Archive for the 'Technology' Category

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

Google Sync Rocks!

Friday, February 13th, 2009

I am loving Google Sync for my iPhone! Google recently announced their Google Sync service for the iPhone. The highlights are it leverages the great Google Mail (plus Contacts) and Calendar services with the best sync/push protocol out there: Microsoft’s Active Sync. At work, Brock University, migrating our small department to MS Exchange has been… Continue Reading Google Sync Rocks!

Five Technologies You Need To Cover A Canadian Election

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

Based on the election coverage I’ve identified five technologies that are needed to cover a Canadian election (apparently) – from highest cost to lowest. On-Screen numbers and graphs — WITH fancy transitions! Seat projection software – this is generally in second place, but CTV want’s you to know that they’re first Eyeglasses – for people… Continue Reading Five Technologies You Need To Cover A Canadian Election

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

A500

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

My first computer, as in the first one that I had providence over, was an Amiga 500. It took me back down memory lane to see one at pcmuseum.ca, http://www.pcmuseum.ca/details.asp?id=149. This pack-rat/archivist even has the external hard drive that I had. The A500 was a particular source of joy for me because of 1) it… Continue Reading A500