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Monthly Archives April 2010

There must be a lesson here somewhere

The news broke today that LaLa was shutting down. I have been a loyal LaLa user for a long time and have invested several hundred dollars so I could play the music I wanted to listen to online. I knew Apple had purchased them. I suspected this would happen, but I assumed existing commitments would [...]

Posted 30 April 2010 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Structure

The more recent Learning and Leading has an article authored by Judi Harris and colleagues. There are certain writers who have promoted core ideas that appeal to me and Harris is one. She has a concept – activity types – that makes sense to me as an important idea in professional development. Rather than promoting [...]

Posted 29 April 2010 † grabe § Ed Practice ‡ Comments (0) °

Lots could change

I just purchased Barcode Scanner for my Droid phone. It works great. Scan the barcode on a book and sure enough it identifies the book. Scan the barcode on a 9.5 oz box of Hot Tamales and it informs me that I can get this box for $3 from Amazon and $1.79 from alwaysdirect.com. Not [...]

Posted 18 April 2010 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

Office2 HD

I noticed today that this product has been updated (Apr. 22). I downloaded the upgrade and tried for about 30 minutes the routine that had produced corrupted files previously. At this point I have been unable to recreate the same problem so I am optimistic that the problem has been fixed. The web site did [...]

Posted 14 April 2010 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Disregard previous post – there may be hope

I have edited this post multiple times as my experiences with this product and the upgrade to the product have resulted in different impressions. I noticed today that this product has been updated (Apr. 22). I downloaded the upgrade and tried for about 30 minutes the routine that had produced corrupted files previously. At this [...]

Posted 10 April 2010 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: ,

Initial Comment on the iPad

Everyone who has an iPad seems already to have posted something to explain their initial impressions. I guess this should not be a surprise – there seemed to be a great deal of commentary, both pro and con, before anyone actually had the opportunity to use one themselves. Why would this change when the iPad [...]

Posted 08 April 2010 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Books, books, books – a social focus

Web developers are constantly looking for a niche to fill – a focus for a site that will attract a reasonable number of users. Some social sites are general and some encourage interaction around a topic or process. I would argue that Facebook is an example of the general approach and users can shape the [...]

Posted 01 April 2010 † grabe § New Software/Hardware ‡ Comments (0) °