Friday, February 26, 2010

5 Free Tools to Spring Clean Your Twitter Account

Just started using ManageTwitter--time to clean up the account a little bit. Here are some other tools. http://amplify.com/u/24dw

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IOC to investigate Canadian women's hockey team for celebration

A funny world we live in. In this age of politically correct behavior, one would think that this wouldn't happen. I guess if people are not going to exhibit good sportsmanship, then they go all the way to the other end of the spectrum! http://amplify.com/u/242k

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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Pew Research News IQ Quiz

A surprisingly straightforward quiz to test your basic political knowledge about current situations. Take the quiz--you might be surprised. http://amplify.com/u/2231

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Friday, February 19, 2010

Dell Mini 5 prototype impressions

Looks pretty interesting. It still looks like the industry is trying to find out if there is a market for something between a smartphone and a laptop. Will it be the Mini5, iPad or something else? #edtech http://amplify.com/u/1zmd

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Jobs: Flash would murder the iPad. Really now, let’s be realistic #edchat #edtech

The battle between Apple (Steve Jobs) and Adobe continues. This battle has been going on a long time. Don't expect Steve Jobs to give in. http://amplify.com/u/1zd5

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Technology secrets of Coney Island's people-tossing machinery, 1931

Interesting to look back in time at technology. http://amplify.com/u/1zd2

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Google Voice Explained

I have had Google Voice for a while and I love it. There are so many great features to take advantage of. I love the fact that my Google Voice number will ring all my "regular" phones! http://amplify.com/u/1zbj

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Amazing facts and figures about the evolution of hard disk drives

It's always fun to look back on past technology and see how far we have come. Unfortunately, I remember all of this! http://amplify.com/u/1zbh

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Thursday, February 4, 2010

Students Sound Off on School Tech Use #edchat #eduit

Great article on student's tech perspective in schools. It is almost like it is an all or nothing approach these days. You either have schools that have embraced the technology or schools that think that email is high tech. http://amplify.com/u/1q9o

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Netflix Stabs Us In The Heart So Hollywood Can Drink Our Blood

Anybody that believes that businesses have the customer's satisfaction as their number 1 goal needs to read this article. I was somewhat aware of this as I wondered why a couple movies I wanted tor rent were available on Amazon to buy but Netflix did not have them available to rent until a month later. http://amplify.com/u/1q67

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Classic Start menu in Windows 7 with Classic Shell #eduit

Nice feature for Windows 7 -- Up button is very useful --have the best of all worlds! http://amplify.com/u/1q5r

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Monday, February 1, 2010

Microsoft starting bi-hourly shutdowns for the Windows 7 Release Candidate next month

Time to get Windows 7 if you're still using the release candidate! http://amplify.com/u/1oo5

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USC fires student manager after his technical foul for ref abuse

I'm not sure how you "fire" someone who isn't getting paid--or maybe I'm just showing my age and managers do get paid nowadays. Oh well-either way-no pay anymore! http://amplify.com/u/1oo1

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