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Monthly Archives July 2007

Yepshot – A Yep Update

I feel the need to update a previous post concerning Yep. This inexpensive (not free) product is a pdf organizer, tagger, annotator, etc. What I failed to mention in my previous post was that Yep comes with a Safari specific bookmarklet (Mac specific) that converts the web site being viewed into a pdf and stores [...]

Posted 30 July 2007 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) °

YouTube (Democrats) Debate 2007

I found the concept of the YouTube debates quite appealing and was excited to watch the show. Unfortunately, I was confused about the start time and missed most of the program. I should have known that there would be a way (aside from the professional spin people) to catch up. Sure enough, individual questions and [...]

Posted 24 July 2007 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

On The Road – Big City Hotels

We are in Portage, WI, on our way to Chicago for the LiveText conference. LiveText is a digital portfolio system that Cindy helps students and faculty in the Ed College use. I am along for the ride – we decided to take a few days around the convention and call this our summer trip. If [...]

Posted 22 July 2007 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Will Apple Have A Machine for K-12 Classrooms?

Apple and I go way back. Still, I wonder what the plan is for K-12 classrooms and I am concerned. The rumor sites (e.g., Mac Rumors) report that the 17 inch iMac is to be discontinued. The present difference between the 17 and 20 inch iMac price is approx. $900 vs. $1300. While machine vs. [...]

Posted 16 July 2007 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) °

Scooped

I leave town for just a few days and another blogger scoops me on a really cool local idea (my excuse – we donate the local paper when we are gone or I would have been all over this). Doug Johnson (Blue Skunk Blog) evidently was in town for a wedding. He describes this as [...]

Posted 16 July 2007 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (1) °

40 Years

I was back home in rural Iowa on Saturday to attend a reunion for my high school class. It has been 40 years since we graduated from Kingsley-Pierson High School. It would have been a great situation for one of those long term memory tests. You are supposed to be pretty good at remembering imagery [...]

Posted 16 July 2007 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

University Podcast Courses

A post from Open Culture organizes a list of college courses available as podcasts. It looks like the institutions involved include MIT, Berkeley and Stanford. The departments involved represent an interesting mix, but I see nothing from an education department. I wonder why?

Posted 11 July 2007 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: