#9 Finding feeds

The instructions were quite useful in directing me as to how to go about finding feeds. I am particularly interested in keeping up with the latest current affairs and I like the Australian News.net site.

#8 RSS feeds

It took quite a while to read through/listen to all the links about RSS feeds but I can see the benefits. While initially time-consuming to learn and set up, accessing the news that I want to read has been made simpler.

7. Blog technology

ICT opens up a whole new way of communicating with a whole range of people from all over the world in an instant. We've come along way from communicating by paper and pen and sending our letters etc. by sailing ship!

Mashups

Found it interesting to upload photos and then add them to maps to show where they were taken.

My best friend

Just look at this face! The dog - "man's best friend".

" Take my pups. You will raise them and call them Dog. They will be your guardians. They will alert you to danger, keep you warm, guard your camp, and even lay down their life to protect your life and the lives of your children. They will be companions to you and all your generations, never leaving your side, as long as Mankind shall survive. In return, you will share your food and the warmth of your fire. You will treat my children with love and kindness, and tend to them if they become ill, just as if they were born from your own belly. " First Man and First Woman agreed. ... Before she disappeared into the darkness, she turned and spoke once more to First Man, "My children will honor the pact for all generations. But if Man breaks this pact, if you or your children's children deny even one Dog food, warmth, a kind word or a merciful end, your generations will be plagued with war, hunger, and disease, and so shall this remain until the pact is honored again by all Mankind." With this, First Dog entered the night and returned in spirit to the Creator. from The Pact of the Fire, Lakota Sioux Legend

Progress?

The advance of technology over the past 10 years boggles the mind. In almost every area whether it be computers, electronics, home audio and video, the Internet, portable audio and cell phones, the leap forward is clearly evident. Has technology helped us or hindered us as human beings? It’s a difficult question to answer. While many of these devices are meant to give us more free time by increasing efficiency, many would say that they’ve had the opposite effect - that we’ve become slaves to the technology. We can’t let the mobile phone go to voice mail and we surely can’t leave our e-mails unanswered. What affect does the use of computers for personal use during work hours have on our performance output? And what about the impact of mobile phones on our health? Is this progress?