So i have been using Twitter for a while now and i would like to discuss two aspects. The first is my experience using Twitter and the second is the use of Twitter in Knowledge Management and in Organizations.
My experience with Twitter - I did not really "get" the idea behind Twitter before starting it and i am not sure that i get it now. I see a lot of potenial for Twitter on a comercial and organizational level but not for noraml people. I dont have anything to say that i feel will intreset other people. On the other hand i like that i can get quick updates from important people or orginizations about what is going on with them. So i can see the point in following Israel or A major news paper but i can not see the point in following a friend or class mate. During the exercise i found myself writing things that i know will not intreset anyone else and could not think of anything that would intreset them. Also i did not feel the need to follow any of my classmates in order to know what they are doing. It is true that it is like reading the status of a friend on Faceboook, but somehow for me it is different. Maybe it is because i am already on Facebook and used to it by now or maybe it has to do with the frequency of the updates. Twitter makes you feel like you have to update every few hours but on Facebook it is ok to updated every few days. Even on Facebook i have friends that update everyfew hours and it is very anyoing. To sum up this part, i do not think that after this course i will continue to use Twitter.
Twitter in an organization and as a tool for knowledge management - I think that Twitter can play a very important role in any organization as far as knowledge management is consigned. It is useful in order to know what other people in the company are doing. For example project managers can notify people about which customer they are working and then other workers can share information with them. Also programs can tweet that they are having problems solving a certain computer problem and then other workers can try and help them out. Twitter can also be use to keep the informal communication lines open between the employees and the management of the company. I think that Twitter can help join people in the company that have knowledge with people looking for knowledge, and as we know this is the most difficult part of knowledge management in a company.
So as far a a tool in my personal life i do not see the need for Twitter but i think that it can be a strong tool to help companies with knowledge management.
Friday, March 25, 2011
The State of our State
Usually i write about gadgets and technology in my blog but given the recent events in the country and in particular in the South i have decide to write about "The State of our State". On wnedsday morning at 5:30 am i was woken up by the sound of the air raid sirens. Luckly my bedroom is also a bomb shelter so i did not have to go far. Later that day the sirens went off again as more rockets were fired into Israel. Then is the afternoon a bomb exploded in the heart of Jerusalem. I think this situation has got to stop. I know that this is not a one sided story where we are the victims, but the fighting on both sides has to stop. What bothers me the most is the battle that is taking place in the media. When we retaliate the media shows only one side of the battle.
There is no other country in the world that would even allow one missile to be fired into there country. I would like to see how the French would react if a missile was fired into Nice for example. The French would bomb the crap out of any country that sent a missile into one of their cities. The Hamas are firing rockets into cities that are not part of the conflict. Beer Sheva is not close to Gaza it is not in the West Bank and no military action is being launched from there. It is the only western country in the world where people have bomb shelters in their homes.
This situation is crazy!!! It has become part of our daily lives here in Israel and it has got to stop.
I dont have the perfect solution and i dont think that more violence from either side will solve the problem. I do think that we need to give them their own country and build a secure boarder (like every other country in the world has). I think we need to stop supplying them with water and electricity and stop letting them come work here. They need their own country and even create an army. That way when the fire missiles into our country it will be an act of war and we will have all the rights in the world to attack. But i think that they like the current situation. They dont want their own country because this way they have someone to blame for all their problems. You can not forget that no other country wants the Palestinians. Lebanon does not want them, neither does Jordan, Syria or Egypt. The situation is good for everyone because they are used to show how "bad" Israel is. Once they have their own country they will have no more excuses as to why they can not get their shit together.
I prefer to write about phones and gadgets but i had to get some things off my chest.
So bye for now and see you soon.
There is no other country in the world that would even allow one missile to be fired into there country. I would like to see how the French would react if a missile was fired into Nice for example. The French would bomb the crap out of any country that sent a missile into one of their cities. The Hamas are firing rockets into cities that are not part of the conflict. Beer Sheva is not close to Gaza it is not in the West Bank and no military action is being launched from there. It is the only western country in the world where people have bomb shelters in their homes.
This situation is crazy!!! It has become part of our daily lives here in Israel and it has got to stop.
