The Internet’s Value to The Average Person

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Sounds interesting but relevant to my life right

now?

Maslow’s Human Needs Pyramid Simplified

Information is core to

meeting our needs

Information is exchanged, processed and

stored on the Internet

From Big Media to You Media

From Big Media to You Media

From Big Media to You Media

Internet Technologies Meeting Our Needs

• Online presence

• The new productivity paradigm

• Beyond Googling to answer questions

• Leisure time on steroids

Organizing It All

• Tracking your data with ease

• Internet security tips

• Look ma no computer

Is this you on the Internet?

TextYou don’t want this

Reasons to be Online

• Businesses increasingly looking online

• 2006 survey shows exec search firm Execunet looked online 77% of time

• Easier to network

• Easy to update and share personal info with many

Gist to Getting Online

• Get domain name

• Setup simple website

• Who you are

• What you do

• Setup blog on that website

• Setup social networking site

Create Your Web ID in 5 Mins

Online Presence Continuum

Not on Facebook? Take Notice

• Web designer posted concert pics gets discovered by Rolling Stone

• Joe Ford ran for congress using MySpace

• 31 year old school teacher loses 30 pounds through Peertrainer.com

Why Care about

Facebook?

We’re familiar with networks

Why Care about

Facebook?

Here is a road network

Why Care about

Facebook?

A network of people

Why Care about

Facebook?

Tough to know who is in the network and the connections

Why Care about

Facebook?

An internet social network allows true potential of

network

Just Think How They Can Help You

Social Network References

• LinkedIN - Business

• GoodReads and Librarything - Books

• Flickr and Fotolog - Photos

Telling Your Story/Info with a Blog

Blog Defined• Websites organized by

blog posts

• No technical skills to enter posts

• People can leave comments

• Gives average person power of the media

Blog Sites

• Wordpress

• Google’s Blogger

• Weebly

• VOX

Cloud Computing

• Remote computer processing and a lot of it

• Only need a web browser

• From email to spreadsheets and beyond

Clouds and Me

• Cheaper computers

• Use blackberry to run super duper financial model

• Much less IT reliance

The New Productivity Paradigm

• Gmail

• Google Docs

• Google Notebook

• Wiki

• Concierge Services

• Organize with tags and search• Use for many email accounts• Work with Outlook • Practically unlimited space• Access anywhere

Google Docs• Google Document • Google Spreadsheet• Google Presentation

Google Docs over MS Office

• Collaboration• Online storage• Access from any machine• Quickly improving and gaining• Easier integration with the web

Google Notebook

• Browse, clip and organize• Add comments • Organize with search and tags• Accessible from any computer

Planning a Conference with a Wiki

• Create a wiki site

• Wiki has three buttons: edit, save and link

• Judy starts with lists of attendees

• Inger edits and adds more attendess etc,

WikipediaFamous Wiki:

Concierge Services

• Tim Ferriss, “4 Hour Work Week”

• Typical activities

• Data entry

• Online research

• Admin assistant and personal secretary

• Asksunday.com

Beyond Googling to Answer Questions

• Wikipedia.com (Wiki encyclopedia)

• Del.icio.us.com (Social bookmarking)

• Technocrati.com (Blog search)

Go to the people to get answers

Leisure Time on Steroids

• Apple TV ($230)

• Antenna for best FREE High Def

• Buy/rent other content

• Store videos/pictures on one hard drive

• Access everything from any room and any location

And Relax Some More• Video and radio shows Itunes/Podcasts

• TV Shows on Hulu

• Music

• Pandora (You’ve got to try this!)

• Last.FM

• Travel

• Tripadvisor

• Kayak.com

Internet Technologies Organizng It All

To Much Data?

Tracking Your Data with Ease

• Just set it and forget it with RSS reader

• iGoogle

• Netvibes

• Super customized with Yahoo Pipes

• Mashups

All In One Spot

Mash Wikipedia + Google Maps =Wikimapia

No Hassle Data Backups

• Online backup is cheap and efficient

• Mozy

• Amazon S3

• Synchronize with external hard drives

• Foldershare

• Allway Sync

Web Security at Home

• All about personal behavior

• Most viruses come through email

• Don’t open sites/files within emails

• Surf the net under limited account

• Use a router

• Download files from trusted sites

Protecting My Stuff on The Net

• Safer to bank at the branch or online?

• Password strategies

• Security tools

• Roboform

• Paypal security key

Look Ma No Computer

• Cell phone services to keep linked

• Jott

• Twitter phone

• Kindle

• Amazon NowNow