First Impressions are important, no less online than face to face. Here’s an interesting article on putting your best cyberface forward at the New York Times.
This just in from Science In the News (reported by Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, as a service for its members and the public):
Today’s Headlines - January 4, 2008
Commentary: Six Tech Trends to Watch in 2008 (from the Christian Science Monitor)
When it comes to predicting tech trends, I think back to a luncheon I attended a dozen years ago. There, a prominent reporter for a major New
York newspaper told me that the Internet would go nowhere. It would neverbe a threat to newspapers, he said.I wonder how he’s feeling about that prediction now. But whenever a new year starts, film and music columnists look backward, and business and techcolumnists look forward. So … here are a few thoughts about where we maybe headed in 2008:
1. Apple moves into movies.
2. Fewer copyright protections restrict digital
music.3. Phone companies face a growing assault from free alternatives.
4.Social networking continues to grow.
5. Privacy is in free fall.
6. Googlebattles Microsoft for control.
To read more: http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0102/p17s01-stct.html