Archive for June, 2007

Apple + YouTube

Posted: 20 June 2007 by Kathy E. Gill in Convergence, Media, Personal Technology

The iPhone ships next week, and Apple announced today that it will stream YouTube clips. Apple said YouTube will also work on Apple TV, a home media hub. We talked about convergence, indirectly, in my Net Economics class last night. Well, actually, we talked about timeshifting and media and complementary goods (CD + CD player, [...]

Facebook Questions, Showdown?

Posted: 20 June 2007 by Kathy E. Gill in Social Networks
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I’ve had several “older” friends send me Facebook invitations lately. One of them was Kris Krug, who founded a group, PETITION: Free CitizenZiggy. The group description says: CitizenZiggy is a leading internet activist and researcher and outspoken advocate of Net Neutrality. He has been asking questions like “Does what happens in the Facebook stay in [...]

How To: Setting Up A WordPress Blog

Posted: 18 June 2007 by kegill2 in How-Tos - WP
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To set up your account, go to WordPress.com. Follow the “create account” links. You’ll need to use a “real” e-mail address Life is easier for me if you use your UWNetID as your login, because it means the blog URL (address) is UWNetID.wordpress.com.