The lowdown on the new Facebook Places

Place finger here.

Just as I was beginning to feel like a Foursquare guru and earned myself a worthless mayor badge, Zuckerberg and his other Facebook friends had to go and unveil a competitor: Facebook Places. While this will make things easier for those of us who previously used both Facebook and Foursquare on a regular basis, as they’ll have only  one stop to make, I can’t help but worry that someone will soon be lurking outside my bedroom window with a sickle, whispering that he knew exactly where I was from my latest Facebook Place check-in.

A Field Guide to Using Facebook Places

Never again mutter “Oh, sh**!”

Esp. if you're applying for jobs, you'll feel just like me (and the pig) if you accidentally send that e-mail before you mean to.

Mashable: HOW TO: Undo “Send” in Gmail

I was before aware of the 5-second window I have after sending an e-mail to someone to quickly click “Undo.” But heaven is smiling down upon us Gmail users: a 30-second window exists. Read Mashable’s article to find out how.

CNN: How to create a ‘super password’

This little girl in Manhattan has no idea I took this. Creepy, huh?

I have so many passwords to keep track of in my online life that I have a document on my computer that stores them all. I probably shouldn’t have revealed that, but I did for the sake of this post. My Facebook account has definitely been hacked into, and since then, I’ve changed its password to something so long and obnoxious that anyone standing behind me while waiting to see my vaca photos ask, “Seriously?” Psh, well, just wait until your account gets hacked.

How to create a ‘super password’

You should probably get to the airport the day before your flight.

CNN made this nifty interactive graphic to show you if the airport nearest you is jumping on the “Be more careful” bandwagon in keeping its passengers safe. Lucky (unlucky?) for me, Orlando International Airport is not on the map, so I still only need to leave my house an hour and a half before my plane boards.

Air travel threats and enhanced screening

2000-2009 in review

A great refresher of this decade’s most newsworthy events. How do you say this decade, anyway? The “two thousands”? The oh-ohs?

an extremely powerful video story

Intended Consequences is a video story I found on MediaStorm that is harsh on the eyes and painful to the mind. In 1994, over 800,000 women in Rwanda were raped and killed in a massive genocide. The pictures left me speechless and the titleslides are few-worded but impactful. Watch wearily, but everyone should know of these man-made disasters that are happening in other countries throughout our world.

Do the Tippy Toe: an audio slideshow on fashion and dance in LA

This is my favorite audio slideshow I’ve ever seen. It’s about some teenagers in Los Angeles who have their own style of dressing and dancing. It’s entertaining and intimate(without being emotional). I like how the creators, Simone S. Oliver and Stephanie Diani, used different speeds of showing the photos to create movement when needed. They also make good use of title slides and minimum captions at the bottom of their photos.

Do the Tippy Toe

My REAL first video story

In 2007 Mike Forehand, a Theta Chi brother at UCF, died in a car accident. Exactly two years later on November 2, the fraternity commemorated him at their house, led by Nick Constain, one of Forehand’s close friends. The brothers lit candles and shared memories of their lost brother.

Voice your political opinion, then watch it float by on your screen

The New York Times developed this multimedia interactive tool to describe how you feel – republican, democrat, or “neither” – after Barack Obama having been elected president one year ago. It’s kind of a mixture of a Tag Cloud and a poll. Love it.

Voice your opinion in like, 2 seconds

What a professional audioslides project looks like

The New York Times did an audioslides presentation on a play currently on Broadway. It’s interesting to watch after making one myself. While the audio is a little better than mine and a little more varied, I’m still proud of my creation!

Broadway play “After Miss Julie”