Discussion for Week 3

What features in presentations stood out to you the most? What aspects of presentations did you tend to notice on the whole? What role does delivery play in a presentation? What would you change about your delivery in the next presentation?

LogMeIn

Hey guys if you remember my speech from Wednesday I was talking about LogMeIn the awesome free remote access program/website. The website is www.logmein.com. When you get there click the try it free button. That will get you a free 30day trial of the Pro version, but don't worry you will not get charged for anything it will automatically switches to the free after the 30days are up. If you like the pro version its $70 a year for one computer and I have seen $20 off coupons on the internet if you really want the pro. Pro has this really awesome sound feature that you can listen to your music playing on the computer at home through the computer your using at school. But free does so much on its own that it is not worth the pro, in my opinion.
Check it out really recommend it to anyone. You can also install it on your parents computers so you can help them with computer problems like editing photos or burning a CD.

Discussion for Week 2

As you prepare your outlines for your first presentations, what challenges are you encountering, given the limited amount of time to present? For those who have presented, did you find the time frame a difficult one? What sorts of decisions did you have to make to still include the important parts of your projects?

In what situations are using computer-mediated content helpful? When might using technology not be useful? Would this depend on the subject that you speak on?

"Zen Coding" Tool

This could be interesting. Anyone give this a try?

Useful Photoshop Tips

Mastering Photoshop: Unknown Tricks and Time Savers

Online neighborhoods

I remember when GeoCities was one popular option for web hosting purposes. In retrospect, what made this web site unique was its organization of web sites into neighborhoods, which I think simulates the idea of 'living' in a community. On a more technical side, GeoCities was unique because instead of using an FTP client to access your web site, you edited pages via browser. At least, this is my memory of working with the interface- this may predate my knowledge of using FTP or a terminal to update a web site.

Wikipedia has a nice history of GeoCities. However, upon searching for GeoCities itself, this is the sad result.

Discussion for Week I

This week, we took some time to overview the course. Let's take some time to think about the first presentation you're going to give. You don't need to respond to all the questions- feel free to just take one and run with it, or perhaps another subject that may interest you. The questions are a starting ground to get us thinking. What types of topics interest you? What kind of choices will you make for your topic/possible topics, given the timeframe?

A couple of other thoughts... how do you best construct your thoughts when organizing information for a project/presentation? What techniques do you use when/if you construct an outline for a project?

Let's begin by discussing within the comments, although individual posts are also welcome.

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