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Tag Archives: NET11
lists versus boards
What are the pros and cons of email lists versus discussion boards? Are there certain kinds of communication or purposes more suited to one than the other? I joined the Yahoo group Bookworms Reading Group, partly out of interest to … Continue reading
5 email tasks
What information about a user’s email, the origin of a message, and the path it took, can you glean from an email message? In what cases would you find it useful to use the ‘CC’, ‘BCC’ and ‘Reply All’ functions … Continue reading
chat in the infosphere
Synchronous text-based ‘chat’ is a key element in people’s social use of the Internet. I must admit I am stoked at how easy it has been to meet classmates through the “Open University Internet Studies” public chat. Whilst I have … Continue reading
news in the infosphere
Newsgroups are an ancient form of many-to-many communication on the internet. It’s like Oprah caught in a loop, a continuous public discussion about a particular topic. Newsgroups are decentralised, which means that the messages are not maintained on a single … Continue reading
A-listing in the infosphere
Communicating in the infosphere includes Lists, Newsgroups, Chat & Messaging – but only lists will be studied tonight. We’ve already looked at email. Throughout this module we’ll cover other asynchronous forms, synchronous forms, 1-to-many and even many-to-many – sounds like … Continue reading
dirt-e-mail
If you must use Microsoft Outlook, then take the time to set it up properly. It’ll make your email sparkle. Good, text-based email is still the most effective use of the medium. Laying out and structuring your email takes about … Continue reading
Skippy hops
Choose a route, any route: A trace route from the network-tools.com site (in the U.S.A.) to curtin.edu.au yields the following results. 134.7.179.53 is from Australia(AU) in region Oceana TraceRoute to 134.7.179.53 [curtin.edu.au] Hop (ms) (ms) (ms) IP Address Host name … Continue reading
FTP fundamental
Having done this task regularly (via Dreamweaver) for over a decade, I feel I’m an old hand when it comes to FTP‘ing. I installed the recommended GUI, FileZilla, and logged in. Upon downloading the readme.txt file I learned one of … Continue reading
Telnet an obselescent tradition?
The Windows Vista Telnet FAQ was a good place to start. Having no further clue, the helpful prompt gave me a clue, the list of basic commands and syntax. So away we go, open a connection to Deakin Library then … Continue reading