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Do what you do best, and link to the rest. A lesson of the web learnt quickly by those who’s success depends on being creative online. The latest released version of Sakai, version 2.9.3, improves on the existing features that allows for the connection of Sakai courses to external tools. The forthcoming version of Sakai,… Continue Reading An App Store for Web-Based Instruction

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

Over four months ago I ordered a WoPad from PandaWill.com, so far I’m glad to have the exposure to the Android platform, and for some tasks the larger screen works well. But, the bottom line is it does not replace what any of the Apple iOS devices do. The Device The best part about the… Continue Reading WoPad Android Tablet: 1/4 of the price of an iPad, 1/2 as good

If your web site is running on Apache, and almost all are, there’s a simple way to protect directories on your web server. This method can be very secure, when combined with HTTPS and some good practices on your part, but it can also be a simple way to limit access to just a few… Continue Reading Howto: Securing a folder with apache’s built in htaccess options

I’m a big fan of famfamfam.com ‘s free icon set Silk. The Silk icon set contains over thousand simple icons that are free to use for any purpose. All those at famfamfam.com ask is that you include a link back to there web page in your credits famfamfam.com/lab/icons/silk/. The icons are so simple as small… Continue Reading Silk Icon set from famfamfam.com as CSS Data URIs