http://ubernoggin.com Intellagirl's Geeky Thoughts and Ponderings Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:29:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ARGNet recently captured the story of a lawsuit against Toyota regarding an "ARG" that pranks people including snail mail, phone calls, and emails. Now Toyota is on the chain for a whopping $10 million in damages to the poor victim of their marketing. Threatening phone calls, being told that you're ... http://ubernoggin.com/archives/489 Richard Dawkins, author of The Greatest Show on Earth, gave a "talk" last night at Indiana University. First, before I dive in to comment on Dawkins, I need to give mad props to the union board at IU for inviting him. It must not have been an easy decision and ... http://ubernoggin.com/archives/487 Results from today's #geekpoll on Twitter. Apparently people really don't appreciate the viral games on Twitter. Is is the mechanics of the games? Their demand that you pass the game on to your contacts? Is Twitter a bad platform for games? What do you think? http://ubernoggin.com/archives/486 I can't help but be excited about Google Sidewiki. It allows users (with google accounts) to leave comments on any website. So now, rather than signing up for forums and chats to comment or searching through dozens of pages to read customer feedback, you can simply click a button in ... http://ubernoggin.com/archives/481 The Wall Street Journal recently published this article claiming that Facebook might possibly ruin friendships as a result of oversharing. Now, I'm not arguing that you should Twitter or change your FB status for every snack you have, every little odd thought that crosses your mind, or every time you ... http://ubernoggin.com/archives/479 Thanks to a glitch with my WP install and a hectic schedule it's been more than a little while since I've been able to blog. But then, we all have excuses, right? Ubernoggin is back! With a new theme and new ideas. I'm really excited to be writing here again and ... http://ubernoggin.com/archives/476 A Wordle of my current dissertation draft. http://ubernoggin.com/archives/471 Yesterday afternoon, with no warning or rumor, Blackboard announced that it purchased Angel LMS. From the reports online, even Bb employees didn't know about the acquisition until it was announced.  For a mere $80 million Bb purchased its largest competitor. Why fight in court to impose all of the patents ... http://ubernoggin.com/archives/468 Mike Wesch often says that students who ask "How much is this worth?" or "How long does this paper need to be?" are really asking you help them prevent learning more than they have to. Something about this rings very true to me and I know I was certainly guilty ... http://ubernoggin.com/archives/466 [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="224" caption="medical mannequin"][/caption] I'm constantly amazed at the wide variety of interests and projects I get to learn about when talking to companies and faculty. I think if I could compile all the basic understanding I've had to gain about all of these fields I might be able ... http://ubernoggin.com/archives/464