technology – Page 61 – Andrew Careaga

It’s been awhile, and lots of starred links cluttering my Google Reader as the new semester cranks up. Time to share a link or five.

Me? Working at a KFC and listening to Frampton Comes Alive. And what were you doing when you were 17? Chances are, nothing much compared to these young “accidental” entrepreneurs making waves on the Internet. Of course, we didn’t have the Internet back then. If it had existed, I probably would’ve been spending all my free time downloading “Do You Feel Like We Do?”

Time offers its picks for the 50 best websites of 2007, by category (arts and leisure, audio and video, news and information, etc.). Something I stumbled upon (yes, that site makes the top of the social network category) at Micro Persuasion about three weeks ago.

Best spam ever? Charlie Melichar over at Intermedia thinks so. Because it’s all about getting personal. Sorta.

Where are they going, where have they been? PR blogger and educator Robert French prepares for the fall semester by assessing where past student-bloggers have ended up.

Why higher ed marketers should pay attention to social networks. Ninety-six percent of U.S. students ages 9 to 17 who have internet access use social-networking technology to connect with their peers, and one of their most common topics of discussion is education, according to a new survey. Enough said, says Charlie at Intermedia. Amen, says I.