One thing I have learned while reading up on "Net Neutrality" is that each person seems to have a different definition of what it is, what is should be or even what it should not be. As I have stated several times before, I agree that Internet providers should receive "just compensation" (however that is […]
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After my "being spaces" post yesterday, I started thinking about the missing link of local social interaction in online distance learning. One Google search led to another and before you know it, I stumbled on Meetup.com, a site designed to help people find others who share their interests to form local community groups. Believe it
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Back in 2003, Intel's introduction of the microchip for cell phones and PDAs was part of "The Great Cell Phone Chip Race". I wonder why Intel decided to cash in its chips? MobHappy wonders the same thing. Blogged with Flock
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I love being a online distance student. On-demand learning is definitely for me! While I am amazed at the "friendships" I have developed through online collaboration, distance learning can be a lonely experience. Most of a distance student's learning time is spent in solitary activities – reading, writing papers, adding comments to asynchronous discussion boards.
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In the past few months, I have tried the new IE Beta (wow – it has tabs), Netscape, Firefox and Flock. I have yet to try the newest release of Opera, but I am so pleased with Flock that it will take a lot to get me to try anything else for awhile. Built on
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I just tested Itzle, a fun little web based chat application with a unique twist. As you are surfing the web, you can “invite” your fellow Itzle buddies to visit the web page you are on making the web surfing experience seem more collaborative. Itzle then provides a small pop up chat window that overlays
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I received an e-mail yesterday outlining the upcoming Innovate-Live Webcast schedule for this summer. Here is a cut and paste of the schedule: All times are New York time. You may use the world clock athttp://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ to coordinate the time with yourtime zone. The schedule for the June/July Innovate-Live Webcasts is provided below. Creative Commons:
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The Network Neutrality debate moved from the blogosphere to prime time TV news – public television prime time, but prime time TV none the less! An Amazon.com lawyer and telecom lobbyist debated the issues tonight on the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. A commentator on tonight's Nightly Business Report covers the Net Neutrality issues, as well.
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Always willing to be the guinea pig for new software, I am in the process of downloading the Beta releases of MS Office, including Office Professional Plus 2007, Viso Professional 2007, Groove 2007 and One Note 2007. There are many other titles available for download from the preview site. The full versions will run until
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Accessing and reading Internet content on a mobile device is a pain. It is typically very slow and hard to view. While some sites have optimized their content for users who access the site on a mobile device (Google, Yahoo! and Bloglines just to name a few), the mobile Internet experience is generally bad and
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