Wednesday, April 12, 2006

YackPack:What you Yacking 'bout Willis?

My friend Gayle teaches writing, speech, and EFL/ESL classes at Kanto Gakuen University and Toyo University in Japan. Like other members of the Net Generation, her students love their mobile phones, blogging, and technology.

I sent Gayle a link to YackLearning.net and she thought YackPack was a fantastic learning tool to weave into her curriculum. However, after viewing the YackLearning movie, Gayle still had one burning question:

"Sent ya a recording/mssg. What do you call that? We said "ping" for AIMing...dish me the jargon. ;-)"

Good question Gayle. I wondered the same thing when I started Yacking. Thankfully, the uber cool team at YackPack took a break from the YackLab and put together a Yack-ictionary.

So, from the YackPack home office in Santa Rosa, here's the dish:

YackLingo Yack: An audio message
YackPack: The group with whom you Yack
Yacker: The voice behind the Yack
YackTrack: A series of yacks that play in sequence
PackHost: The Yacker hosting a pack
YackCast: The yacks you send out for all the world to hear
YackStack: A stack of messages
YackFAQ: Come on, you know what this is
YackCircle: A visual element, the circle you see on the screen

Hope that clears it up for you Gayle. Hopefully, the YackLingo terms won't get "lost in translation." Or is that yacklation? Oy!

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