Blogonaut

RissRoss: MYSQL

RissRoss talks about MySQL, as does bskool bloggin. Two very different perspectives. RissRoss has some question about what MySQL is and goes to do some great web research contributing a lot of links to the class. One note of caution, RissRoss, MSQL and MySQL are two different things although they had some similar origins. MySQL is the only real survivor these days.

bskool takes more of a business perspective and notes that it is good that companies are no longer blowing a lot of cash on a mature technology. Think about this in terms of the IT Doesn't Matter article you read in 301. bskool, you might have taken Sarah's sage advice on titling your article.

Hail to the Victors: Response to Go Blue's "Read This" Posting

Hail to the Victors talks about Go Blue's remarks on getting people to read your blog. Nice post.

One note, make sure you click through to the actual blog so that your post will record in typepad. We'll look at the trackback mechanism again in class.

My personal view is that it is neat but error-prone. This winds up being an unresolved issue in the blogosphere at large.

computers: Blogs for rulemaking!

computers talks about using blogs as a part of government rule making. What I think we are seeing in this class is a general consensus about the rich information space the blogosphere is creating. Obviously that space can be mined for various business and public uses.

On Mike's Blog on Bud's Blog

On Mike's Blog on Bud's Blog


This comment is in reponse to the discussion spurred from the CBS news article posted by Professor Gibson. I agree with Bskool Bloggin's comments about the impact bloggers are having on the way media conglomerates are subject to even greater scrutiny. I do have to say though that I tend to disagree with what you said about smaller organizations having less credibility and therefore less responsibility to report factually (if that is indeed your argument). It seems to me that the larger the organization, the more they can get away with...but with the advent of blogging and increased consumer awareness, this seems to be changing. Here is a link to a movie I saw this summer called Outfoxed. According to the link, the movie "examines how media empires, led by Rupert Murdoch's Fox News, have been running a "race to the bottom" in television news. The film provides an in-depth look at Fox News and the dangers of ever-enlarging corporations taking control of the public's right to know." check it out if youre interested in this topic-Entertaining, yet frightening!


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Like the dialog. Not sure who “you” is. Here's a trackback for your troubles.

jrtrana: Clutter

Clutter

Even with the limited use I have had with my.yahoo.com and using RSS feeds, I am sold. I love the benefits of having multiple news sources condensed into one single location. There are a large number of people, especially politicians who read 2 to 3 newspapers each morning for more balance. What drives me crazy about sites like my.yahoo.com are the excessive amounts of advertisements and filler that accompany the real 'meat' of the site. I am curious as to what other people think of the idea of a pay site that lets you customize EXACTLY how you want your news to come. Are there enough people that would actually pay for these kind of services? I am also curious as to the possibilities in implementing these kind of feeds to portable devices. Instead of bumping elbows with the guy next to you in the subway and you fumble with 3 full size newspapers, use a specialized news reading handheld.

[jrtrana]

I'm liking these efforts to think up new applications. Well informed and thoughtful

Wired News: Blogging the Story Alive

Blogging the Story Alive
Bloggers force CBS News to admit to a serious mistake, and journalists recoil from the thought of so much scrutiny of their work. But isn't this exactly what we need to get better-quality news? Commentary by Adam L. Penenberg. [Wired News]

These sorts of stories are rampant these days. One senses that blogging is changing the political landscape, at least the way debate occurs. Refreshing and also scary. If someone in the class wants to write on this topic, be my guest.

Big Dog: RSS and Advertising

RSS and Advertising

In the article RSS Feeds Can Build Web Traffic, but Fence sitters Note Problem it seems many online services are hesitiant to adopt RSS because of two reason. One, it will take away advertising from their front-end homepages and second it will take away potential subscribers. I agree with these online services because if I could get updated news right when I get on the internet then that decreases the time I have to go to each site and look for the articles that interest me. It is a matter of time for me and I assume many college students. If Rss feeds could send updates directly to us we could control to some degree what we wanted to view. For online services this doesn't help because why pay for something when you could get it for free. RSS seems like a benefit to consumers, but maybe not to online services. I guess I need to know more about the strucutre of RSS. I have many of the same questions as jrtrana in regards to RSS.

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Consider two cases: (1) The site is actually using RSS as advertising; (2) The possibility of inserting advertising into RSS. Both cases are covered in the radars and by the syndicated guests. Those could be good resources for you to see if there are any answers to your questions.

bskool bloggin: Regarding Printing

Man, I'm with you bskool bloggin. How does this relate to some broader issues? For instance, the school as an information business.

Regarding Printing

Since this little part of the blogosphere is all business school students I thought I'd bring up the issue of printing. I'm glad that we do not have to print anything out for BIT320, because in the rest of my classes I'm going crazy trying to print in a hurry with the new Xerox machine system. Standing in line to swipe my card is a serious waste of time, and two printers when there used to be four in the Kresge lab makes no sense at all. Hopefully they will find creative solutions to these issues early in the semester, as it could become quite an issue during final projects and exams when students need to spend less time printing, and more time on value-added to their studies.

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Mini-Microsoft

Mini-Microsoft gives an interesting view of what it is like to work at a large tech company. Sounds like you should go to work for a small tech company after reading this blog.

Business School Should Utilize RSS Feeds for Job Postings Database

Business School Should Utilize RSS Feeds for Job Postings Database (Via Hail to the Victors.)

I really like this post. It goes a little beyond the ordinary and takes some of the ideas we have talked about in class or that have been available in articles and makes a concrete proposal.

Krysta proposes that the b-school start using RSS to publish when job postings have changed. Really, a perfect use.

My one quibble. Should this have been a class issue, perhaps filed under information business, or maybe in a new invented category. Don't be afraid to experiment.