Blogging for a Cause

Social Networking

In the above link the cause I admire the most is putting an end to slavery. The one belief I hold above all other is that we can do and should do whatever we want in life, but we should negatively impede on the life of others. Slavery completely destroys any freedom someone has and they must obey the rules and laws of someone else.

As for a social cause that I would blog it would probably about what I recently saw on CNN about protests against whaling that Japan is doing, but not about Japan doing the whaling, but about the people who are protesting wanting to stop the fishermen's way of life. It is easy for a protester to go wherever they want to tell people they shouldn't do something, but what if that is their livelihood? They could have been doing it for thousands of years, but now some random person says no you have to stop. What if people wanted to protest against killing cows and chickens and made the conditions around such facilities so unbearable people had to evacuate? It is unfair that certain types of killing are fine by these protesters, but not others.

Resume Blogs

Robert Walkis

This first blog resume works well as a complementary asset to his actual resume. It doesn't replace all the information that should appear on one, but does highlight his what programs he has experience with, what jobs he used to have, and what project he was a part of. There are also links to his resume and links to his experience, jobs and projects which is nice for people unfamiliar with certain programs, titles, projects.

Nathan Chase

The second blog resume tries to replace his resume with a web page that resembles a resume. It does the job quite well displaying his skills and experience with certain programs in an easily read manner, but when he lists is past job experience he doesn't give contact information for potential employers to easily contact his previous boss instead they have to go through the linked websites and find contact information themselves.

Podcast

I am pod casting, enjoy.

Corporate Blogging

Sony recently had a press release dealing with the release of Metal Gear Sold 4: Guns of the Patriots.

With multitudes of questions still unanswered they posted a little FAQ on their blog.

From a short analysis of the post and the comments that followed, the FAQ was meant as a small post of information for people interested in pre-ordering the game and the bonuses that came with it. Unfortunately the blog is read internationally and not just in the US and as such scores of comments on the post are asking about European information regarding the game. While it was a nice tidbit of information it is not enough to satisfy everyones' questions. They could have improved it immensely if they answered some of the comments and not just let people stew.

What is Web 2.0?

Web 2.0 is the current generation of websites that do more than just act as a delivery system for information, but act as a community to cultivate ideas, discuss news, expand social networks.

Web. 1.0 is nothing more than websites that do not fit into todays current trend of online communities. The term only being loosely defined after web 2.0 was coined.

An example of Web 1.0 is www.sheridaninstitute.ca.

An example of web 2.0 is www.kotaku.com.