The internet has become a good way to make friends, there are so many ways to meet people online like chat rooms, message boards and personals websites. Personals websites aren’t just for dating anymore, it’s one of the safer ways to make friend that you actually would meet in person. Although that once you get to know the friendship you make online might be a little harder to manage then the friends you have met already, cause if you decide not to get online for a month and just on to talk cause your bored then get on to talk they might be a little angry. It’s probably a really good idea to find out as much as possible about the people you meet online, because sometimes people lie and tell you things that you want to hear to try to get your personal information from you. There what you call hacker they get your personal information and use it to get into your accounts and anything else of importance. There are plenty of ways to safeguard yourself, there are websites that can help find out if these people are telling you the truth. Also never give out you telephone number in the first conversation you have with this person, because giving out you telephone number can lead to them using the reverse directory and finding your address. When you feel as though it would be safe to either talk on the phone or meet this person, you should take into consideration that this person will not sound or look like they told you they would because they may not want to scare you away. Just remember with any friendship, if you want to stand the test of time you have to put in some effort. But just remember that with internet friendships you should protect yourself at all times.
Networking…Is any of it for you?
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There are several kinds of networking, such as Social networking. Social Network include Facebook, myspace, twitter and so on. Many people use these social networks as a way to stay in touch with family, friends and social event. Not everyone uses facebook, but it has its pros and cons. Pros are that you can stay in touch with friends and family, you also can play game and join groups that suit your interest. Cons are that a lot of your personal information is exposed, people can become addicted to social networking. Statistics from www.graphicsms.com show that 47% of online adult use social networking and 73% of teens and young adults are members of at least one social network. also from the same website the average user spend more than 55 minutes per day on a social networking site and that more than 1.5 million local businesses have an active facebook page.Right now Facebook and twitter are the most popular social network sites to date, myspace is used less because facebook is easier to use, better games, and you can chat easier on facebook.With Statistic from Lemieux and Associates Facebook’s search function allows you to search within a variety of networks (i.e. university, employer, city, metropolitan area, high school) depending on which networks a person has become a member of. If a person is within your network due to geographical location, you may have access to certain content that other users don’t. They also have a variety of other tools that could be used against you, such as if you were being investigated and they wanted to track some of the things you have said all they would have to do is go to any of the Social Network that you visit they caould potentially find out some of the things they need to know.
internet and its uses…could you use it?
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The internet is being used in many ways. Internet providers are making more strides to make the internet as safe as possible. Most people use the internet for work, school, and for their own private usage. Some of the other uses of the computer would be dating, keeping in touch with friends, banking, you can also watch your favorite music videos and television shows. Paying your bills online has become more popular in the last few years and that there making it safer every day, so people feel better about knowing that other people can’t get into the account. There is also blogging which is an online journal or diaries, blogging can be personal or you can let the whole world read it. Also in blogging you can keep track of your own events. You can shop online for books, airline tickets and clothes, more and more people are shopping online because you can find all or most of the products you’re looking for. Job hunting is also very popular over the internet, Monster, Careerbuliders, hot jobs, snagajob and dice.com. On these job hunting websites you can post a resume, fill out an application. Even though you can still go to the place of business in person job sites are a big help to a lot of people. Internet can also be used for research and education. You don’t have to be a student to do research, there are some many valuable resources for anyone to use. Like if you were to start a business and you want to see what kind of statistics there are for starting your business, the internet would be a great place to start. They have also started doing college over the internet also, which could be more convient for some people like stay at home moms and disabled people
Blogging…the online journalist…
When you’re blogging you primarily do the following things, research on topic you want to post about, write the post, read and respond to the comments on your post, read your friends posts and comment and respond to the comment on their post. Some people have a lot to talk about, but no one to listen to them, blogging would be a great way to express yourself and your opinion. One of the greatest things about blogging is that you can write about anything that you want and others can give their opinion whether it is good or they disagree with you. Everyone has a right to their own opinion. They didn’t create freedom of speech for everyone to just sit around and be quiet, Right? Blogging can be time consuming you have to be willing to set out at least a couple hours and if you don’t have that kind of time to be free to just blog, well you shouldn’t. You should also have good communication skills to blog, if you don’t your word won’t come out right and well it wouldn’t look good on your part. Biggest thing about blogging is getting an audience to read what you have to say, if people don’t really have a reason to read your blog then they won’t. If it has relevance in someone’s life they will probably read it. Like how to blog if people want to learn how to do something your blog will be read. Blogging about sport is really popular right now. Sports critics get online and tell you the most important things that went on at a sporting event; it can be the professional sport game or a hometown football game. If people want to know anything they can just look it up in blogs.
