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posted by Marion @ 11:08 AM 0 comments

Web 2.0? Boooooriiiing!

I'm so tired of this Web 2.0 thing!!
I was listening to a very interesting radio broadcast when I realised something… Why do they always have to put name on things? Why do they always have to decide there are some evolutions that are revolutions, and that everything is going to change completely?
Does speaking of Web 2.0 means there is a new version of the web? Was there a Web 1.0, a web 1.9.8.3?
Ok, YouTube, Netvibes, 6Nergies, DailyMotion, Skype are really something huge these days, but it’s a normal evolution from what happened before! The uses evolve with the new ideas, the new software, but especially thanks to the advance of technology (the idea of posting videos online must have existed a looooong time ago, but it wasn’t possible at the 56k age).
Please, you people on the radio, you, the journalist, you, the advertiser, you, the teacher, stop saying we are now in a revolutionary mutation! We ALWAYS are mutating, so are our technologies. So just enjoy and stop thinking for once!

posted by Marion @ 12:18 AM 0 comments

Do YouTube² ?

In 2007, my grandmother might learn to watch and make videos on YouTube!

What I mean, is that if YouTube is now a huge phenomenon, it has to be put within everyone’s reach. It’s always like that with new technologies! Everybody’s saying it’s a revolution, that it would change the world, but you can see that actually only a small part of the population is really using this new technology. What makes a big difference, is when it spreads to everybody. Like emails. Or blogs. When I went to Canada, I didn’t have a blog. I only posted my pictures online. A year after, all my friends who went abroad had a blog! It’s much better than emails, because people can go and check if there is new stuff all the time. It can be text, pictures, videos, sound, etc.

Maybe the next step with YouTube is the ‘subscribe’function. The same way as your friends can go on your blog, they can subscribe to your YouTube videos. This way you can communicate regularly, and have feedbacks thanks to the comments function.

It can also be used in a more professional way: to have a video CV* could be a good way to differentiate yourself from other candidates. For now. If it becomes too popular, you’re going to need something new. Or go back to the traditional paper CV. Going back to tradition can be a good way to impress employers, as long as they know you did it by purpose, and that you’re not completely resistant to technology.

For example, we can look at what JackDanyells is doing on YouTube: Here he’s making a presentation of YouTube itself. But he’s also showing how he can produce a nice videos, with some special effects, etc. You can subscribe to his videos, whether you’re a friend, a potential employer, or a complete stranger.

* Note about Video CVs: A Video CV has to be adapted to the job you’re looking for. In some cases, it has to be sober, in some other cases, it has to be very original! Sometimes, it’s better not to make a video CV at all! It’s like for everything else; the point is to be able to decide what’s best for each situation.

posted by Marion @ 5:56 PM 2 comments

Backup your data!

For small files, such as word documents (for essay, ‘mémoire’, or work groups), I usually copy the file on my hard disk, on an usb key, and I send it to myself on my email. This way, the email server keeps a copy of it.

For bigger files… well I’m in trouble. I know I need to make copies of my photos for example. I have a LOT of travel photos, and my hard disk is very old. So if it crashes, I will be mad at myself for not having done anything about it.

I need to burn them, but I don’t have a DVD burner, so it would take a long time.

The future of data saving, according to me, is to use web servers the same way as I use them for small files. The problem, again, is privacy. I don’t really want to put my photos online, and even if I don’t make them public, I would always fear someone could have access to them

posted by Marion @ 4:31 PM 0 comments

Privacy pollution

Privacy pollution…

It’s why I don’t put my mail and e-mail address on my CV online.

It’s why I keep my birth date private.

I don’t want someone to use my identity, or use my email to send me spam all the time.

To prevent spasm, I have different email addresses. I usually use my hotmail address when I register to something only, and I keep my gmail address for personal and professional concerns

posted by Marion @ 3:48 PM 0 comments

webCMS

An content management system on the web is a software system used for example in wikis and blogs. It assists the users to organize and publish web content (text, images, video…). It’s very useful in the case of collaborative creation of documents. It helps importing and creating the documents and multimedia material, identifying the users and their roles, managing the different versions, etc.

Example of the use of CMS: See our wiki!

posted by Marion @ 3:34 PM 0 comments

CV

posted by Marion @ 2:49 PM 0 comments