Prep your video for your new ipod with somethin like Podner...
http://www.splasm.com/products/productpodner.html
~julz
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Of course podcast lectures are a hit!
http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/10/24/435c758bc4a56
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Another shout out to the new video iPod...
...though according to the NY Times article, An iPod Worth Keeping an Eye On, "there’s no such thing as a Video iPod. The new model is simply called the iPod; its thicker, videoless predecessors have gone off to the great eBay in the sky." I only have a mini and I'll keep my mini, but honestly, ask my friends, I KNEW they were going to do it. How could any self-respecting techie working for Apple not be promoting this concept and working hard to get it just right? I just couldn't fathom the concept. So I've made do with my mini, and held out. Admittedly, I was starting to think about the iPhoto, but fortunately, I didn't have to break.
The article is funny, you should read it, I was LOL at the steel support girder comment...
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/18/technology/circuits/19web-pogue.html
~julz
Really verklempt until I get a new video iPod, I've already bought 3 videos and think I might get the entire first season of Desparate Housewives, can you imagine, portable, no commercials...I'm berra berra excited!
The article is funny, you should read it, I was LOL at the steel support girder comment...
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/18/technology/circuits/19web-pogue.html
~julz
Really verklempt until I get a new video iPod, I've already bought 3 videos and think I might get the entire first season of Desparate Housewives, can you imagine, portable, no commercials...I'm berra berra excited!
Palm Inc. and Blackberry Makin' a Deal
From the NY Times Article Palm Inc. and Blackberry Maker Will Sign a Licensing Agreement:
Michael Gartenberg, an analyst with Jupiter Media, said, "It's a good idea for them to let the market decide" what software and hardware combinations customers can have. "You don't want to back your customers into a corner."
Um yeah, at some point there is such a thing as carrying around too many devices. It would be nice to have it down to like two. My all in one communications device and my all in one multimedia device perhaps?
Michael Gartenberg, an analyst with Jupiter Media, said, "It's a good idea for them to let the market decide" what software and hardware combinations customers can have. "You don't want to back your customers into a corner."
Um yeah, at some point there is such a thing as carrying around too many devices. It would be nice to have it down to like two. My all in one communications device and my all in one multimedia device perhaps?
Video continuing to go mobile...
I think this is just soo cool and I really really need to get a multimedia capable phone and a video iPod...
Now Playing on a Tiny Screen
By LAURA M. HOLSON
Published: October 17, 2005
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 16 - When Eric Young directed his first episodes for the cellphone serial drama "24: Conspiracy," it was the bullet holes that vexed him most. Mr. Young, hired to create 24 one-minute mobile episodes for a spinoff of the hit series "24," learned that making video for a pocket-size screen is far different from making it for a 27-inch television set.
About 70 percent of the images he used were close-ups of actors, because panoramic shots appeared blurry. He said he used tiny speakers to hear what "the sound of a neck cracking" would be like on a cellphone after one of the episode's characters died from a snapped vertebra. But for gunshot wounds, the director was forced to make the bullet holes extra large and to double the amount of blood so they could be easily identified on the small screen.
"We are all experimenting to see what works," Mr. Young said. "Every new medium finds its own way and rules. It will be true for this one, too."
Read more at http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/17/technology/17mobisodes.html?8hpib
Now Playing on a Tiny Screen
By LAURA M. HOLSON
Published: October 17, 2005
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 16 - When Eric Young directed his first episodes for the cellphone serial drama "24: Conspiracy," it was the bullet holes that vexed him most. Mr. Young, hired to create 24 one-minute mobile episodes for a spinoff of the hit series "24," learned that making video for a pocket-size screen is far different from making it for a 27-inch television set.
About 70 percent of the images he used were close-ups of actors, because panoramic shots appeared blurry. He said he used tiny speakers to hear what "the sound of a neck cracking" would be like on a cellphone after one of the episode's characters died from a snapped vertebra. But for gunshot wounds, the director was forced to make the bullet holes extra large and to double the amount of blood so they could be easily identified on the small screen.
"We are all experimenting to see what works," Mr. Young said. "Every new medium finds its own way and rules. It will be true for this one, too."
Read more at http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/17/technology/17mobisodes.html?8hpib
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Skype vs. IMs w/ Voice
Today, I was asked why use Skype vs. IMs with Voice. I only have two reasons for that question:
1. Skype was the first cool voip tool w/ conferencing capabilities that my cadre found and we have some loyalty and inertia reasons to stick with it.
2. In a class I'm co-teaching, we've had more security problems with the IM we used vs. Skype.
In researching this question, I came across ZDNet's Russell Shaw's blog that was asking a similar question which led me to a cool company called Avaya ...lovin their presentations and materials...consuming now...
