An operating system is probably the most important part of someones computer experience. We all use one. Windows, Mac OSX, some of you real geeks use Linux. I love Linux. It’s a free and open source operating system. I saw something today that really got me excited about open source (free) software.
Check out this project […]
Andrew Congdon likes to shoot video. Andrew Congdon also likes to travel. Andrew Congdon is currently studying abroad.
Video + Study Abroad = A Winning Combination.
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A great NY Times article came out and it talks about the use of blogs in higher education. I recently did a presentation for the Access Group, which I’ll be posting more of (and posting the actual powerpoint), but here is a great article to see why you would use a blog at […]
Or….”What I did this summer”
Everyone knows about web 2.0. You’ve heard us talk about how web 2.0 is sharing, community, communication, information gathering. But some folks aren’t sold yet. Hey, I completely understand. A lot of the time, you’re a 2 or 3 (or sometimes 1, eek!) […]
Yup, you heard it right. Google has set up a service that lets you create your own search engine. What does this mean? It means that you can add the sites that interest you and then let your web visitors search on those sites only.
It’s alot like the Rollyo service, […]
That is the question raised by this recent article on Ed-Tech Insider.
Amid recent congressional scandals that I won’t get into, new attention is being paid to whether the government should be able to control Instant messaging on the internet. As you know, companies who provide instant messaging (AOL, MSN, Yahoo) contest that they […]
Not sure what a Wiki is? Maybe you are but you don’t know it. Ever heard of wikipedia? It’s the largest open source for encyclopedia type information on the internet. It has been mentioned in every major publication in the world at some point or another, and it […]
I’ve talked about digg before. It’s a site where you submit news and then other people vote on it or “digg” it based on their interest. It really is a great site. If your school has any news whatsoever, you really should have an account and you should […]
The podcamp conference was a huge huge success. The medium (audio and video on the web) got a big boost by this conference. A lot of stars were at this thing. Amanda Congdon, Steve Garfield, C.C. Chapman, Andrew Baron and Joanne Colan (from Rocketboom), as well as many other […]
Hey Everyone.
Some interesting things are going on. I’ll be attending the podcamp conference this weekend, it should be really awesome. A bunch of podcasting and video blogging geeks will be hanging out and talking shop. I can’t wait! I’ll be going with a few folks from EDU, […]