What Is The Next Big Thing?

I’ll have to mimic my classmates when I say, I’m not the most tech savvy person. I’m not familiar with the newest thing that’s coming out before everyone else is, I’m actually usually the last person to find out about things. By saying this,

Smart Reminder System

Shelby Mcintosh and I worked together on this project, and we did a lot of research on what types of smart home appliances already exist, and we have to say it was extremely difficult to come up with something that isn’t already out there.

Smart Homes

I would like to think that I stay pretty up to date with the latest gadgets and gizmos that come out, but there are so many products that I’ve never heard of that are so interesting.

HipChat

When looking at the list of environments, the name that jumped out at me the most was HipChat. So I decided to roll with it and check out this environment.

Computer-Mediated Communication: The Pros and Cons

I thought the ideas of the articles were all really good however, I had a hard time understanding them at times. I enjoyed the article about the new office communication system, Slack probably the most.

South Alabama Sakai App

If you ask pretty much any South Alabama student if they wish there was an app for Sakai, they would say yes. I understand that you can log on to Sakai in the safari app on your phone

The World of Social Media

For the most part my generation has been taught to watch what we post on not only Twitter but all of our social media accounts.

Modern Day Technology

“Wearable technology,”now that just sounds interesting and unusual. In the case of smartwatches, companies haven’t quite mastered a successful product that eliminates the need for other supporting products, and the article, “The Wear, Why and How” talks all about that.

USA Textbook Lookup

Who WANTS to spend $500-$1,000 on textbooks every semester? I know I don’t, but unfortunately it’s not an option to not purchase books if students want to do well in their classes.

Interfaces: The Good and The Bad

With today’s culture and expectations, writing something that you intend on sharing with an audience is becoming increasingly difficult. The reasoning behind that is, authors want for their work to be reader-oriented and simply writing something without giving any thought to design options or layout is just not acceptable anymore.