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Monthly Archives March 2008

Adobe Photoshop Express

Adobe has brought its expertise in digital image editing to “the cloud”. It now offers a browser-based application – Photoshop Express. The service not only provides powerful image editing capabilities, but also the opportunity to store up to 2 GB worth of images. This screen shot may give you some feel for the tools – [...]

Posted 31 March 2008 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

Social Sites and Self Control

I probably did some stupid things when I was a college student (according to my wife). Let’s just say I did. I wonder if I would have the good sense to not compound the stupidity by sharing my accomplishments with the rest of the world. There seem to be case after case in which young [...]

Posted 30 March 2008 † grabe § Policy ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Worst Teacher

OK – I realize that I am from North Dakota and I should expect to see some things that are a little different while walking the streets after dark in New York. Perhaps some rough looking characters, women of the evening, or even patrons of the theater. This sign I did not expect. I admit [...]

Posted 28 March 2008 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Read the fine print!

I select convention sessions to attend based on session titles (and how many blocks I must walk if the session is another hotel). Participatory media is a phrase that now attracts my attention. I noted this label for a 12:30 session and found that I was unable to get close to the door let alone [...]

Posted 26 March 2008 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

A visit to the mother ship

We are in New York for the American Educational Research Association convention. I can’t say that I have anything new to report on the research front at this time. At the end of the day, we walked to the Apple store on 5th avenue. We visit Apple stores on a regular basis, but the appearance [...]

Posted 26 March 2008 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Excitedly – Happily

Today, the Grand Forks Herald has an article on Cindy’s podcasting grant. The core idea is to offer customized content for English Language Learners new to Grand Forks and often the United States. The iPods allow students to experience digital audio and video content appropriate to their classroom and language needs. The mobility of the [...]

Posted 21 March 2008 † grabe § Ed Practice ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Media Future – A Business Analysis

Knowledge@Wharton offers an interesting analysis of what appears to be a competition between experts and amateurs as information providers. The piece notes many of the sources I have cited in previous posts (e.g. Revenge of the Experts, Cult of the Amateur). The analysis notes that despite recent criticism of user generated content money is still [...]

Posted 20 March 2008 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: