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'''Syllabus for class taught by [[User:MannAE|Alan Mann]], FamilySearch, Genealogical Community Services manager, AG®, presented at the [[FamilySearch Presentations at BYU 2010|BYU 2010 Conference on Computerized Family History | '''Syllabus for class taught by [[User:MannAE|Alan Mann]], FamilySearch, Genealogical Community Services manager, AG®, presented at the [[FamilySearch Presentations at BYU 2010|BYU 2010 Conference on Computerized Family History and Genealogy]].''' | ||
== All aTwitter about Wave: Ten Disruptive New Web Services == | == All aTwitter about Wave: Ten Disruptive New Web Services == | ||
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| QR or Quick Response Codes The icon/code shown here at left takes you to the mobile version of Wikipedia (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki). | | QR or Quick Response Codes The icon/code shown here at left takes you to the mobile version of Wikipedia (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki). | ||
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Shown below is a giant QR code. When one points their cell phone to the giant overhead code, the phone calls up the web site which is embedded in the code. The QR codes contains more information than a simple 2D barcode and can be read by a cell phone. | Shown below is a giant QR code. When one points their cell phone to the giant overhead code, the phone calls up the web site which is embedded in the code. The QR codes contains more information than a simple 2D barcode and can be read by a cell phone. | ||
[[Image:QRcode mobile wikipedia.png|center|186px]] | [[Image:QRcode mobile wikipedia.png|center|186px|QRcode mobile wikipedia.png]] | ||
So, how would this apply to family history? The answer is yet to be created, but there is potential. How about a QR code on a headstone which calls up a website about the person buried there? How about a QR code in a society’s newsletter which takes one to the society web page? Why not a QR code in a book which takes you to a page with more information on that ancestor? How about a QR code in a source citation which takes you to the source? | So, how would this apply to family history? The answer is yet to be created, but there is potential. How about a QR code on a headstone which calls up a website about the person buried there? How about a QR code in a society’s newsletter which takes one to the society web page? Why not a QR code in a book which takes you to a page with more information on that ancestor? How about a QR code in a source citation which takes you to the source? | ||
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The promise of this service is that you can run any program you have on your home computer on any computer, anywhere. The leads to our thinking about things differently, and behaving differently—which is why it’s a disruptive service. Check it out at [http://www.remobo.com www.remobo.com]. | The promise of this service is that you can run any program you have on your home computer on any computer, anywhere. The leads to our thinking about things differently, and behaving differently—which is why it’s a disruptive service. Check it out at [http://www.remobo.com www.remobo.com]. | ||
== Google Chrome | == Google Chrome and Chromium OS == | ||
Google Chrome is a computer operating system (like Windows or Linux). Chrome is the version owned by Google and Chromium is the public version sponsored by Google, but open source. The disruptive part is that it is an operating system which run “in the cloud” rather than on your computer. Your computer only needs to connect to the Internet, and then the programs run on the servers that support the Internet rather than on your computer (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome_OS). | Google Chrome is a computer operating system (like Windows or Linux). Chrome is the version owned by Google and Chromium is the public version sponsored by Google, but open source. The disruptive part is that it is an operating system which run “in the cloud” rather than on your computer. Your computer only needs to connect to the Internet, and then the programs run on the servers that support the Internet rather than on your computer (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome_OS). | ||
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== Google Buzz == | == Google Buzz == | ||
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== New Twitter Applications == | == New Twitter Applications == | ||
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What does this have to do with genealogy? The day is coming when videos, tutorials, and the like will be available online. [http://RootsTelevision.com RootsTelevision.com] is a step in the right direction, but the genealogical community could learn a lot from [http://www.Hulu.com www.Hulu.com]. | What does this have to do with genealogy? The day is coming when videos, tutorials, and the like will be available online. [http://RootsTelevision.com RootsTelevision.com] is a step in the right direction, but the genealogical community could learn a lot from [http://www.Hulu.com www.Hulu.com]. | ||
[[Category:FamilySearch_Presentations_at_BYU_2010]] | [[Category:FamilySearch_Presentations_at_BYU_2010]] [[Category:Social_Media]] | ||