Use Free Software to Make Working At Home Easier
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Why do people find it difficult to work from home? People fail to understand that working is not just about earning money or spending time in the office. It is also about job satisfaction. When you work at home, and when you take care of kids, cook meals, and also do household chores, you may end up feeling unsatisfied and like you are not keeping up with your professional responsibilities.
What is more, your family members may not value your work and may not treat you as if you have indeed done anything substantial. These are small things, but can lead to a lot of heartache and irritation if not tackled properly.
One thing you can do is log onto the internet to get free software applications that will help schedule your day properly. Make it a point to plan your day well in advance. You will find it difficult to establish your own office space immediately. However, you certainly can develop the habit of working undisturbed for many hours despite staying at home by adopting gradual practices.
Whether you like it or not, you will be working at home and distractions and disturbances cannot be avoided. Rather than trying to avoid them, why don’t you try to control them? You can set timers that will remind you to take a break from your work and have conservations with your spouse or kids on a regular basis.
In the same way, you should have a timer that will instruct you to shut down the computer and spend time with your family members. One disadvantage of working at home is that you may not stop working at all. In the long run, such an approach can be very harmful for your family life. Make it a point to switch off once office hours have ended.
Computers and the Elderly
For younger people, using computers is completely second nature. They use them in school and at home, and they can’t really fathom what life would be like without them. For the elderly, computers can be very confusing. There are some older people who use them without a problem, but the older the person is the less likely he or she will be using a computer for anything. It doesn’t have to be that way, though. A lot of senior centers and similar places, as well as some libraries, have people who can help teach the elderly to use computers. Some families also have the younger members work with the older ones so that everyone can email each other, talk on a social network, and send pictures.
Those are great ways to keep up with children and grandchildren when they’re far away – across the country or across the world. Most places have Internet, so don’t assume that you can’t get it where you’re living. Ask around for the best options based on price and speed. That way you won’t be paying for something you don’t need, but you’ll have an Internet connection that’s fast enough for what you need to do with it. Some older people also use the Internet to sell crafts that they make, send electronic greeting cards, and make new friends. No matter what they want to use it for, they can learn how to navigate it.
Patience is important when teaching the elderly how to use computers. They may not grasp things as quickly as their younger counterparts – but be careful not to talk down to them. They aren’t stupid, and they should still have your respect. Explain things clearly, and make sure that one step is understood before you move on to the next one. That way, you shouldn’t have to worry about confusion developing later. If it does, start at the beginning and go through the steps again. Write them down, if that helps. With a little effort, elderly people can be just as active on a computer as someone much younger.
Internet Redefines Sports Heroics
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Some sports heroes seem immortal. Their exploits on the field offer a glimpse of what it is like to at least seem to be larger than life. Of the major profitable sports the most physically demanding is football, and perhaps no player has captured the imagination of the public and the media in the past 20 years more than Brett Favre.
Favre has all of the characteristics of a sports hero. He rose from a humble background. Advertisers and reporters portrayed Favre as a Mississippi country boy who made it on his talent and guts. He played to this image and was not afraid to have fun at his own expense. Favre appeared in a commercial that made fun of his famously fickle nature.
