[Year 12 IT Apps] social networking sites(facebook etc)..

[ken price]

Slightly off-topic, but I just noticed that Google has bought a potential
alternative to FaceBook

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/google-buy-to-help-tackle-facebook/story-e6frg996-1225912147123


Ken


On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 6:26 AM, Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com>wrote:

> Fascinating .. has anybody else use Diaspora?
>
> On a different slant, has anybody else set up a Facebook page for their
> school? I have an idea that it may be similar to what many here have done
> with Wikipedia. I am in non hurry, the school secretary can tip-toe across
> this line .. just looking for some pointers that can be passed on.
>
> Regards Roland
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 4:26 PM, WEIR Andrew <
> andrew.weir at thomascarr.vic.edu.au> wrote:
>
>> Kent,
>> I guess social networking is the area of technology that the brave will
>> lead the rest of us through.
>> Unfortunately, I have been scarred many times by these systems and not
>> because of my self but people associated with me not having good
>> security, or sensibility.
>>
>> I guess that's why my last post was so rushed and mistyped.
>>
>> I did remember hearing about an open source version of facebook called
>> diaspora starting soon, which has much higher levels of security but as
>> yet I am still waiting to see how easy it is to configure. Also I did
>> not find the Privacy Policy for this new system. However I did find the
>> article now.
>>
>> http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/26/diaspora-facebook/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Andrew Weir
>>
>> Information Technology Co-ordinator
>>
>> Thomas Carr College
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au
>> [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Kent Beveridge
>> Sent: Monday, 30 August 2010 4:00 PM
>> To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] social networking sites(facebook etc)..
>>
>> Thanks for the tip Ben, just doing an investigation at this point to see
>> what surfaces.
>>
>> Tell ya what though...its really interesting in the range of responses
>> at both ends of the spectrum!
>>
>> For others reading this...please keep the comments rolling in..its got
>> potential!
>>
>> thanks heaps guys and gals out there..
>>
>> KB.
>>
>> Kent Beveridge
>> ICT Co-ordinator, St.Brigids CSC, HORSHAM,Vic,Aus.
>>
>>
>


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Dr Ken Price MACS ACCE Professional Associate.
President, TASITE
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