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Introducing A New To-do-list App – Your Memory
Posted by admin on 31 Jul 2009 | Tagged as: Software, The Web, twitter
A few months ago I accidentally deleted my Google Calendar while trying to sync it to Microsoft outlook. Serves me right for trying to make that work. So after that naturally I sent out a rant on twitter. Shortly after that @beparadigm sent me a reply suggesting I just forget the calendar and just try to use my brain for a couple months. My initial reaction was are you crazy! Every little thing that I had to do in a day was on that, so how would I manage my day. Frustrated with the situation I resisted adding everything back into the calendar and took @beparadigm’s advice.
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Facebook – The Next Learning Management System
Posted by admin on 22 Jul 2009 | Tagged as: Moodle, Social Media, The Web, eLearning, education
Facebook basically started out as a way for some college friends to stay in touch, but has been opened up to the world and is one of the largest social mediums in the business. So how much time during a school day do students spend on Facebook versus the school’s Learning Management System (LMS)? Continue Reading »
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Spymaster – a social game for the Twitter universe
Posted by admin on 30 May 2009 | Tagged as: The Web
It has spread like wildfire, and quickly became a trending topic on Twitter. Spymaster is a “spy” game that uses your Twitter following to become a powerful spy. The more followers you have that join the game the more power you have. The basics of the game are to perform tasks to make money, get more of your followers to join so you can assasinate other players, and level up your profile. Spymaster has spread so quickly, because you can choose to tweet your actions (they added a link to turn these off or add more) and invite your Twitter followers to join the game. There is a fine line to be walked here, because tweeting too many of your actions or inviting people that could care less about this game can be a bit spammy. Great idea making the game somewhat social, but I think they could have done more to interact with the people in your spy ring(your followers that are playing too). Collaboration with your spy ring to plot an assasination would be more fun. The gameplay falls a bit short too. You have to perform the same 2-3 mindless tasks to make money over and over. Clicking that same button to make some cash gets old quick and I have the attention span of Dory from Finding Nemo. There might be better features as you level up, but I lost interest at level 4. It could be a fun game with a little more interactivity, but I am done with it for now.
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