Hey! My name is Sam the socialite, if you have any questions about the LSC, I can help you out!

I am a big fan of social computing and can help you out whenever you need me. Common questions that people ask when they come to the Lab for Social computing website are about the following topics:

If you have a question and can't seem to find an answer by looking through the page, try a quick search. If you still can't find an answer, why don't you just 'Ask Sam' and I will get back to you as soon as possible!

Enjoy your stay!

In an article published in their most recent magazine, the RIT Reporter magazine wrote about social software as well as the Lab for Social Computing here at RIT. Here’s an excerpt from the article The Facebook and the Newest Wave of Social Computing for Us to Surf:

Liz Lawley, an associate professor of IT, is very involved in blogging and social computing. She keeps her own blog at mamamusings.net. She was recently selected by Marqui as one of the twenty-one bloggers they chose nation-wide, to begin their Blogosphere program.

She teaches blogging in her classes and has also recently become the director of the Lab for Social Computing that has been created at RIT. She has many great insights on Social Computing, Blogging, and where RIT fits into both.

“In the classes where I’ve introduced students to blogging, a number have gone on to start and maintain their own blogs. Those students have been able to use their blogs as a way to improve their writing skills as well as their visibility in the technical community. [Also,] Students who read the blogs of their professors are able to develop a better sense of us as people, and often find us more approachable as a result.”