Don Kasprzak

Conversations regarding Globalization, Internet2 and Education

April 28, 2010
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Google puts Wave tutorials on YouTube

Imagine that!  In the “what took so long” category Google has finally released a series of good video training session all about their real-time communication and collaboration tool Google Wave.  I posted last month (read it here) Google is missing … Continue reading

April 23, 2010
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Google providing migration tools for Microsoft Exchange

Google is making it easy to switch from Microsoft Exchange to Google Apps for email.  Google is providing a migration tool for business and K12 Districts to move from Microsoft Exchange 2003 and 2007 to Google’s Apps suite.  This follows … Continue reading

April 23, 2010
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Bursts by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi

I found Albert-Laszlo Barabasi‘s Book Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means a wonderful read (review here) in March of 2008.  It was a wonderful read about the science of networks….both computing and non-computing networks. … Continue reading

April 23, 2010
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My latest read – The Cell

I finished reading The Cell: Inside The 9/11 Plot, and Why the FBI and CIA Failed to Stop It and was a bit disappointed. Not due to the writing, but rather I also read Triple Cross: How bin Laden’s Master Spy … Continue reading

April 21, 2010
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The Future Of Magazines ?

As long as magazine budgets can afford them, simply put…. most do not have these types of inflated budgets for regional/local monthly publications. Enjoy the ride – its the new era of print….as long as its done right. Tags: iPad, … Continue reading

April 20, 2010
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My latest read – Our Endangered Values

Jimmy Carter has been an amazing writer since leaving the White House.  He has written 23 books and I have just finished Our Endangered Values: America’s Moral Crisis and found his writing a calming voice in today’s ridiculous world of … Continue reading

April 14, 2010
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MacroWikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World

I consider Don Tapscott’s Wiknomics essential reading.  I just read his tweet that he and Anthony Williams are releasing MacroWikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World in late 2010. I read his previous book Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything back … Continue reading

April 13, 2010
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Impressive update to Google Docs

Google’s impressive tool just received a nice upgrade.  For most users the new updates further justify migrating away from Office.  When you consider Google gives this away for free (especially to schools)….well a good thing just got even better. From … Continue reading

April 9, 2010
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My latest read – In Nixon’s Web

Of all the books written about Watergate and the domino effect those crimes left upon the federal government comes a rather late entry:  In Nixon’s Web: A Year in the Crosshairs of Watergate. This was is a rather interesting read … Continue reading