internet is out somewhere. Calls come in all at once.
Last night, I was mini-golfing with my kids and my cell phone buzzed. It was a friend informing me that their Bresnan Internet and phone service wasn’t working. I had them do the usual modem and router reset. That didn’t fix the problem, so I blamed Bresnan and told them to wait it out. As I was hanging up, my call waiting went off – it was someone 20 miles away from the previous caller with exactly the same problem. I blamed Bresnan and answered the next call waiting call.
I walked the last few holes so that I could talk on my cell phone to comfort people during their time of loss. Read the rest of this entry →
Tinker will be much more than a Twitter search engine
This afternoon I was teaching a college class about the future of news gathering in a Web 2.0 world. I mentioned that most news services use Twitter as a place for gathering sources and new stories.
Tomorrow Tinker goes live. Essentially the new service will allow users to enter in search terms and more to find news and other events as they are being covered on Twitter.
The uses for Tinker and similar services are endless. Imagine following a concert tour, a natural disaster, or the entire cast of your favorite TV show all in real time.
Click below for more information on Tinker as covered by TechCrunch
