Since the rise of tools like Facebook and Twitter in the mid‐2000s, there have always been alternatives to the big social networks. Back then, most of the alternatives were me‐too products trying to achieve the same fame and fortune as Twitter a...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jun/19/social-media-proganda-manipulating-public-opinion-bots-accounts-facebook-twitter
In the article above, we see how bad actors are gaming the algorithms of Facebook and Twitter to spread disinformation. We have seen how the proliferation of fake new...
One of the thrilling features of the Iron Man movies is the idea that Tony Stark can step into a mechanized robot suit and control it as if he were just moving his body naturally. The suit is expertly designed to understand his movements in real time and seamlessly amplify them to give him superhuma...
You know that moment when the room is quiet and everyone is calmly focused on a speaker– and then someone’s annoying ringtone goes off right in the middle, shattering the silence and attracting unwanted attention?
Don’t be that doofus.
I created a couple of IFTTT recipes to save the sanity of...
One of my former 12th grade Digital Design students has stayed in touch with me since his graduation in 2009, and he just asked me to help him start a crowdfunding campaign to support his tuition costs at Cal State Channel Islands. It was a great opportunity for me to learn more about how stud...
Sending short text messages is one of the most popular ways to communicate with friends from your mobile device. It’s great because you don’t need a smartphone, a special app, or to all be using the same service – it works from any mobile device. It’s jus...
I am by no means an SEO expert, but I have learned a few tricks about driving meaningful traffic to my blog, TedCurran.net. This post outlines some of the tricks I use to average around 1500 hits a day on an education technology blog.
Over the years, the big social networks Facebook and Twitter have quietly removed your ability to export your contacts out of their systems. They do this to trap you on their service and make you feel like you’d lose all your friends if you lef...
