Time Isn’t On My Side
October 5th, 2006Some stuff that came into my aggregator over the past 2 days. No time to blog about them, but I’m still keeping current. 
+ Where I’m At - (Blog post from Chrystie Hill - BlogJunction - 10/05/2006) - “I’m listening…and watching…and learning…so much so that I’m reminded (for about the thousandth time this year) that I’m not-so-next-gen anymore. Not to despair, however. There’s something exhilarating about remembering that there are innumerable things that I do not yet know”
+ Book Lust Community - Nancy Pearl Community page from Wetpaint (via)
+ www.Maine.gov Recognized for Web Site Excellence in the 2006 Best of the Web Awards - (Business Wire - 10/05/2006) - “In an effort to ensure that Maine.gov is continually delivering cutting-edge content and features, Maine.gov received a number of enhancements in 2006. Two noteworthy additions include improved public access through RSS feeds and a mobile version of Maine.gov. RSS feeds provide an easy way for citizens to subscribe to news and updates from Maine.gov and receive the latest headlines on their computers at no cost. The streamlined mobile version (http://mobile.maine.gov) provides users with essential information including news, weather, citizen alerts, town contact information, and voter information via web-enabled mobile phones and personal digital assistants.”
+ More than Half of MySpace Visitors are Now Age 35 or Older, as the Site’s Demographic Composition Continues to Shift - (comScore - 10/05/2006) - “Visitors to MySpace.com and Friendster.com generally skew older, with people age 25 and older comprising 68 and 71 percent of their user bases, respectively. Meanwhile, Xanga.com has a younger user profile, with 20 percent of its users in the 12-17 age range, about twice as high as that age segment’s representation within the total Internet audience. Not surprisingly, Facebook.com, which began as a social networking site for college students, also draws a younger audience. More than one-third (34 percent) of visitors to Facebook.com are 18-24 years old, approximately three times the representation of that age segment in the general Internet population.” (via)
+ MySpace and Facebook Rivals are Growing - (The Social Networking Weblog - 10/04/2006) - “Instead of trying to get people to ditch their MySpace and Facebook accounts, they’re persuading kids to sign up for a third or fourth social-networking site, along with the ones they already use”
+ Most tech-savvy people still clueless about tech jargon - (New Kerala - 10/05/2006) - “A survey in the UK by Nielsen/NetRatings has found that though an increasing number of people are buying cutting-edge technology, only a very small number actually understands the terms that describe what their device actually does.” (Press Release)
+ Hint: Don’t Reveal Your Gmail RSS Feed (Security Pro News - 10/03/2006)- “Okay, this should be a no-brainer, but just because Gmail offers RSS feeds doesn’t mean you should offer them to the public.”