I dont have the perfect solution and i dont think that more violence from either side will solve the problem. I do think that we need to give them their own country and build a secure boarder (like every other country in the world has). I think we need to stop supplying them with water and electricity and stop letting them come work here. They need their own country and even create an army. That way when the fire missiles into our country it will be an act of war and we will have all the rights in the world to attack. But i think that they like the current situation. They dont want their own country because this way they have someone to blame for all their problems. You can not forget that no other country wants the Palestinians. Lebanon does not want them, neither does Jordan, Syria or Egypt. The situation is good for everyone because they are used to show how "bad" Israel is. Once they have their own country they will have no more excuses as to why they can not get their shit together.
I prefer to write about phones and gadgets but i had to get some things off my chest.
So bye for now and see you soon.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
One week with the Desire HD
Ok...I have had the phone for one week and overall i am very happy but there are some things that are really pissing me off.
I am now trying to work on a problem with the WiFi that is driving me crazy. Yesterday i spent 7 hours trying to downgrade the OS version from 2.2.1 to 2.2. But what did i expect? The truth is that i expected exactly what i got and i love it!!!! I love reading posts in forums, i love solving problems and i love the fact that not every 12 year-old girl has the same phone as i do. I have signed up in the past week to 6 new forums that deal with HTC or Android (both English and Hebrew).
I have already learned so many things, for example:
1. What is a ROM (i knew what ROM was but now i know in connection with android)
2. Gold Card (a Micro SD card used to make a phone Sim-Free)
3. Radio (not the kind you have in the car but the kind that controls all the radio frequencys and controls of the phone - Wifi, Cell, bluetooth)
4. Gingerbread (the next version of the OS - 2.3)
5. How to flush the ROM
6. How to create a Gold Card (physically changing the HEX code on the SD card :-))
7. How to do a factory restart
8. And much more...
The battery is one of the things that is driving me crazy and not in a good way. This phone loves the battery. It loves it so much that it wants to completely consume it in a few hours.
The phone does not really like the WiFi connection at the University. I can see to get a good connection for more than a couple of minutes and today i can not get a connection if my life depended on it. All the forums say that i have to do a factory restart to my phone which means that everything that i have done so far will be erased (which is not necessarily a bad thing).
The interesting thing is that this week i also got a new phone from Comverse. I got a Nokia E5 smart phone (fully QWERTY keyboard, no touch). The wired thing is that it is not the worst phone that i have ever used and actually has some features that are useful and that the Desire does not. The Nokia will sync the Exchange to-do list and the HTC (and the iPhone for that sake) will not!!!
I will keep you all updated on how the adventure with the HTC goes.
Bye for now :-)
I am now trying to work on a problem with the WiFi that is driving me crazy. Yesterday i spent 7 hours trying to downgrade the OS version from 2.2.1 to 2.2. But what did i expect? The truth is that i expected exactly what i got and i love it!!!! I love reading posts in forums, i love solving problems and i love the fact that not every 12 year-old girl has the same phone as i do. I have signed up in the past week to 6 new forums that deal with HTC or Android (both English and Hebrew).
I have already learned so many things, for example:
1. What is a ROM (i knew what ROM was but now i know in connection with android)
2. Gold Card (a Micro SD card used to make a phone Sim-Free)
3. Radio (not the kind you have in the car but the kind that controls all the radio frequencys and controls of the phone - Wifi, Cell, bluetooth)
4. Gingerbread (the next version of the OS - 2.3)
5. How to flush the ROM
6. How to create a Gold Card (physically changing the HEX code on the SD card :-))
7. How to do a factory restart
8. And much more...
The battery is one of the things that is driving me crazy and not in a good way. This phone loves the battery. It loves it so much that it wants to completely consume it in a few hours.
The phone does not really like the WiFi connection at the University. I can see to get a good connection for more than a couple of minutes and today i can not get a connection if my life depended on it. All the forums say that i have to do a factory restart to my phone which means that everything that i have done so far will be erased (which is not necessarily a bad thing).
The interesting thing is that this week i also got a new phone from Comverse. I got a Nokia E5 smart phone (fully QWERTY keyboard, no touch). The wired thing is that it is not the worst phone that i have ever used and actually has some features that are useful and that the Desire does not. The Nokia will sync the Exchange to-do list and the HTC (and the iPhone for that sake) will not!!!
I will keep you all updated on how the adventure with the HTC goes.
Bye for now :-)
Saturday, March 12, 2011
My Brand New HTC Desire HD!!!!!
