Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Pixton

http://pixton.com/home
Pixton is a web 2.0 tool that can be used to do a couple things. One it can be used to create cartoons/comic books. Two it can be used as a educational tool for teachers. Three it can be used to manage time and money.

I find that this is a good web tool although it seems a little childish because you can only do cartoon versions.

Monday, September 29, 2008

Ztail

http://www.ztail.com/
Ztail is a web 2.0 tool that can be used for 3 things. One get price checks on used items. Two sell items online that have been price checked. Three Buy things online at cheaper prices than other stores.

All in all its a okay web tool but I dont see any way of making a contract like deal that if the other person backs out you can get compensation.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Maestro

http://www.maestro.fm/
Maestro is a web 2.0 tool. It can be used to compose a playlist and post it online. Other people can come look and listen to your playlist. It is a good web tool if you dont have any music and you just need to find some quick.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

cmypitch

http://cmypitch.com/
Cympitch is a web 2.0 tool that can be used for many things. It can be used to compare business pitches with people and connect you to small businesses. This is a good web tool although it does say small businesses I doubt you will see major companies with a account on this. It may be more of a distance if you cant make it to a meating thing because you can put video on it and do it that away. Other than that its not a very usefull tool.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Retaggr

http://www.retaggr.com
Retaggr is a web 2.0 tool used to create a online business card. You can cre ate a customizable tag for when your online. You can create it to make a good first impression to people. You can put your job you hoobies pretty much anything even what other things you have signed up for. I find this would be a great tool but could be a little revealing cause it may get passed around more than you want.

Monday, September 22, 2008

Alerts

http://www.alerts.com/Default.aspx
Alerts is a web 2.0 tool that can be used for many things. One use you could use it for is to get news regularly. You could also use it to keep track of important things and it will send you messages telling you when something happens. This is a great tool if you need to keep up to date with the latest new.

Friday, September 19, 2008

ContestMachine

http://contestmachine.com/
ContestMachine is a web 2.0 tool for creating contests. The main objective is to create contests then you select the winner. I dont see it as a very useful tool due to it is limited to contests. I can see it being useful if you were looking for new ideas or something along those lines but other than that I dont see much potential.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Mapme

http://www.mapme.com/
Mapme is a web 2.0 tool that is used to create maps. You can create maps for nearly anything and you can add almost anything to them. You are able to create a map to your favorite places like to your favorite place to hang out. This is a good web tool if you are trying to give your friends directions but other than that i dont find it a very useful tool besides doing that. It would be more like a guideline then a actual thing to lead you there because the maps you can make arent very big so you wouldn't be able to show him how to get there from long distances unless you made a couple of the maps and placed them side by side.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Resnooze

http://www.resnooze.com/
Resnooze is a web 2.0 tool that is used for reminders. You are able to go create a chart or list of things that can give you a message. It is generally used for reminders it can also be used to keep track of data for various things. It is a very useful and versatile tool that could be used in companys regularly.

Friday, September 12, 2008

Privnote

https://privnote.com/
Privnote is a online messaging systems. You are able to send messages to people and once they read that message it is destroyed. It is a simple way of sending messages to people and you do not want other to see it. Although it is a way to keep messages private once you read it is gone and you need to ask that person for the message again.

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Fotoll

http://www.killerstartups.com/Social-Networking/fotoll-com-create-polls-for-fun
Fotoll is a website were people can go and post there opinions and create polls that people can read and post comments about. Examples of some polls are Obama vs. McCain Internet Explorer vs. Mozzila Firefox. Other than posting polls there isnt much more you can do with this site except for gather opinions. So this sites good if you are wanting alot of opinions and see peoples thoughts on idea.

Monday, September 8, 2008

Bukisa

http://www.bukisa.com/
Bukisa is a internet company that posts information. Members of the site are able to give information in return for money. People also post music for money. Job posts for buisnesses and even directions on how to do many things. This sounds like a very easy way to make money for doing almost nothing at all. Whenever 1000 people look at your page you get payed.

Sunday, September 7, 2008

Xbox 360

http://www.xb360info.com/
The xbox 360 at this moment is the biggest gaming console out there sellingmore than the wii and ps3. The xbox 360 and the ps3 are basically the same from my point of view but the ps3 cost waymore than the xbox 360. The xbox 360 and the wii are very different the wii is all about interaction were as the xbox 360 is about hard gaming and some interaction with some games. I have a xbox 360 and the wii both great gaming consoles the wii is fun games that get even funner when playing with others same way with the xbox 360. The ps3 is to highly priced for the little difference it gives you from the xbox 360.

Xbox 360- costs about $400 new games cost $60
Ps3- costs about $600 new games cost $70

Thursday, September 4, 2008

High School Technology

http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/tech/tech211.shtml
High school is basically about test success there are big tests everyone has to take. They take a very long time to grade so some schools are trying to go computerized when it comes to these tests. The reason they are trying to do this is so they can get grades back quicker instead of taking months to run papers through a machine. Alot of schools now are also using projectors to display notes, videos, etc. So schools are now becoming more high tech to make their jobs easier.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

The Internet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet
The internet is a network of connected computers capable of swapping data in little packages. The internet was created by the US government as a means of communications in fear of Soviet Russia missle attacks. After the war the need for it to the government died out and universities asked if they could use it to exchange data and ideas with each other. Eventually it became common use to everyone allowing access to information that they may need at any time to their disposal. Although the internet is full of fun things and information it is also a way to get attacked by viruses sent by other people through information or emails. The internet these days is used by everyone for research to gaming to Surveillance. The internet is a great thing but if we were to lose internet in this age it would mean mass chaos shutting down systems and operations all around the world making everyone who uses it suseptible to attacks from rival countries wether it be by virus or whatever means people can think of.The picture in top left corner is a diagram of what the internet looks like.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Forensic Technology

http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/forensics.shtml
DNA forensics has progressed alot, it used to be the cops would just think of people who would have a motive and arrest them. Now they go through processes that give them the definite answer. They are capable of identifying bodies testing DNA to find people and alot more. In the past year they found a way that they could lift finger prints off bullets and seek gunshot residue on people allowing them to identify who load and or fired the gun. They have also invented a machine that can take samples from the air and identify materials in it. The capability of identifying people now is down to getting some sweat hair anything and comparing it to another sample from that person in a computer alowing the scientists to identify dead people also for example if someone got attacked by a animal and they wanted to find the animal type they can take the bite wound and saliva from it and compare them on a list and it could tell the scientists the person was attacked by a bull dog for example.