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I picked slashdot.org because...well...slashdot is for NERDS! GEEKS!!! Someone who might be in the Computer Information Technology learning community! LIKE ME! On a more serious note though, I picked slashdot because it involves people like the CIT learning community. We are nerds/geeks we know it, and love it. Slashdot is composed of authors that are IT gurus and love to talk about as what there title says, 'news that matters' which is straight and to the point.\n\nLike any good nerd we like to put in our two cents. Slashdot added a message board to reply to any post the authors make. The articles composed by Slashdot will always involve technology in someway. Whether it's a post on the internet's birthday or a post about how red hat enterprise linux 5.4 has been released. Slashdot has posts to the point for people like "us". Its not filled with clutter or garbage about stupid news about Jon and Kate + 43000, its news that MATTERS. Simple as that.\n

This site excells at describing careers for students looking to go into a career involving computers. This would be terrific for many of the students here involved in the learning community.

It seems like everything in the medical field is trying to go towards technology that requires less human interaction. Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley are working with a product called "CellScope." CellScope is a microscope that attaches to a camera-equipped cell phone and produces two kinds of imaging, called brightfield and fluorescence microscopy. This device can take images of disease samples and transmit them to medical labs throughout the world. Their goal is to use mobile communications networks as a cost-effective way for medical staff to screen hematologic and infectious diseases in parts of the world that lack access to advanced microscopic equipment. This is just another example of how technology is taking over the medical field. It seems like doctors are required to do less and less work as time goes on and technology becomes more advanced. This was very interesting to me because last week my uncle was emailing me about this. My uncle is a surgeon in Owensboro, Kentucky. He was telling me how he does still perform surgeries, but he can tell that in the future he won't be performing as many. It is obvious the medical industry relies on technology to assist them, and they will only rely on them more in the future.

I know I'm a little late, but Firefox's birthday didn't occur on a diigo class day. But anyways, this is a little article that LifeHacker did about Firefox and its history. It starts at Netscape, moves to Mozilla, goes to Firefox (and all of its versions), and ends with today! It also has a nifty and well done video promoting Firefox. Anyways, I think Firefox's birthday is worth celebrating. Its such a great browser and it really promotes the spirit of the internet; freedom, sharing, connecting for a greater good. Its addons are a perfect example. There is a great creative community that displays a wide variety of needs and wants. It creates a customizable browsing experience for everyone, which is one of the best parts of Firefox and why its truly worth celebrating.

Robots is an interesting topic and as young people in general we need to be concerned and aware of what is going on. As tech guys we need to really be able to know what is going on and be able to possibly program one of these things or at the very least be able to use it once it has come out. This site has all the latest info about robots. It has videos and articles all combined into one. This website is like a Wired or a Slashdot page except it is designed solely for the robotic community.

Once just a fad, Twitter is developing into a powerful form of communication. What its growth says about us - and the future of American innovation.

I think the first part of this articles explains my feelings for twitter very well. It describes how silly twitter seems to be for a large majority of people. It then leaks into how it can be used to create deep conversations. They like to mention a couple of times how insignificant the choice of someone's breakfast cereal can actually be more interesting than you'd like to believe.

This article discusses a popular opinion poll discussing the possible repercussions of texting while driving. Although this article doesn't contain much scientific backing, its still extremely surprising to see what people think about texting while driving. I was incredibelly shocked when I read that 97% of those polled thought that texting while driving should be illegal. This number is so surprising to me because the act seems to be so prevalent these days. It feels like whenever your walking down the street, on a bus, or driving everyone around you has there eyes down as the stare at and type on the cell phone. I understand that some people are confident in their abilities to multitask, but lets face it some of the same confident people are just being delusional. I don't think everyone can handle this multitasking, as is evident by the amount of time I spend dodging around people that don't even notice me walking towards them. Beyond that statistic there are also several others that are worth taking a look at. Especially that 50 percent of those polled believe that texting while driving should have similar repercussions to drunk driving. To me this seems to be going a bit to far, but I do agree that there should probably be some punishment. But then again, I almost never use my cell phone, what do all of you think about this poll?