Don Kasprzak

Conversations regarding Globalization, Internet2 and Education

July 22, 2010
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My latest read – On the Brink

A financial crisis is a terrible thing to waste. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson faced the largest crisis in our country’s modern history with a great opportunity.  His first hand account of the near collapse of our financial economy is detailed … Continue reading

July 14, 2010
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BMW supporting Apple’s iOS4

Yesterday BMW announced it will support Apple’s iOS 4 in their BMW and Mini product lines.  By integrating iPod Out in iOS4 users of iPhones 3G/3GS/4 & iPod Touch 2nd/3rd generations to output and display Apple’s iPod interface on the … Continue reading

July 9, 2010
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Google to build multiple fiber cities ?

Google may launch more than one “fiber city” in America.  This cyberinfrastructure project could will be a tipping point for a few lucky cities. var so = new SWFObject(‘http://www.telecomtv.com/embed/player.swf’,'mpl’,’600′,’325′,’5′); so.addParam(‘allowscriptaccess’,'always’); so.addParam(‘allowfullscreen’,'true’); so.addParam(‘wmode’,'transparent’); so.addParam(‘flashvars’,'file=Week_5_Google&volume=100&autostart=false&streamer=rtmpt://telecomtv.fcod.llnwd.net/a1411/o16&type=video&image=http://video.telecomtv.com/web2/ugc/thumb/Week_5_Google_large.jpg’); so.write(‘embedplayer’); Tags: experimental network, Google, Network, internet … Continue reading

July 3, 2010
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A small school’s BIG cost

Small schools (K12 and Colleges with less than 1,000 students) are accustomed like all of us to accessing email around the clock.  We know email is habit forming at best and compulsive at worst.  The new economy proves funding 24/7 … Continue reading

June 25, 2010
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Amazon’s Kindle capitulation ?

Want to confuse customers?  How about taking the “if ya can’t beat`em, join`em” approach…. I wonder what Bezos thinks about when you pull this type of capitulation.  I cannot help but wonder about Amazon’s own statement: NO KINDLE REQUIRED.  If … Continue reading

June 24, 2010
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Google offer ending soon for K12

Last year Google announced it would provide industrial strength email anti-spam & anti virus (Postini) to K12 schools for FREE.  Act Now – Deploy later. Google’s offer ends July 2010 As budgets have been cut across the country for education, … Continue reading

June 24, 2010
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Sports Illustrated on the iPad ?

In January Time Inc., the publisher of Sports Illustrated showed off their own tablet highlighting a future issue of SI for tablet users.  I immediately questioned their “announcement” to produce their own tablet. Clearly the business model for ANY publisher … Continue reading

May 26, 2010
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Wired magazine for tablets

Wired Magazine has arrived for the iPad.  Initial reports indicate each issue is ~500MB and will be $4.99/episode app via iTunes.  Wired will be shipping additional tablet formats in the coming weeks. As initial reports are indicate this is a … Continue reading