For the majority of his career Favre appeared to be almost bulletproof. He became the favorite son of Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he led the Packers to a Super Bowl victory. But like many great athletes, Favre has not been able to handle the end of his career with the grace and decisiveness that he displayed as a competitor. As his career wound down in Green Bay, the Packers grew weary of the questions of whether or not their future Hall of Fame quarterback would continue playing or head off into retirement.
The Packers prepared by drafting another quarterback and stood their ground in preparing for the future during the first of Favre’s “retirements’. While many in the mainstream media stood by their ratings giant, Favre faced a backlash from a previously unthought-of area.
Internet publishers did not have the same restrains as outlets like ESPN in reporting on Favre. Rather than support his wishy-washy decision making, sites like Deadspin openly attacked Favre and brought into question his image. Favre might not have missed starts on the field, but under the microscope of bloggers his football resume appears tarnished by his off the field decision making.
Cowgirl Takes Down the Gunslinger…On the Internet!
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Can an Internet star take down one of the most famous athletes of all time? The full story might not ever be known, but thanks to the publishing power of the Internet the names Jenn Sterger and Brett Favre will be linked forever.
Sterger gained fame in a way that could only happen during the era of the Internet. During a national broadcast of a Florida State football game, announcer Brent Musburger noted Sterger, who was decked out in a “cowgirl outfit”. The cowgirls were a group of attractive co-eds that dressed in skimpy outfits for every football game. Picture of her screen shot soon spread around the Internet and Sterger became a minor sensation. See parlayed her 15 minutes of fame into a cowgirl calendars and a featured pictorial in Playboy. Shortly after the initial blowup, the hype around Sterger seemed to slow down, and she tried to transition her fame into a career as a television reporter.
Sterger has been a reporter for the Versus Network show “The Daily Line”, but it was not her work that has brought her back into the attention of the public. Even though she might not have wanted it, renegade sports blog Deadspin reported that Sterger had been sexually approached by Brett Favre when both were involved with the New York Jets. Sterger confirmed that she received inappropriate text messages and voicemails from someone she believed to be Favre, but she did not provide the website with copies of the obscene texts. Deadspin claims to have purchased the texts from a third party.
The Favre story offers another glimpse into the world of wealthy professional athletes. Tiger Woods suffered a terrible fall from grace after text messages he sent to a seemingly endless stream of mistresses went viral. Woods and Favre show that no matter a person’s level of fame the Internet has made the most powerful people vulnerable to the prying eyes of a judgmental public.
Simmons, Moss and Twitter
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The media enjoys stories about new and interesting products or services. When Twitter burst onto the scene some pundits declared that it would revolutionize the world and change the way that people communicate. While changing the world 140 characters at a time is difficult business, Twitter has already changed the way the media reports stories and rumors.
The stream of conscience nature of Twitter has caused the multiple sports rumors and controversies. The latest comes from ESPN columnist Bill Simmons. Simmons, “The Sports Guy” writes a popular column for ESPN.com’s page 2. With more than 1.25 million Twitter followers, Simmons had a audience that would not ignore even with the slightest hint of a juicy trade rumor. And prior to the New England Patriots’ trade of Randy Moss to the Minnesota Vikings, Simmons claims to have accidentally Tweeted the message “moss Vikings” to his followers.
Simmons says that his message was supposed to be a private communication with ESPN reporter Adam Schefter. Simmons quickly took the message down from his public Twitter, but once a message gets out online there is no taking it back. Simmons said that his information about the pending trade came from a well placed Vikings source. ESPN editorial policy would not allow Simmons to report a single anonymous source story without further verification.
Rather than letting the rumor fester, Simmons sent out a message that confirmed there were rumors about a deal that would send Moss to his original team, the Vikings. Soon other news organizations were reporting on the deal, and the momentum seemed to be pushing Moss to Minneapolis. A deal later emerged that sent Moss out of New England, and fans of both teams were not surprised.
Even though Twitter has yet to have society altering effects, the level of rapid access has changed the way news is reported. Press releases and breaking news have usually already been reported by someone close to a story.
