Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Tuesday, November 13th, 2012
Long ago I promised myself I’d blog about <a href=”evernote.com”>Evernote</a> when I made more than 1000 notes. I broke that record on Friday November 9, 2012 so here’s a quick summary of what Evernote is and what I use it for. Evernote is intended to help people remember everything. While I haven’t achieved that, I’m… Continue Reading Me and Evernote
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Monday, August 20th, 2012
As my last post about a Brock University Important Dates iCal Feed indicated, I often find myself needing Brock University information in a structured, digital format. As I’m not one to improve public information and make it private, here’s the how I made this information more fun to play with. As we in the Centre… Continue Reading Structured Schedule and Course Calendar Data for Brock University
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Monday, July 30th, 2012
I tried to share this on icalshare.com, but can’t make an account (the password field is not blank!) so I’ll share it here. I created a Brock University important dates feed from the registrar’s list of important dates www.brocku.ca/registrar/guides/returning/importantdates.php . The dates are added to a Google Doc Spreadsheet then run through our Centre for… Continue Reading Brock University Important Dates iCal Feed
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Wednesday, May 30th, 2012
I’ve started a new lunch blog! I encourage you to check it out at mattclare.ca/lunch-blog/ The site is obviously more of a joke at the expense of my daily lunch at Brock University of two penut butter and jam sandwiches that I slather in double fruit jam and chunky penut butter before I leave for… Continue Reading Lunch Blog
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Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
A recent article in the Columbia Journalism Review by Matthieu Aikins underscored the need to protect the contents of your smartphone. If the potential to have your own information stollen or generally snooped through your stuff, please consider this story. The British journalist and filmmaker Sean McAllister was in Syriashooting a documentary for Britain’s Channel… Continue Reading If My Contact Is On Your Phone, Please Protect It
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