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Twitter Etiquette

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Oleg K.

     In real life, writers like Emily Post and Amy Vanderbilt have compiled unwritten social rules into large volumes that remind us, for example, when to write a thank-you note. Often times, these unwritten rules also come up in newspaper advice … Continue reading →

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Blog Workshop Links

Posted on May 5, 2009 by Oleg K.

These links represent some of the websites I talked about in my Brown Bag Seminar, Blogging For Business, presented on May 5th at Moorpark Library: Getting Started: What is, blog search engines, blogging platforms, rss aggregators(blog/RSS/feed readers). Wikipedia: Blog – … Continue reading →

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#5 – Your Body Speaks – “The Future is in the Clouds”

Posted on August 10, 2008 by Oleg K.

I delivered this speech on Monday, August 4th 2008. The lead-in I’ll admit, this wasn’t the speech I was planning to give. I was in the process of preparing a speech about gestures and greetings but was too busy with … Continue reading →

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Internet Myths: Everything can be found on the ‘net

Posted on June 10, 2008 by Oleg K.

Similar to the myth that people only use 10% of their brain, the idea that everything can be found on the internet is repeated by idiots constantly. Yet, to any “thinking” person, this should be immediately dismissed as ludicrous! I … Continue reading →

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NY Times thinks Doc program war only Microsoft vs. Google

Posted on February 8, 2008 by Oleg K.

Facing Free Software, Microsoft Looks to Yahoo Okay, is it just me or was the scope of this article strangely small. Openoffice.org is a free/open-source program equivalent to Microsoft Office, with more features than Google Docs and it is is … Continue reading →

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Steve Jobs Must be Crazy and other Apple Amusements…

Posted on January 17, 2008 by Oleg K.

The blog Errata mentions something that has had me mad for the past few days. How Steve Jobs in a NY Times interview questions concerning the Amazon Kindle basically says it is a futile effort because we 40% of Americans … Continue reading →

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New Media/Lit, E-book readers, copyright…

Posted on November 21, 2007 by Oleg K.

I’ve been surfing the net all evening in lieu of the reading I’m supposed to be doing for class. The stuff I’ve been enjoying on the internet has just been too interesting to have to subject myself to reading boring … Continue reading →

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Music Industry Tangled in Future’s Net!

Posted on October 2, 2007 by Oleg K.

So, in a post last week I wrote: “Personally, I would rather bypass the record companies completely and pay the artist through his/her website for .mp3 downloads of a CD, plus whatever extras are on there. The internet makes this … Continue reading →

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Recent Tech News Review. Opinions, Thoughts, Rants…

Posted on September 27, 2007 by Oleg K.

Buy a Laptop for a Child, Get Another Laptop Free Now I had heard about this initiative a few months ago during a lecture given at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies (GSE&IS) by Brewster Kahle, who … Continue reading →

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Ubuntme – Part 3 (The Wrap-Up)

Posted on July 25, 2007 by Oleg K.

It’s been nearly a week that I’ve had Ubuntu as the only OS on my machine. I wouldn’t say that it has been a bad experience, but I can’t promote it as entirely positive either. Fans of Ubuntu stand behind … Continue reading →

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