When comparing the old site and the new site for the Tallahassee Democrat i noticed it seems like the Democrat wants to turn their website into a myspace or facebook-like site.  One thing it seems that they are pushing is to involve the user to become a free-lancing reporter for them to post stories and pictures.  Three differences i notice about the new site, aside of the new colors and layout:

1) There’s a “Login”/”Become a member” box at the top of the page

2) At the bottom of the page there is a column that tells you who’s new/recent members and show’s their myspace-like profile picture

3) There is also a new place to post blogs and reportsin the middle of the page when you scroll all the way down.

Posted: February 28th, 2008 under Labs.
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The Voyager has some advantages and very little disadvantages.

 ADVANTAGES:

- Has GPS Navigation built into it

- Opens up with a QWERTY Keyboard and a second screen on the inside of the phone (opens like a book)

- VCast MobileTV (Live TV through Verizon’s VCast Server)

DISADVANTAGES:

- a little bulky

- can’t use a memory card bigger than 8 gigabytes

PRICE: $299.99

USABILITY:

This phone has great usability and is very easy to use.  After unlocking the phone, you can touch the center of the screen and it pulls up a menu of 12 options.  Icons include everything from Contacts, Texting, Camera, and Internet to Mobile TV, Calendar, etc.  The QWERTY Keyboard is large enough to comfortably fit in your hand.  It also has a 2.0 mega pixel camera which also utilizes the touch-screen interface. 

Posted: February 28th, 2008 under Labs.
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This is the LG Voyager!!!  This is Verizon’s competitor to the iPhone, which also utilizes a touch-screen interface.  It has many differences that are to its advantage.

Posted: February 28th, 2008 under Labs.
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Posted: February 28th, 2008 under Labs.
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Here is Emily’s post:

http://lis4351.blogs.ci.fsu.edu/?p=46

Here is Shawn’s post: (waiting on Shawn to get back from HIMSS)

Posted: February 28th, 2008 under Labs.
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This blog will explain how WordPress supports display of selected posts.  Specifically, how to create a link to a page of posts that:

a) are posted by an individual user

b) are in a particular activity

c) include a particular set of tags

d) contain particular words*

 * http://lis4351.blogs.ci.fsu.edu/?p=140

Finding an individual user:

To link to a post made by an individual user, after the URL, you must enter the following: ?author-name=”enter username here“.

** The username is the name that posts are published under **

Sample: Here is a link to all of the posts I have made to the LIS4351 Interaction Design blog.

http://lis4351.blogs.ci.fsu.edu/?author_name=apr07

 Finding a particular activity:

To find a particular activity within the blogs you must use the Category ID Number.  To get to it you must add the following information after the URL: ?cat=”enter Category ID here“.

Sample: Here is a link to all the posts in the ”Activities Category.”

http://lis4351.blogs.ci.fsu.edu/?cat=9

Linking with a particular set of tags:

To link to posts with a particular set of tags, you simply add the following after the URL: ?tag=”enter tag here“.

You can even add multiple tags to your search by adding a “+” (for and) between the tags you wish to search by.  ** This will only display posts that are tagged with BOTH terms. **

Sample: Here is a link to all the posts with the tag “kindle.”

http://lis4351.blogs.ci.fsu.edu/?tag=kindle

Searching for specific terms:

You can search blogs based on the actual content in the blog.  This is done by searching for terms within the post.  In order to do this, like before, you must add the following after the URL: ?s=”enter term here“.

Sample: Here is a link to all of the posts that contain the term “labjan24.”

http://lis4351.blogs.ci.fsu.edu/?s=labjan24

Posted: February 28th, 2008 under Labs.
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This is the link for Shawn Reiss:

http://2006.ispace.ci.fsu.edu/~smr04h/blog/

This is the link for Emily Rosenthol:

http://2007.ispace.ci.fsu.edu/~ebr06/blog/

Posted: February 28th, 2008 under Labs.
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What is the purpose of the virtual world?  http://2007.ispace.ci.fsu.edu/~apr07/blog/?p=6

What kinds of communication mechanisms are supported?   http://2007.ispace.ci.fsu.edu/~apr07/blog/?p=7

What kinds of coordination mechanisms are provided?   http://2007.ispace.ci.fsu.edu/~apr07/blog/?p=8

What kinds of social protocols and conventions are used?   http://2007.ispace.ci.fsu.edu/~apr07/blog/?p=9

What kind of awareness information is provided?   http://2007.ispace.ci.fsu.edu/~apr07/blog/?p=10

Does the mode of communication and interaction seem natural or awkward?  http://2007.ispace.ci.fsu.edu/~apr07/blog/?p=11

Posted: February 20th, 2008 under Homework.
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I do not understand the definition of “awareness information.”  If it’s security, i didn’t notice anything about security.

Posted: February 20th, 2008 under Homework.
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Aside to partnering with existing content providers that have strong brands and an existing following, Worlds also encourages individuals to create their own virtual spaces, communities and unique Avatars with easy-to-use tools.

Posted: February 20th, 2008 under Homework.
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