Ruralocity Blog

OK, I’m not positive this is a permanent return from my self-imposed hiatus, but here you go. Much has been going on.

One: I finished my requirements for my independent study about social networking’s place in education. Verdict: I should have done a better needs analysis. Also, Ning kind of sucks as a social network for folks new to social networks (struggling to keep from saying the word newbie here, especially since my target audience really shouldn’t be newbie in any sort of general technology upheaval in my opinion). If I were to do this all over again, I’d stick with Facebook or host my own network. But maybe I should’ve just pointed out the benefits of the much more popular Classroom 2.0 network.

Two: I don’t think I’m going to use said social networking project in any way for my final project two semesters from now. I’m over the social networking thing, or at least how I implemented it; and some cool things are potentially coming down the pike (or is it pipe?) at work. I’ll get into those in the next couple of months if they pan out.

Three: I ordered me one of these today. Will it replace my normal day-to-day laptop? Probably not. But it’s actually been getting some good buzz, and I’m all for tiny and cheap when it comes to electronics. I got the mid-level one because I hear ASUS is being cool about not voiding warranties when you try to break open cases for memory upgrades and junk.

Four: You can easily create custom ringtones for your iPhone now, if you’re on a Mac. I haven’t tried it yet, but I will say that all my iPhone problems (of which there are only like two) started when I tried a hack way to put something besides one of the officially provided tones on my phone.