Archive for the '*nix' Category

MeaWebCT

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

Ray Henderson, new president of Blackboard (Bb) learn, sent out an E-Mail/blog post to the WebCT/Bb community today that amounts to a bit of a mea culpa. As Brock University transitions from their WebCT CE 6 (Blackboard Learning System CE) Learning Management System (LMS) to Isaak, Brock University’s Sakai-Based LMS, it’s nice to see someone… Continue Reading MeaWebCT

Interleave Just Got Better

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

.. thanks to me. I just wanted to toot my own horn and let everyone know that a modification I made to our local Centre for Teaching, Learning and Educational Technologies “Client Relationship Manager” (AKA any other set of words that match CRM) called INTERLEAVE will be incorporated into the next release. Interleave is a… Continue Reading Interleave Just Got Better

FStream – Radio wirelessly, finally

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

I’m a big fan of news radio, especially the information programming of the CBC and BBC World Service. If you’ve been looking for this on the iPhone/iPod touch I’d recommend the application FStream. There are a few paid options, but I’m a fan of free in ever sense of the word. If you do choose… Continue Reading FStream – Radio wirelessly, finally

Creating a Web Site – Matt’s advice

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

A few of asked, so here’s my answer to the question: “What should I use to create a web site that myself and others can edit?” Here’s my answers to a few particular situations. Desktop editing: Contribute If you want a static site that can be modified from someone’s desktop I’d recommend Adobe’s Dreamweaver and… Continue Reading Creating a Web Site – Matt’s advice

SearchMe.com

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

I stumbled upon this new search engine while going through some server logs at work. SearchMe.Com is the best take on flash-based web search that I’ve seen. It’s actually useful!