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Ah, nostalgia. I remember tipping up to University back in 2005 – all fresh faced, badly dressed, and certainly by no means web savvy. Ofcourse, back then you didn’t need to be; the most complex thing I needed to know how to do was upload my latest preening, doe-eyed Myspace profile picture. Yup, back in those days there was no Twitter, LinkedIn was in its infancy, and (whisper it), Facebook had yet to achieve world domination. It barely seems possible. Anyway, fast forward to the ‘Tennies’ and the world seems a very different place. Social networking is now an unavoidable reality of modern life, so you’d better be prepared to use it to your advantage. The below is a brief outline of what the biggies can do for you. Read the rest of this entry »

Last time out, I gave a brief overview of the main players in the world of internet browsing, with some generalised pros and cons for the objective user. This time it gets personal. Here I recommend the browser that works best for me, Flock, and explain why. Using my own extensive experience of using Flock, I’ll also be giving some hints and tips as to how it can help you as you begin to think about job hunting. Of course, there’s no foolproof way of judging the best browser – aside from individual user needs, some work better on older/newer computers, for example – so feel free to wade into the debate yourselves below. Read the rest of this entry »

Things have progressed a lot since 1991. We no longer have to worry about this, nor put up with this, or dress like this. In keeping with sensible improvements in politics and popular culture, the internet has also developed somewhat. Back in the early 90s the behemoth of technology we all now appreciate as the internet was merely a newborn monster, wet behind the ears and tiny. The only web browser available at that time was something called (imaginatively), the WorldWideWeb; now, there are scores of niche and custom browsers. Whilst an in-depth knowledge of the differences between a Midori and a SeaMonkey might be a little over the top, browsers nonetheless constitute an important way of managing both your time and your career capabilities through the medium of the internet. Here, I take a whirlwind tour of some of the freely available ones you should really know about. Read the rest of this entry »

As a student, it’s highly likely that you will have come across the 21st century phenomenon that is ‘blogging’. Whether you’ve been trailing your local parliamentary candidate or checking out the latest celebrity gossip, chances are that even a perfunctory afternoon trawl of the world wide web will quickly find you sat in front a blog of some description. This is all very well, I hear you say, but blogs are just for famous people – what can they do for me? Well, actually quite a lot. You don’t have to be Barrack Obama to have one, nor do you need to be Bill Gates to run one. In fact, as the following list attests, they can be an invaluable resource in terms of securing employment: Read the rest of this entry »

A few weeks ago we stumbled across a new-ish social media website called Bragster.com. Not another one, I hear you cry. Yep, but this isn’t just about endless twittering or photo-prying, this is much more fun. Described as “Jackass meets Facebook” Bragster is all about dares, where users challenge each other to do absurd stunts, film themselves, and then “brag” about it.

Bragster is a London-based venture that was founded by Bertrand Bodson and Wim Vernaeve. The idea came about to the duo when Wim was working at Morgan Stanley and he got dared by a colleague to go bald before an important client meeting. It never happened, apparently, but Bragster was born.

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When I was at university, there simply were no useful Web tools (except email). We did things the hard way; we backed up work on wholly unreliable CDs, we walked to libraries and thumbed through reams of dust coated books to do our research, and we wrote in stone.  Ok, we didn’t do the stone bit, but most tasks were fairly laborious. Not any longer.

The advance of the Web has meant that there are now various free excellent Web applications that can help you get organised, easily maintain back-ups, collaborate with friends, and conduct research. We’ve put together a list of 8 of the best free Web tools available for students. Read the rest of this entry »