Hello All,
Yesterday i received my HTC Desire HD. I can not put into words how nice the phone is. The huge screen is amazing and the phone feels great in my hands. From the first second you turn on the phone i noticed how different it is from the iPhone. I still think that the iPhone is a great phone but the HTC is so much different. It is going to take me a while to get used to the new interface but i will have a lot of fun learning new things. The thing that is going to take me the longest to get used to is the fact that there is a "back" button on the phone that lets you go back to where you just were.
I think that the main difference in the UI is the fact that the HTC feels like it is always working. For example in the iPhone i had to open the facebook app in order to see my notifications. In the HTC all the apps are integrated into the phone so well that all notifications from all apps are shown on the phone all the time. All types of notifications are shown at the top of the screen including things like: app download, app installations, SMS, e-mail and more. Another example is the use of "widgets" like in the windows 7 OS. There is a Ynet widget that shows news updates all the time. There is no longer a need to open the Ynet app in order to get the main news.
Of course the fact that it is a Google OS and it is open source has many advantages (which i am sure i will learn about as i learn more). One thing i was amazed to see was in the Android store, where the Angry Birds app is FREE. I also noticed lots of other apps that cost money in the Apple store are free in the Android store. Making ringtones is also a breeze because all you have to do is pick a song from your library and make it a ring tone which one touch.
The HTC is a phone that allows you to do so much more. For example controlling the way apps run is possible in the HTC. I can control how much memory each app will use and can also view the memory status of the phone. These types of things are only possible on the iPhone after performing a jailbreak and adding some intrusive software. If after a while i do not like the HTC version of the OS i can use someones version of the OS called ROM. Any person can make there own special ROM and put it in the internet. This gives me the freedom to choose a ROM that best suites my needs.
The fact that there is no more need for iTunes or converting movies in order to play them on my phone is a huge advantage for me. i no longer need to be worried about upgrading my iphone through itunes and having to reinstall everything on my phone.
All in all i think that i am going to have lots of fun with this phone. I will keep you up to date with my experience as a new android user.
Yesterday i received my HTC Desire HD. I can not put into words how nice the phone is. The huge screen is amazing and the phone feels great in my hands. From the first second you turn on the phone i noticed how different it is from the iPhone. I still think that the iPhone is a great phone but the HTC is so much different. It is going to take me a while to get used to the new interface but i will have a lot of fun learning new things. The thing that is going to take me the longest to get used to is the fact that there is a "back" button on the phone that lets you go back to where you just were.
I think that the main difference in the UI is the fact that the HTC feels like it is always working. For example in the iPhone i had to open the facebook app in order to see my notifications. In the HTC all the apps are integrated into the phone so well that all notifications from all apps are shown on the phone all the time. All types of notifications are shown at the top of the screen including things like: app download, app installations, SMS, e-mail and more. Another example is the use of "widgets" like in the windows 7 OS. There is a Ynet widget that shows news updates all the time. There is no longer a need to open the Ynet app in order to get the main news.
Of course the fact that it is a Google OS and it is open source has many advantages (which i am sure i will learn about as i learn more). One thing i was amazed to see was in the Android store, where the Angry Birds app is FREE. I also noticed lots of other apps that cost money in the Apple store are free in the Android store. Making ringtones is also a breeze because all you have to do is pick a song from your library and make it a ring tone which one touch.
The HTC is a phone that allows you to do so much more. For example controlling the way apps run is possible in the HTC. I can control how much memory each app will use and can also view the memory status of the phone. These types of things are only possible on the iPhone after performing a jailbreak and adding some intrusive software. If after a while i do not like the HTC version of the OS i can use someones version of the OS called ROM. Any person can make there own special ROM and put it in the internet. This gives me the freedom to choose a ROM that best suites my needs.
The fact that there is no more need for iTunes or converting movies in order to play them on my phone is a huge advantage for me. i no longer need to be worried about upgrading my iphone through itunes and having to reinstall everything on my phone.
All in all i think that i am going to have lots of fun with this phone. I will keep you up to date with my experience as a new android user.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
טכנולוגיה נוספת
Today I created my own internet site within 5 minutes using a new technology and a new site calle about.me.
The site enables anyone to easly create a personal site with no need to type even one line of code.
The site takes you step by step to build you site and design it the way you want.
The first thing you have to do when you go to the site is enter an email address and a password.
