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Monthly Archives January 2009

Server Issues

I have operated at least one server pretty much since this was possible. My motivation for this commitment has varied. Early on, having my own server allowed me to do quite a few things others could not do. This is still the case in isolated areas. My research involves database driven interactivity and storage requirements [...]

Posted 31 January 2009 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) °

The Images of Our Lives

Our kids bought me a scanner for my 60th birthday. This was some months ago and it took some time to get it ordered and delivered and for me to find some time to get it put together. It is a Canon CanoScan 8800F and it has an adapter for scanning slides. It does occur [...]

Posted 28 January 2009 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged:

Books Online (at least some)

I have written multiple posts concerning copyright and the publishing industry. I certainly don’t have the answers, but as both a producer and consumer I at least understand the frustrations experienced by the multiple parties involved. The NYTimes Review of Books offers an interesting editorial on such topics prompted by Google’s efforts to digitize and [...]

Posted 25 January 2009 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Twitter Stage Theory

I have been working on some material on group microblogging to add to my participatory web for learning site. I have been developing some content describing educational uses of Twitter and have been thinking about how people seem to react to Twitter. I am easily distracted and instead of finishing the material on Twitter, I [...]

Posted 24 January 2009 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Leapfish – Another attempt to improve search

A post by David Warlich encouraged my exploration of Leapfish – another attempt to improve the search experience. As I understand the intent of Leapfish from the “About us” page and the Warlich post, it appears that Leapfish is an attempt to do a better job of integrating the multiple dimensions (webs, blogs, video, images, [...]

Posted 21 January 2009 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Student 2.0 Interest

Various bloggers and educational writers frequently float the idea that our students regard us as out of touch because we do not take advantage of participatory web tools in our classrooms and do not use such tools ourselves. While personally quite interested in participatory web applications in education, I have expressed skepticism regarding just how [...]

Posted 17 January 2009 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Google Trims a Few Services

Google has announced that it is closing down or stopping development of several services. This announcement indicate the intent was to concentrate on fewer services. I am assuming this narrower focus is related to the down turn in the economy. The one tool on the list that I have used was Google Notebook. I became [...]

Posted 15 January 2009 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,