DCN News - January 24, 2011

In this issue:

1. Meet DCN's New Officers and Board Member
2. Interview of DCN's Kimball Sargeant [Podcast]
3. Tips on Website Design for College Students
4. Protecting Your "Digital Afterlife"

1. Meet DCN's New Officers and Board Member
We are excited to announce recent changes to our DCN Board. Our new President is Teri Greenfield, and Bill Buchanan is the new Vice President. We also have a new Board member, Sheila Evans. Read more about our Board.

2. Interview of DCN's Kimball Sargeant [Podcast]
Listen to Kimball Sargeant, DCN's immediate past president talk about DCN and how technology evolved in Davis on "Davisville" a local KDRT radio show. Kimball was one of the first people in town to have a web address nearly 20 years ago. Link to podcast.

3. Tips on Website Design for College Students
College students are an important target audience for many websites. Read these "surprising" research-based findings by Jakob Nielsen and learn whether it's a fact or a myth that 1) students are tech wizards, 2) students crave multimedia and fancy design, 3) students are enraptured by social networking. Read more.

4. Protecting Your "Digital Afterlife"
Have you done anything to protect your "digital afterlife"? What happens to your online presence when you die? Evan Carroll and John Romano edit The Digital Beyond, a website that helps users plan what happens to their online content after death. They suggest you start planning now for the inevitable. Read more.