Mr. Potter's IT world

Visualization of Twitter Superbowl

dpotter — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:07:09 +0000

Here is an interestingÂ visualizationÂ of the keyword traffic on Twitter during the Superbowl.

Drag the time-line to visualize.

Inaugural Internet Traffic Surge

dpotter — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:53:46 +0000

Intresting article on the spike in internet traffic during the ObamaÂ inauguration.

Web2.0 Whitehouse or not…

dpotter — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:46:50 +0000

Today, came the news that Barak Obama will get to keep his Blackberry. Or, more correctly a modified highly secure Blackberry made by General Dynamics, now referred to as the ObamaBerry. Score one for Barak, at least for keeping in touch with family and friends (no official communicationsÂ allowed). Additionally, as the Whitehouse staff began to setup their offices today, they were surprised by the relatively ancient technology they found there: 6 yr old Windows PCs, non-functioning phone lines, a couple of laptops, and no email accounts! The Macintosh & web 2.0 savvyÂ staffers who during theÂ campaignÂ so artfully utilized facebook, youtube, twitter, and other social networking to spread the message were at a loss to even place closed captioning on a video clip for the website.

The staffers quickly setup their own gmail accounts, only to be told that no outside email accounts will be allowed. It remains to be seen if the Whitehouse staffers will get to retain the use of some of their social media, but already the new Whitehouse website sports a new web2.0 look. There is already a framework in place for the publishing of:

executive orders
In-depth descriptions of the administration’s agenda
the Whitehouse weblog (no commenting allowed however)
the weekly Obama video addresses
slideshows, and other interactive and participatory content.

All of this is another indication that the administration is serious aboutÂ transparencyÂ and inclusion.Â However there is no word on whether Barak will be able to keep his flickr account.

Facination, Excitement & Pride

dpotter — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:24:32 +0000

An amazing collection of inauguration photos from around the world. Its amazing and humbling to think that the rest of the world finds the installment of a new American president in such highÂ fascinationÂ if not high regard.

Themes and plugins

dpotter — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:41:13 +0000

With the startup of the Wordpress blogging software, I have installed 50+ themes which users may utilize for their sites. You can try out and with one click install the theme of your choice by going to the ‘Design’ tab in your dashboard.

Most of the themes may be used as is. However, a few are designed to be utilized with certain plugins, or may need some images installed. Feel free to try out a few designs. Once you have installed a theme, you may view the result by clicking on “Visit Site” at the top of your dashboard.

If you would like to use aÂ differentÂ theme that you may have found on the internet, let me know and I will install it on the server.

Hall-Dale Weblogs are on-line!

dpotter — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:49:00 +0000

I think I can safely state that the Wordpress blogging engine (running this and other faculty blogs) is nowÂ comfortablyÂ on-line. Next on my agenda is to create an instructional video on the basics of Wordpress.Â

Stay Tuned.