We all know about audio and video podcasts, but I can't recall reading anything about "text" casts to read content on your mobile device . . . until today . . . As noted in this blog post, it is possible to use an online mobile feed reader (I used Bloglines which works great on…
As an early adopter of technology, I jumped onto the Vonage VoIP bandwagon. I did not have the best experience with the service (lots and lots of dropped calls) which could have been related to my cable Internet service. In any event, I decided yesterday to cancel the service as I no longer even have…
After I just found out my local Panera Bread offers free wi-fi (so much for spending your hard earned on the t-mobile hotspot at Starbucks), I decided to do a quick "free wifi" search for my area and post a roundup of several free wireless Internet access locations in public places in the New York…
In a prior post, I commented on the legislation impacting "net neutrality" that is making its way through the US House and Senate. I ran across a seemingly unrelated post today (it doesn't even discuss the ongoing net neutrality issue). However, it poignantly highlights the key problems that arise when network "operators" control "content access"…
Here are links to the latest news and information on the status of Net Neutrality amendment. It was defeated on a 34-22 vote by members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee yesterday. It is time to start paying attention. Whatever your position, please spend some time getting to know and understand this important issue. …
As we've seen (and tried), there are a lot of fun and useful ajax enabled web based tools like writely.com (gobbled by Google). Here are a few new ones created by Ajax13 along with the descriptions from the web sites (in italics) bringing us ever closer to a web versus desktop platform for all of…
This morning I came across a fascinating article from last year about ComVu PocketCaster, an application that facilitates LIVE (yes, live – as in right this second as it is happening) videocasting from a mobile device (such as my brand new Cingular 8125). The article is from my all time favorite newsletters at Springwise.com. Springwise…
Here is my most recent shot at assessing my personal theory of learning and instruction (in IU P540) . . . it will be interesting to see how this morphs over time . . . To begin, I am miles away from where I was when I answered this question at the beginning of this…
Just wanted to point to some reading on the captioned. Elgg and Drupal: Benefits to competition? Elgg, Drupal and Moodle – online learning environment Όλα όσα πρέπει να γνωρίζετε για τις μουσικες σπουδες και παρτιτουρες
My new Cingular 8125 (the US version of the HTC Wizard) arrived in the mail yesterday and (not surprisingly) I had to make a trip to the Cingular store after spending an hour or so on the phone with Customer Service / Tech. Support. However, with a new sim card installed, I was out the…