The ITS Coffee Break tries recording in stereo as it tests out one of three new microphones recently purchased by Lafayette for podcasting. In Tech News, hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley talk about ways to spruce up your Facebook profile, discuss Berkley's decision to upload 200 course lectures to YouTube, and speculate on Google's purchase of the microblogging platform Jaiku. In Help News, two new “Integrating Teaching with Technology” presentations are announced, as well as an ITS brown bag lunch about getting started with Linux.
Getting the Podcast
There are several ways to get the podcast:
- Download the MP3 directly
- Subscribe to the Soapbox podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically)
- Subscribe to the Soapbox feed via iTunes
Show Notes
ITS News
- New Podcasting Microphones in the Library
- We've got new microphones for podcasting!
- Network Outage Scheduled for 10/17.
- Details will be posted on the ITS web site. Expect network and web apps to be affected from 4-7 a.m.
- Somebody gets a new iPhone…
Tech News
- Fix Your Facebook Profile Now
- http://chrisbrogan.com/fix-your-facebook-profile-now/
- Suggestions on how to improve your Facebook profile to make it actually useful. Geared toward more professional users, but good tips all around. Including:
- Make Information The Top: don't make people dig for your bio info.
- If Blogging, Install Blog Friends: Let's you see what your friends are blogging as well … and what they've read.
- Pick Apps that Enrich Your Message: Go with stuff that helps reinforce who you are — Google Reader shared items, Flickr, etc.
- Berkeley Tunes into YouTube
- http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/2430/berkeley-tunes-in-to-youtube
- Berkley's posted 200 courses videos to YouTube.
- Google Buys Jaiku
- http://www.jaiku.com
- The microblogging app is an alternative to Twitter, but supports features like comments. Also supposed to work better on mobile devices, but so far my friends haven't been impressed.
Help News
- bFree: new version released
- Brown Bag: Getting Started with Linux
- Time: Noon-1 p.m., Oct. 15, Skillman 004
- Using Simulations: Integrating Teaching with Technology
- Time: 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m., Gendebien Room, Skillman Library 206
- Web and Video Conferencing: Integrating Teaching with Technology
- 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m., Location: Gendebien Room, Skillman Library 206