June 29, 2009
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I’m not sure why it took so long to read Malcolm Gladwell‘s latest book Outliers: The Story of Success but I’m sure glad its just as enjoyable as his books The Tipping Point and Blink. As defined scientifically Outliers is … Continue reading
June 10, 2009
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Billed as a collaborative slideware application Adobe Labs just launched Presentations. With Adobe’s strong reputation with visual tools I was expecting a lot more. Desktop competitors PowerPoint and Keynote along with SlideRocket by comparison are much more robust presentation tools. Continue reading
June 1, 2009
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Think the internet is still the wild west? Think again. In a new update of Who Controls the Internet?: Illusions of a Borderless World law professors Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu share how the long arm of foreign governments still … Continue reading
May 16, 2009
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Wolfram|Alpha is launching tonight. It looks to be another step forward in Search. Billed by Wolfram as the “computational knowledge engine” the reviews so far are good. You can watch a powerful screencast showing the power of Alpha here. The … Continue reading
April 29, 2009
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Today begins Internet2′s Spring Member meeting. The hot topic of conversation? Broadband stimulus funding.
March 10, 2009
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Attended Brainstorm 10.0 today and had a chance to hear PC industry pundit John C. Dvorak. Brainstorm had a great number of technology sessions for K12 Technology Directors. The most surprising session was “HD video over IP for Distance Learning” … Continue reading
November 10, 2008
by donkasprzak
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I recently posted a tweet about my work with K12 school districts regarding web content filtering issues with YouTube and was very happy to receive a couple of DMs from Angela Maiers and Elizabeth Holmes, two education professionals who I … Continue reading
October 26, 2008
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India is the second fastest growing economy in the world, second only to their Asian neighbor China. Both have embraced globalization yet are racing to secure resources as their economies, populations, markets and environments grow out of control. India has … Continue reading
September 28, 2008
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Y2K. Remember the rush to fix computer software that was programmed to stop working on January 1 2000? Many Americans probably did not realize their software fix was coming from Indian companies including WiPro located in Bangalore India. Today American … Continue reading
September 7, 2008
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From MIT’s Technology Review comes a special report on China’s production of a new, third generation CPU family that could ultimately challenge Intel within a decade. Since the Chinese do not have the ability to manufacture CPU chips themselves, and … Continue reading