The July 17 Coffee Break begins with reminders about the upcoming network outage and changing your network password, and then delves into conversations about how wikis can be used in collaborative projects and trends in podcast listenership. News of upcoming workshops rounds out the podcast.
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
- Network Outage July 19
- This month's scheduled outage for network infrastructure maintenance will take place Wednesday, July 19, from approximately 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM. A list of services impacted by this outage will be posted closer to the outage date.
- Changing Your Password and Setting up a Challenge/Response Question
Tech News
- What Is a Wiki (and How to Use One for Your Projects)
- by Tom Stafford, Matt Webb authors of Mind Hacks for O'Reilly Press. They describe how they used a private wiki to research, organize, collaborate on and eventually write their book.
- http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2006/07/07/what-is-a-wiki.html
- CNET: Podcasts Popular in the Holodeck
- The article stated: "6.6 percent of adults said they had downloaded audio podcasts within the last 30 days, and 4 percent had downloaded video podcasts. Since the question has only been recently added to the survey, according to the Nielsen/NetRatings spokeswoman, there is no data available for 2004 to allow for a growth comparison. (Blogging came in even lower at 4.8 percent.)"
- It further said: "Internet users in the 18-to-24 age group are twice as likely to download audio podcasts than the average online adult. When it comes to video podcasts, however, the 25-to-34 age group downloads the most, and follow a close second for audio downloads, the report said."
- Popular sites: "Macworld is the No. 1 most-visited content site by people who download audio podcasts, according to media research group Nielsen/NetRatings, while StarTrek.com is the most visited content site among video podcast downloaders. "
- http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-6093494.html?tag=nefd.top
Help News
- Late Summer Workshops: FaceBook and MySpace, PowerPoint, Blackboard, WebSurveyor and much more. The schedule will be available on the ITS Web site on July 18.
- Workshop Schedule:
http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~its/pages/calendar/ - Workshop Registration:http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~its/help/workshop/registration