Monday, February 04, 2008
Carnegie Mellon Steps Up Online Presence
8 1/2 x 11 Newsletter: "With 84 percent of college students on YouTube and 57 million active Facebook users, Carnegie Mellon has stepped up its online game to go beyond www.cmu.edu by adding essential Web 2.0 components like social networking, user-generated content, RSS feeds and podcasts."
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I don't know. I'm a little exhausted by how much 'technological' information is out there right now. It seems like if I checked all the things I wanted to check, and downloaded all the podcasts of everything I belonged to, I would have to be a full-time blogger or something... It just seems a little much at times...
I think this may easily become over-load for the CMU community. Many times people think if they put the most up and coming technology on their site and use it for every possible application possible it makes it more accessible and attractive. Most of the time that's not the case; especially in this one. I feel like everyone on campus gets bombarded enough with emails about things they don't care about or can't seem to get unsubscribed to. . . I don't see this addition making that better.
There are some really interesting lectures available on the site. I would check it out.
In my dorm, I can walk down the hall and look into open doors to see every single occupant glued to their computer screen. I can then come back 3 hours later and they are right where I left them. I don't think this option has quite the same appeal to us as it most likely will to other CMU students. In fact, while I was writing this post the kid across the hall from me started screaming because he found Carnegie Mellon University on Facebook...
seems that there's a consensus...
web 2.0 is a waste of time IMO. just because people want the internet to make them money or make them popular so they can make money, doesn't mean it will work. granted, facebook has about a bajillion "apps" already, most sponsored/created by marketing moguls looking to mine personal information and habits without having to do any real work.
No. No. Not really. If I go on YouTube, I do so to get away from the University, not be closer to the fact that no one has a decent sense of humor in the video production house. I just watched a sponge breakdance. I really don't want to see that... ever. I also don't want the university in my facebook. I get enough spam crap to send me up a wall (no pun intended) as is. Get out of my in-box!
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