Welcome to Your Online Life!

This is a full index of all topics in this course. Click on a link below for a full lesson on the topic.

• Unique Attributes of the Online World — What makes the web different?
• How It All Works — The structure of the internet
• A Brief Look at the Future — Current trends, and what that's pointing to

• Facebook — The most popular "social networking" site...for now
• LinkedIn — A business-oriented networking site
• Classmates.com — Get in touch with old classmates (you've seen the ads a million times)

• Webmail — Even if you already have email, you can access a new, free email address from anywhere
• IM (Instant Messaging) — Direct text chat; covers AIM, MSN, ICQ, and Yahoo!
• Skype — Make telephone calls over the internet, most for free
• Forums — Web-based discussion boards; popular styles and customs
• Twitter — Web-based quick text messaging from and to many devices
• IRC — Group text chat

• Blogging — An introduction to the blogging phenomenon
• Feeds — Get new blog articles delivered right to your email inbox
• User-Submitted News — These sites rely on their users for news, and boy is it fun
• Webcomics — All sorts of comics, free; also covers the history of the form

• Podcasting — Listen to dramas and talk shows on your computer or iPod
• Internet Radio — Listen to radio stations on your computer

• Online Photo Sharing — Share your photos
• Online Video — View others' videos, and share your own
• Start a Blog — Share your thoughts, history, poetry, and stories
• Online Calendars — Keep track of your appointments, and coordinate with others

• What is a Wiki? — Collaborative websites that anyone can change
• Wikipedia — Covers the nuances of this great online encyclopedia

• MMOs — Massively Multiplayer Online games, like World of Warcraft
• Online Card and Board Games — Play board and card games with other people online

• Creating a website — Free and pay services that let you create your own webpages
• Writing for the web — People read webpages differently than print

• Security — Make sure you're safe
• Identity — How much should you reveal about yourself online?

Something you want to know that's not on this list? Email me and I'll tell you what I know and can find out!

Blog:

17 Mar 09 - Identity

I just added a new lesson on identity, which discusses how much to reveal about yourself online.

10 June 08 - Freedom

I've decided to make a big step: I'm releasing Your Online Life for free, instead of charging $50 for it.

To be honest, I prefer the idea of giving it all away. I plan to offer a few detailed, supplemental how-tos for a small charge ($15 or so), which I hope to have ready in a few weeks.

I look forward to helping you.

2 June 08 - Here We Go

I spent much of the weekend ensuring that the site's payment system works. I'm now confident that the site works as expected.

As always, email me at brent@brentnewhall.com if you have any questions or suggestions.

23 May 08 - Audio Awesomeness

As you may have noticed, I posted the podcasting and internet radio lessons yesterday.

I've also gone through all the lessons and tidied them up, highlighting important phrases and fixing a few lingering spelling and grammar errors.

21 May 08 - Calendar Lesson Is Up

I've posted the Online Calendars lesson, which steps through using Google Calendars.

20 May 08 - What's Coming

Welcome to the site! We've just launched, and I wanted to map out for you what will be changing first.

As you may notice, a few lessons still lay unfinished. I intend to write the online calendars lesson next, followed by podcasting and internet radio, then finish up with the gaming lessons.