iTechMax - Software, Technology, Blogging, Tips and Tricks Social Media Blog The Rise of Personal Networks Over Social Networks When you think social media you think openness, inclusive communities and platforms that know no boundaries. You think Facebook – that is open to anyone and has, I believe, gone a long way to creating more a more equal playing field for communication and information. But are we starting to reach a point where we’re looking for more personal networks, smaller and more closed communities and exclusivity? Path – the new personal network The new plaything among techies is Path, which has been written about and used widely since early November. A lot has been written about Path for its very central concept. Facebook groups as personal networks What’s interesting to note is that Facebook themselves are exploring the personal network concept through new products. The idea of a closed community is by no means new. How many friends can we have? According to Robin Dunbar, an anthropologist, the human brain can manage social groups that have connections of around 150. Could the novelty wear off?
Why Entertainment Will Drive the Next Checkin Craze In recent months, a crop of services have popped up that re-purpose the checkin concept, popularized by Foursquare, and connect it to media and entertainment, as opposed to location. In theory, the idea of checking-in to cultural concepts (like media, music, etc.) and not places is one that doesn't jive in the real-world. It would follow then that the apps that provide this service — GetGlue, Philo and Miso — are silly and far too extreme in ideology to attract anything more than a testbed tech audience. In practice, this alternative checkin behavior is one that is more cultural and familiar than anything the location checkin offers. The Culture of Entertainment Television shows such as Mad Men may not be monster hits when it comes to traditional ratings measurements, but those who do watch tend to do so religiously and with a fervor nearing obsession. Philo is hyper-focused on live television. Miso is also about creating a social television watching experience. The Checkin Connection
Metaprogramming Metaprogramming usually works in one of three ways[citation needed]. The first way is to expose the internals of the run-time engine to the programming code through application programming interfaces (APIs). The second approach is dynamic execution of expressions that contain programming commands, often composed from strings, but can also be from other methods using arguments and/or context.[1] Thus, "programs can write programs." Although both approaches can be used in the same language, most languages tend to lean toward one or the other. The third way is to step outside the language entirely. Approaches[edit] In statically typed functional languages[edit] Usage of dependent types allows proving that generated code is never invalid.[2] [edit] [edit] Macro systems[edit] IBM/360 assembler[edit] Examples[edit] #! This script (or program) generates a new 993-line program that prints out the numbers 1–992. One style of metaprogramming is to employ domain-specific programming languages (DSLs).
Screen-shot-2010-12-03-at-12.34.05 8 December '10, 04:48pm Follow We often hear from people that they just don’t have enough time to blog. People are busy running their business or taking care of their daily lives and blogging is something that fits in way down the list of priorities. But it doesn’t have to be like that. Up until a couple of years ago blogging used to involve serious coding and design knowledge but these days the tools are out there to help you get great content online in minutes. Tumblr This is possibly the easiest tool to use on this whole list. Audioboo.Com Podcasting used to be reserved to the geekiest among us who had the nous to set up complicated hosting and iTunes accounts. Youtube Instant Video People think that to start your own video blog you need tons of fancy equipment and the ability to edit your own footage. WordPress Post By Voice Picture the scene as you walk out of a pub after a long night of drinking when a thought pops in to your head for a new blog post. WordPress Apps Posterous Ping.Fm
Foursquare’s Next Game: Choose Your Own Adventure? Foursquare is growing quickly, gaining momentum from mainstream deals, and now they have the money in the bank to keep it up. But the big question remains: can they keep it up in the face of major competition? Twitter already has location features, Yelp recently added check-ins, and soon Facebook will as well. Today, on The Big Money’s Disruptors podcast, Foursquare engineer Anoop Ranganath appeared to talk a bit about Foursquare and its future. When Foursquare first started, the point leaderboard was an area of emphasis for many users — it really was a game to try and get to the top of it. “Foursquare is a game. In other words, Foursquare sounds like its game is going to shift towards a more Choose Your Own Adventure-style. When host Chadwick Martin brought up that very idea, Ranganath responded, “absolutely.” Foursquare isn’t alone in that type of idea, Gowalla, Whrrl and especially the Google-backed SCVNGR have similar elements baked into their products.
C (Programming Language) C is one of the most widely used programming languages of all time,[8][9] and C compilers are available for the majority of available computer architectures and operating systems. C is an imperative (procedural) language. It was designed to be compiled using a relatively straightforward compiler, to provide low-level access to memory, to provide language constructs that map efficiently to machine instructions, and to require minimal run-time support. C was therefore useful for many applications that had formerly been coded in assembly language, such as in system programming. Despite its low-level capabilities, the language was designed to encourage cross-platform programming. A standards-compliant and portably written C program can be compiled for a very wide variety of computer platforms and operating systems with few changes to its source code. The C language also exhibits the following characteristics: The cover of the book, The C Programming Language For example:
New Social Networks Provide Limits to Sharing Photographs by Erik S. Lesser for The New York Times Davin Bentti, who works in Atlanta, uses the Instagram application on his iPod Touch to control posting of photos. Path allows users to share with Facebook friends, but limits the sharing to 50 friends at most. Some of these networks leverage the existing huge audiences of Facebook or to let their users reach the maximum number of friends. INSTAGRAM Instagram, a photo-sharing network based around a free app for ’s , is the breakout hit of specialty social networks. Instagram’s secret weapon is its built-in photo filters, which modify your pictures before you upload them. Davin Bentti, a software engineer in Atlanta, uses Instagram to control where he posts photos.