Wordpresstemplate. How To Use Google Buzz. The Unofficial (and Frequently Updated) Guide. If you’re a GMail user you’ve no doubt come across a brand new section of your email called Buzz. Buzz is Google’s new social network and it’s already created a stir. There have been concerns over privacy but all in all, the reaction has been very largely positive. This article is a simple guide explaining how to use the service. What is Buzz? Buzz is Google’s answer to Twitter and Facebook, remarkably similar to another service (that Facebook acquired and still exists) called Friendfeed.
Buzz is a way for you to share status updates, video, audio and images with friends. A little like Facebook you might say, but Google does dramatically improve on the stream based UI that Facebook has become synonymous with. Before You Get Started Your Profile Page That said, you will need to get your Google Profile set up, yep, just like your Facebook one. You can however choose not to show your full name and also have the option of hiding the people you’re following and who are following you. 1. 2. 3. 4.
A Beginner's Guide to Social Media. We’ve pulled together advice from tech-savvy professors to give you the resources you need to start incorporating social media into your teaching. by Christina Chant You’ve heard of Skype and you’re tempted by the idea of free Internet calls, but the thought of downloading it seems mildly exhausting. When asked repeatedly if you want to upgrade to a new version of your existing software, you hit “Remind me Later” with a sigh, saving that technological challenge for another day when, well, you’ll just feel much more up to it. And when it comes to Web 2.0 tech-nologies, you’re hoping that if you ignore them they might just go away.
The bad news is that social media isn’t going anywhere. For Sidney Eve Matrix, an assistant professor in the department of film and media at Queen’s University, the key is starting with what you want to accomplish, rather than with individual technologies. Wiki A wiki is an interactive web page that can be edited by any of its members. Dr. Blogs Podcasts Dr. Teacher Training Videos created by Russell Stannard. 2 Minute Moodles. Twitter be Nimble, Twitter be Quick, if you don’t know Jack, try these Twitter Tricks. In this guest post Dan Hollings (@dhollings) takes a look at 6 Questions that are often asked about Twitter and gives a comprehensive introduction to how to use Twitter effectively.
Grab a coffee, sit back and enjoy. How to light a candle under your Twitterings for both Newbies and those that think they are Pros… How silly! I’m preparing to share some powerfully useful and advanced Twitter tips, yet I start with a warped variant of a well known children’s nursery rhyme. What’s up with that? It’s simple… At the core of Twitter is a concept so simple, even a child can do it.
“What the…?” My interpretation of this flummoxing phenomena suggests that most folks (newbies or not) are really asking: Why should I Twitter? If you could nail down these answers (quick), it might strike a match in your brain and get that Twitter candle burning bright. 1) Why should I Twitter? You’re already doing lots of stuff, right? 2) How do I Twitter? Take note of this reTweet classic: 3) What do I Twitter? Why Follow? 50 Habits of a Highly Effective Blogger » EdithYeung.com.
BlogWorld Las Vegas last week was awesome. I met a few celebrity bloggers like Mark Cuban, John Chow and Matt Mullenweg (founding developer of Wordpress) and attended many great sessions about blogging, podcasting, videocasting, SEO and social networking, etc. I especially like this one session with Denise Wakeman, Rich Brooks and John T Unger on the topic of Blog Design Basic. Their presentation made be stop and think and start evaluating myself as to if I am really doing everything I am supposed to as a good blogger.
I want to list out all the great blogging tidbits that Denise, Rich and John discussed and have added a few of my own. This is a checklist for me and hopefully for you too. Here you go… a highly effective blogger would … Know Your Mission 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Let Your Personality Out 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Don’t be a Lone Ranger 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. Blogging habits 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. What do you blog about? 29. 30. 31. 32. Design & Usability 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. Digital photography with Windows XP.