Once you have done that then you have to pick the URL for your site. All the URL's start with:http://about.me/ then you add whatever you want to create your own personal URL to your site.
The Site I Created
One you pass this step the site takes you through the design process. The first step is to pick a background image and to write some things that will appear on your home page.
The second step is to add some more personal information that will be displayed on your site. At this stage you can also edit the things that you wrote in the previous step.
The third step is to pick the colors that you want for your site. You can change the colors of the text and of the header.
The fourth step is to choose the fonts that you want for the site.
the fifth and final (and most important) step is connecting your new site to all your other sites. about.me allows you to add various services to your new site such as:
1. Facebook
2. Twitter
3. Flickr
4. Linked In
5. Blogger
6. And More
It is important to note that if you add services it takes at least an hour to upload the information to the new site.
One of the coolest things that the site offers is the "Dashboard". The dashboard allows you to see statistics about your site. Statistics such as:
1. Number of views
2. Time spent at your site
3. Clicks from your site to other sites
4. Links to your site
I think that this is a great tool for creating a personal web site quickly and easily.
Having a personal web site looks really good on a Job Resume and also is a great hobby.
This site (about.me) is an easy way to share information with lots of people in a fun and interesting way. The fact that any person can create their own web site with in a few minutes and for FREE is an amazing step forward for information and knowledge sharing.
The site enables anyone to easly create a personal site with no need to type even one line of code.
The site takes you step by step to build you site and design it the way you want.
The first thing you have to do when you go to the site is enter an email address and a password.
Once you have done that then you have to pick the URL for your site. All the URL's start with:http://about.me/ then you add whatever you want to create your own personal URL to your site.
The Site I Created
One you pass this step the site takes you through the design process. The first step is to pick a background image and to write some things that will appear on your home page.
The second step is to add some more personal information that will be displayed on your site. At this stage you can also edit the things that you wrote in the previous step.
The third step is to pick the colors that you want for your site. You can change the colors of the text and of the header.
The fourth step is to choose the fonts that you want for the site.
the fifth and final (and most important) step is connecting your new site to all your other sites. about.me allows you to add various services to your new site such as:
1. Facebook
2. Twitter
3. Flickr
4. Linked In
5. Blogger
6. And More
It is important to note that if you add services it takes at least an hour to upload the information to the new site.
One of the coolest things that the site offers is the "Dashboard". The dashboard allows you to see statistics about your site. Statistics such as:
1. Number of views
2. Time spent at your site
3. Clicks from your site to other sites
4. Links to your site
I think that this is a great tool for creating a personal web site quickly and easily.
Having a personal web site looks really good on a Job Resume and also is a great hobby.
This site (about.me) is an easy way to share information with lots of people in a fun and interesting way. The fact that any person can create their own web site with in a few minutes and for FREE is an amazing step forward for information and knowledge sharing.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
My New Phone - HTC Desire HD
On my last post i talked about getting a new phone and getting rid of my iPhone 3gs.
So i am happy to say that i will be receiving my new HTC Desire HD in 4 days. I can not put to words how happy i am. The phone is amazing and best of all...it is not an iPhone. No more iTunes or having to convert every movie or show in order to watch it on the stupid iPhone.
So lets see exactly what the new HTC Desire HD is:
First the technical aspect:
Wieght - 164 grams (5.78 ounces) with battery
HTC Desire HD Features
Because the phone comes with the open source operating system by Google it means that every comapany or person can make unique changes to the OS.
HTC added on top of the OS something called "HTC Sense". This added layer of software makes the phone run better and provide a better user experience. When friend call it can show there Facebook status and other information from facebook before you answer the call so that you can know for example of they have a birthday today.
One of the main diffrences between the HTC and iPhone is the "closed garden" attitude that Apple has. There is no way to open the iphone in order to add more memory or even replace the battery when it starts to get old (which is does very fast). The option to take out the battery is very important especially with smart phones because even the best get stuck sometimes. My iPhone gets stuck a lot and the most logical thing to do is take out the battery in order to restart the system. There is no way to do that with the iPhone and got stuck many times because of that.
So in the coming blogs i will write about my experiences with the new phone and the main differences between the HTC Desire HD and the iPhone.