~julz
It's about being mobile, baby!
1. Skype was the first cool voip tool w/ conferencing capabilities that my cadre found and we have some loyalty and inertia reasons to stick with it.
2. In a class I'm co-teaching, we've had more security problems with the IM we used vs. Skype.
In researching this question, I came across ZDNet's Russell Shaw's blog that was asking a similar question which led me to a cool company called Avaya ...lovin their presentations and materials...consuming now...
~julz
It's about being mobile, baby!
Friday, October 14, 2005
Video iPod
I knew they'd do it. I've been waiting to make a major iPod purchase (have a mini of course) for the video.
Thanks Apple.
~julz
From my edugames blog...
The video iPod is going to be mine!
Video of Steve Jobs showing the video ipod: http://zdnet.com.com/1606-2-5894095.html
An article: http://techrepublic.com.com/5102-1035-5893863.html
The NY Times - AP: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Apple-VideoiPod.html
(See also http://www.apple.com/
October 12, 2005
Apple Introduces Video iPod
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Apple Computer Inc. unveiled an iPod on Wednesday
that can play videos and television shows, the latest creation in its
ever-evolving and hugely popular line of portable music players.
Citing a groundbreaking deal with ABC Television Group, Apple chief
executive Steve Jobs said the online iTunes store will sell episodes of hit
shows "Desperate Housewives" and "Lost" for $1.99 apiece, making them
available the day after they air on television.
Thanks Apple.
~julz
From my edugames blog...
The video iPod is going to be mine!
Video of Steve Jobs showing the video ipod: http://zdnet.com.com/1606-2-5894095.html
An article: http://techrepublic.com.com/5102-1035-5893863.html
The NY Times - AP: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Apple-VideoiPod.html
(See also http://www.apple.com/
October 12, 2005
Apple Introduces Video iPod
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Apple Computer Inc. unveiled an iPod on Wednesday
that can play videos and television shows, the latest creation in its
ever-evolving and hugely popular line of portable music players.
Citing a groundbreaking deal with ABC Television Group, Apple chief
executive Steve Jobs said the online iTunes store will sell episodes of hit
shows "Desperate Housewives" and "Lost" for $1.99 apiece, making them
available the day after they air on television.
About Laptops...
Email from Bonnie Bracey
Bringing laptops and wireless Internet access into classrooms was supposed
to enrich classroom discussions by, for example, allowing students to
import information from the Internet and share it with the rest of the
class. But instead some students are using their laptops to message
friends, shop online, peruse Web sites and pursue part-time jobs. The
result: There is a rising backlash against classroom computer use from
professors and schools. (Hmmm. Young people are not using technology in the
way authority figures intended them to... who coulda guessed?)
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Gary McWilliams
gary.mcwilliams@wsj.com]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB112924976699568321.html?mod=todays_us_marketplace
(requires subscription)
From Benton Headlines
Could it be that the teachers don't know how to create learning that involves the use of laptops because of poor training? Just a thought. Was enough money used to create professional development opportunities ? Bonnie Bracey Sutton
For proper use and purposed use of laptops, see GLEF.org
Laptops On Expedition
A Maine middle school provides top-of-the-line education for all students.
1/19/2004
The Maine Event
Maine's middle school laptop program is working.
12/16/2003
Laptops for All
A commitment to projects and widespread use of laptop computers has spelled success for students at The Mott Hall School in New York City.
Bringing laptops and wireless Internet access into classrooms was supposed
to enrich classroom discussions by, for example, allowing students to
import information from the Internet and share it with the rest of the
class. But instead some students are using their laptops to message
friends, shop online, peruse Web sites and pursue part-time jobs. The
result: There is a rising backlash against classroom computer use from
professors and schools. (Hmmm. Young people are not using technology in the
way authority figures intended them to... who coulda guessed?)
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Gary McWilliams
gary.mcwilliams@wsj.com]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB112924976699568321.html?mod=todays_us_marketplace
(requires subscription)
From Benton Headlines
Could it be that the teachers don't know how to create learning that involves the use of laptops because of poor training? Just a thought. Was enough money used to create professional development opportunities ? Bonnie Bracey Sutton
For proper use and purposed use of laptops, see GLEF.org
Laptops On Expedition
A Maine middle school provides top-of-the-line education for all students.
1/19/2004
The Maine Event
Maine's middle school laptop program is working.
12/16/2003
Laptops for All
A commitment to projects and widespread use of laptop computers has spelled success for students at The Mott Hall School in New York City.
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