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Word Spy

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This is a Web site devoted to "lexpionage," the sleuthing of new words and phrases.

"As a society, we're compelled to create new words to name and describe our new inventions and ideas and institutions." "We use these words in everyday conversation, whether spoken or written, so it only makes sense to make it easier for avid texters to send a quick SMS on the puggle they just saw or the vlog entry they posted this morning."
To help us all better communicate, these and other words have been added to a special T9 predictive text input dictionary for users to tap into when texting on their mobile phones. The top ten "buzz words" to be added to the T9® dictionary (that used for SMS messagesfor 2005 include:
* Lifehack - a tool or technique that makes some aspect of one's life easier or more efficient
* Mashup - new information created by combining data from two different sources
* Placeshift - to redirect a TV signal so the viewer can watch a show on a device other than his or her television
* Playlistism - judging a person based on what songs are on the playlist of his or her digital music player
* Podjack - to plug the cord of one's digital music player into the jack of another person's player to hear what the person is listening to
* Puggle - a dog bred from a pug and a beagle
* Sideload - to transfer music or other content to a cell phone using the cell phone provider's network
* Vlog - a blog that contains mostly video content
* Vodcast - a video podcast
* Ubersexual - a heterosexual man who is masculine, confident, compassionate and stylish

Learn Out Loud Podcast directory

This is what they say about Learn Out Loud: The Internet's first directory for podcasts you can learn from. We've screened thousands of podcasts to find the ones of the highest quality that you will instruct, inspire, and enlighten you.


http://www.learnoutloud.com/Podcast-Directory

Chronicle Podcasts : December 2005

Here is a list of podcasts by the San Francisco Chronicle on everything from sports to reggae to sex. The long list appears to have hundreds of podcasts to choose from.
SF Gate

Democracy Now!: radio and TV news

Democracy Now!: radio and TV news

A clear example that independent media is still alive and well in the US.

"A daily radio and television news program on over 350 stationjs,
pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the US."

Democracy Now! | A Conversation with Death Row Prisoner Stanley Tookie Williams from his San Quentin Cell

Democracy Now! | A Conversation with Death Row Prisoner Stanley Tookie Williams from his San Quentin Cell
An interesting example of a podcast that is also a political action.

In a half-hour interview, death row prisoner Stanley Tookie Williams speaks from his cell in San Quentin about his case, his life and his redemption. He helped start the Crips street gang - his greatest regret - but behind bars he has become a leading advocate for the end of gang violence. He has written nine books and has been nominated several times for the Nobel Peace Prize. He is scheduled to die on Dec. 13 unless Governor Schwarzenegger grants him clemency. Actions are planned across the world today in what has been described as International Save Tookie Day.

Apple - iTunes - Podcasts

Here are some of the sites I mentioned in class. Sorry to be advertizing for various institutions, but they are doing something useful, informative and free to us... Here is a list of a bah-zillion possible podcasts to listen to, most of which are constantly changing-
Apple - iTunes - Podcasts

New York Times Video

Here are some short videos on the NY Times website which change every day. There are a myriad of categories: business, science, fashion, movies, etc. http://video.on.nytimes.com/

AIM Acronyms

BTW, here's a list of lots of Acronyms you might find useful for email and more.
BCNU

Rocket Boom a Vblog

This is an intro to a Vblog (a video blog)
Rocketboom :

This is a fun daily vblog.... it's different than the mainstream media!

"Rocketboom is a three minute daily video weblog based in New York City covering information and commentary ranging from top news stories to quirky internet culture. Agenda includes releasing each new clip at 9am EST, Monday through Friday. With a heavy emphasis on international arts, technology and weblog drama, Rocketboom is presented via online video and widely distributed through RSS.

RSS (Real Simple Syndication) is an exciting web technology that allows viewers to subscribe and then download newly published content to their computers or portable players automatically once it becomes available. As a result, when a subscriber is ready to view the new video there is no download or buffer delay. [*note: the word 'subscribe' can be misleading because everything is free]

Rocketboom is currently one of the most popular videoblogs on the internet with more daily subscribers for original syndicated multimedia content than nearly any other site, including podcasts.

We differ from a regular TV program in many important ways. Instead of costing millions of dollars to produce, Rocketboom is created with a consumer-level video camera, a laptop, two lights and a map with no additional overhead or costs. Also, Rocketboom is distributed online, all around the world and on demand, and thus has a much larger potential audience than any TV broadcast. However, we spend $0 on distribution because bandwidth costs and space are donated, and $0 on promotion, relying solely on the viral nature of the internet. Finally, while TV programs have traditionally been uni-directional, Rocketboom engages its international audience in a wide range of topical discussions. "

Brand new students

whataddresscanbeavailable is Matthias Blondeel.
remisupelec is Rémi Coppens.
mrnico is Nicolas Laug.
babyzanimals is Morgane Meillon.ghalouba is Ghaleb Rostom Abdul Sater.

Here are the links to the student's blogs

mister-yo.blogspot.com is Johan Berger.
nicolapo.blogspot.com is Nicolas Lapomarda.
leonlebourdon.blogspot.com is Pierre Moreau.
mamuke.blogspot.com is Raphael Tessier.
yilounette.blogspot.com is Yilin Li.
tikounet.blogspot.com is Tikal Langlois.
nicolasremy.blogspot.com is Nicolas Remy.

This is a small vision of our world as a postcard for the Georgia Tech students.
We hope this inspires questions and comments.

Supelec Internet Class Fall 2005