So lets see exactly what the new HTC Desire HD is:
First the technical aspect:
Wieght - 164 grams (5.78 ounces) with battery
- Type: Touch screen with pinch-to-zoom capability
- Size: 4.3 inches
- Resolution: 480 x 800 WVGA
- Android™ 2.2 (Froyo) with HTC Sense™ - This makes all the difference
- Internal phone storage: 1.5 GB - That seems like not a lot but get this... You can add more memory because there is a micro SD slot!!!!!
- 8 megapixel color camera
- 3G
- Bluetooth
- GPS
- A long lasting battery.
HTC Desire HD Features
Because the phone comes with the open source operating system by Google it means that every comapany or person can make unique changes to the OS.
HTC added on top of the OS something called "HTC Sense". This added layer of software makes the phone run better and provide a better user experience. When friend call it can show there Facebook status and other information from facebook before you answer the call so that you can know for example of they have a birthday today.
One of the main diffrences between the HTC and iPhone is the "closed garden" attitude that Apple has. There is no way to open the iphone in order to add more memory or even replace the battery when it starts to get old (which is does very fast). The option to take out the battery is very important especially with smart phones because even the best get stuck sometimes. My iPhone gets stuck a lot and the most logical thing to do is take out the battery in order to restart the system. There is no way to do that with the iPhone and got stuck many times because of that.
So in the coming blogs i will write about my experiences with the new phone and the main differences between the HTC Desire HD and the iPhone.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
The iPhone FAD - My first iPhone
It all started a few years ago (in 2007) when the first iphone was delivered.
This first version of the iPhone will be later called "iPhone 2G" because of the fact that the next generation of iPhone had 3G connection.
I remember when that first iPhone came out how excited i was. I remember trying to find a way to get one (they were not selling them in Israel. I saved up some around 1000 Sehkels and started looking on ebay for used iphones. I had to buy a used one with some small dents becuase that was all i could afford.
I waited for 3 weeks until the iPhone arrived and it was a great day. I could not put it down for hours. I sighned up for every forum about iPhones that i could find. I became an iPhone expert. I knew what a baseband was. I knew the differnece between "jailbreak" and "modem un-lock". i knew what "cydia" was and how to download and install games and applications for free.
Since then i have bought around 10 iPhones (mostly for friends and family) and currently have an iPhone 3GS.
But what i have realized in the last couple of weeks is that i dont want to be a part of the iPhone revouloution anymore. I find myself walking down the street at my work (Comverse) or at the University and all i can see is iPhones.
It makes me sick. Every 12 yearold girl or every bar manger has an iPhone. I know that if i go up to one of them and ask them what "Cydia" is they will look at me as if i have just cursed them out.
It upsets me that this once great and exclusive phone has become the new Nokia 5110 (the one where you could change the panels).
There is no challenge in it anymore. You go to Orange or Cellcom or Pelephone and get an iPhone that you dont even need to jailbreak.
So for this and a few other reasons (iTunes being the major one) i have decide to buy a new smartphone that is not an iPhone.
In the next post of this blog i will update you with the name of the new phone that i have decided to buy.
P.S. - If anyone is interested in buying my iPhone send me an e-mail.
I remember when that first iPhone came out how excited i was. I remember trying to find a way to get one (they were not selling them in Israel. I saved up some around 1000 Sehkels and started looking on ebay for used iphones. I had to buy a used one with some small dents becuase that was all i could afford.
I waited for 3 weeks until the iPhone arrived and it was a great day. I could not put it down for hours. I sighned up for every forum about iPhones that i could find. I became an iPhone expert. I knew what a baseband was. I knew the differnece between "jailbreak" and "modem un-lock". i knew what "cydia" was and how to download and install games and applications for free.
Since then i have bought around 10 iPhones (mostly for friends and family) and currently have an iPhone 3GS.
But what i have realized in the last couple of weeks is that i dont want to be a part of the iPhone revouloution anymore. I find myself walking down the street at my work (Comverse) or at the University and all i can see is iPhones.
It makes me sick. Every 12 yearold girl or every bar manger has an iPhone. I know that if i go up to one of them and ask them what "Cydia" is they will look at me as if i have just cursed them out.
There is no challenge in it anymore. You go to Orange or Cellcom or Pelephone and get an iPhone that you dont even need to jailbreak.
So for this and a few other reasons (iTunes being the major one) i have decide to buy a new smartphone that is not an iPhone.
In the next post of this blog i will update you with the name of the new phone that i have decided to buy.
P.S. - If anyone is interested in buying my iPhone send me an e-mail.
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