Don Kasprzak

Conversations regarding Globalization, Internet2 and Education

May 8, 2012
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Will printed books remain relevant in the future?

Milwaukee radio station 620am WTMJ broadcast a segment regarding ebooks last week.  I finally got around to blogging about it today.  The segment was titled: “Will printed books remain relevant in the future?” Book/library aficionado/blogger Paul Everett Nelson joins WAN … Continue reading

September 11, 2011
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Humiliating 9/11 gaffe by Wisconsin College President

Alverno College President Dr. Mary Meehan was the featured speaker at her campus 9/11 Remembrance Service.  Alverno publicized this event as an opportunity to “Hear her compelling, first-hand experience of the day that touched us all” and was sponsored by … Continue reading

November 3, 2010
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Internet2 CyberInfrastructure Days

Supported by a grant from NSF, eight universities (including the UWisconsin System) have been funded to help support a “CI Days” event at their campus. CI Days are intended to bring together various sectors of the campus (Faculty, IT Staff, … 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

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

March 3, 2010
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Apple design in 30 years

I have been very fortunate to have worked at Apple as a System Engineer during the introduction of some of the products in this visualization.  Apple has really moved into the arena of design + technology as their recent products … Continue reading

February 11, 2010
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Google: Think BIG with a gig

Google is planning to launch an experimental network that will make internet access better and faster for consumers. Link to website [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wusklcNKDZc[/youtube] Tags: experimental network, Google, Network, internet access, Research, Internet2, Broadbandt, gigabit, high speed, trends,

January 19, 2010
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Large Hadron Collider’s big network

15 petabytes of data a year will be generated by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) a particle physics project running at CERN and that requires a very robust network.  Data generated by LHC is being distributed to over 7,000 scientists … Continue reading