First, I'm going to change my naming system when it comes to idle thoughts / misc. updates. Instead of putting the date, I'm going to use the subject of the post to title it. Although I prefered the dates for style reasons, to emphasize the uniqueness of the post by contrasting it with such a generic title, I think this new system will make it much easier for everyone. I fly through my Google Reader every day, and star the articles I want to read, and ignore the ones I don't. I rarely star BuzzMachine articles though, because their titles don't catch my eye, and I don't have time to read each article when I've got 15 minutes to star/non star 128 posts. Subject-related titles are useful, especially since not a lot of people blog on the combination of subjects I do. Please feel free to leave feedback in the comments.
I have a couple of small things that I want to touch on, so I thought it'd be easier to put them all in one post.
- Presentation. I just gave a presentation in an economics class. I noticed afterwards that the teacher had negative comments on my PowerPoint. I've been taught that a short, concise PowerPoint is best, used to outline the logical progression of your argument. I believe that each slide should be a chapter, and each bullet a section in that chapter. Thus, a book would never have a chapter or section devoted to a sentence or fact, but rather an idea. The professor's notes, however, seem to suggest that he prefers a PowerPoint filled with distracting sentences, tons of visual cues, and a poorly designed layout. Personally, I'd rather have an audience paying attention to me, rather than my slides. If you have two seconds, tell me what you think? It's just a one-question survey.
- Meebo Features. I opened up my meebo this afternoon and was welcomed by some new features. First, meebo now has chat logs, which I am ecstatic about. I can be very forgetful, and being able to pull up old conversations is something I've greatly missed after switching from DeadAIM to meebo. Second, you can now view people's profies (as well as access your chat history) through buttons in the actual IM window. Well, quasi-window. I guess AJAX stretches the definition of the window concept.
- Pay for Free Stuff. A new site, ValleySchwag, has started up, which will send you a monthly package of the free promotional material, like t-shirts, pens, or mousepads, given away by Silicon Valley comapnies for marketing. For $15/month, it's actually not a bad way to get some pretty cool stuff branded by your favorite companies. Then again, $180 a year for free stuff is a little heavy for a college student. Shipping can't really cost that much, can it?
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