Second Life: a sort of Sims City online!

The Super Squirrel Power?

Chris Anderson saved my life! This man is Wired magazine editor in chief. He has developed, in this magazine (that you can read for free here), the theory of “Long Tail” where he says that, thanks to the Internet and E-business the little cultural products compared to the blockbusters can be economically profitable too. Music is particularly concerned: indeed music stores offer only the blockbusters who will be commercial success to the disadvantage of little music bands. The reason of this choice is of course economical but it is also a problem of stock: music stores are not able to offer all the music because they don’t have big premises! Internet can do that, so you can buy online a little music band’s CD if you like it…

Chris Anderson made a draw to explain his theory and it look like a tail, he showed that the sum of blockbusters’ bought is equal to the sum of few successful products and the result is the long tail.

So know, I am not a anymore abnormal if I don’t like the last Madonna’s CD, I belong to the long tail, I’m an alternative consumer! Thanks to the Internet…

I'm not a Desperate Housewife but....

To me the most important is to speak English fluently and the best way to speak like an Anglo-Saxon is to listen more and more. I learn when I listen to music or radio broadcast but the best is when I’m watching soap in original language… Currently, I have finished the second season of Desperate Housewives, looking for the third and I try to find Lost in English to. That is what I prefer and I’m sure that every students in the class have is own preferences. What about writing about a series, shows or broadcast that we like and try to present it on our blog by the help of videos, podcast etc.? I would be very happy to do my homework watching my favorite TV Show!

I need security..................

HTTP is a language of the Internet. The “S” means secure and it signifies that the web page you are looking is protected .The symbol is a little lock, at the back of the page. It provides exchanges and transactions of electronic trades in order to guarantee to the customers the confidentiality of their number of bank card or any other personal information. For example, if you buy books on Amazon and pay with your credit card, you will be directed to a SHTTP page to do the transaction…. Internet is a paradise, isn’t it? It offers you everything and protect you in order to make you spend all your money!!

Real a Simple Solution

RSS means Really Simple Syndication…Wouldn't it be easier if instead of having to visit all of your favourite sites in turn and trawl through them looking for new content, you could have all the latest items delivered automatically to a single place on your computer? RSS allows that! You just need a web base as Yahoo! or Google or to download a standalone application (which runs on your PC even if you don't have a browser open). After gaining access to a News Reader then it is necessary to subscribe to the feeds. Moreover, some browsers (including Firefox and Opera) offer support for RSS without the need for an additional reader. Most sites that provide RSS feeds make use of the RSS logo. This orange symbol normally indicates the existence of one or more feeds supplied by that website. Unfortunately not every site on the web provides RSS feeds, but the number that are is growing everyday - so keep an eye out for that little orange symbol!

I don’t personnaly use the RSS because I’m not used to this. But, I have just create my Netvibes page and feed it with RSS. If contents are still growing on the Internet, RSS, will be the only way to reed all in a few time!