This is pretty cool and definitely where we are going in terms of gaming. Bringing game engines to the web means you can play high end games in your browser, which means cross compatibility across devices. Now what they need to do is bring games like WOW to the browser. For those that do not know Unreal is a gaming engine and Mozilla is the company that brings us Firefox. This will definitely be something that is explored in my gaming class next year!
Looks like there is no stopping these internet security bills. I still see no reason to have them. The FBI/CIA can already spy on us all they want to. These bills are not going to help anyone from what I see.
“Thousands of websites, including Craigslist and Reddit, demonstrated their opposition this week to a controversial cybersecurity bill, arguing the measure fails to protect the privacy of Internet users.
But as Internet activists wage an online battle against the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, the bill’s chances of passing Congress the second time around remain uncertain, and some experts question whether CISPA goes far enough to protect the country from a potentially crippling cyberattack.
The websites opposing the bill broadcast an “action tool” on their sites Tuesday that allows users to send an automated message to their representatives in Congress. “CISPA is Back. This bill sacrifices privacy without improving security. We deserve both,” the message says. Craigslist featured a link on its site that said: “Pro Privacy? Oppose CISPA.”
The effort is being promoted by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Internet Defense League, an organization of Internet activists who led an online outcry last year that led to the defeat of anti-piracy legislation known as SOPA. The organizers said more than 30,000 websites participated Tuesday in the online protest.”
This video is awesome. It takes a bunch of clips from Disney movies to discuss copyright. I will be showing this to my class next week:
I just responded to a post in LinkedIn and I thought I would share this here. I have not spoken about MOOCs much because I still feel we are in very early stages of them. So here are my current thoughts when someone asked if these will replace traditional colleges:
It is way too early to see where MOOCs really fit in. I saw these same conversations in the late 90s when online education first became popular. The problem with MOOCs and other forms of distance ed is that the dropout rates are nearly double that of F2F colleges. Until we can get over that motivation (really self motivation and discipline) barrier I am not sure how these will replace the traditional colleges. That is just one issue of many. MOOCs might solve some problems in higher ed but they also create some as well. Considering most are in experimental phases and the companies pushing them have really yet to test their business model, I would guess that we have a ways to go before we start seeing if there is a UoP or Walden U type success in the MOOC world. I am not saying it will not happen. I am saying that there are a lot of hurdles MOOCs need to first overcome. When I see one of the main companies roll out a proven successful business model, then I will be less skeptical but as of now its way too early to tell.
My latest website is a site that I created for my wife’s new organic skin care business. I used a lot of CSS3 as well as some javascript to create the site. I created the graphics in photoshop except for the logo which I created using illustrator.
One of the cool things about this site was that it was the first time I set up an ecommerce business so that people could ‘add to cart’ and pay right on the site. It was fun to figure out and I will be discussing ecommerce on this blog to describe my experiences. Anyway, check out the site: http://carefreeorganics.com
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I am not sure what to think of this. I get what the CEO is trying to do, unfortunately, she is trying to get it by making her employees unhappy. Telecommuting is a good thing but there is a difference between working from home 100% of the time vs part time. I agree with her that 100% might not be the most convenient strategy but why not part time? Have one day of the week where everyone needs to be in the office. Making employees happy and retaining them is very beneficial to companies. Additionally you want to be attractive if you are trying to recruit the top talent. But why would the top talent go to Yahoo when they could go to Google and work from home if they choose? Yahoo really needs to figure itself out right now. They are a big company with enough money to do some great things yet they invest in the worst ideas.
Now this is interesting and something that SiriusXM and Pandora need to look out for. Spotify is coming to Ford Sync. For those that do not know what that is, its the ability for your phone to connect to your car and play through its speaker. Now this is just Fords and technically you can do this anyway through bluetooth, but it is something to watch out for.
