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Can Insync dethrone Dropbox as a cloud storage service?

January 13, 2012 – 3:22 pm |

A couple of weeks ago I read a Techcrunch article about Insync. It is a service that works almost identically to Dropbox. Their differentiating feature is the fact that they use your Google Docs account …

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Portable blogging

November 11, 2008 – 11:15 am | Comments Off

I’m testing out a mobile blogging client for my Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone, MoBlog. It appears to work ok, including allowing me to insert an image from my phone. I’ll post a longer review once …

Interactive response systems

April 4, 2008 – 2:03 pm | 4 Comments
Interactive response systems

photo credit: swpermanAs we investigate ways to use mobile Internet devices in our classrooms, it hit me that they could be used as an interactive student response system (ISRS). Since current ISRSs are around …

Your assignment: 20 minutes on your DS before school

March 31, 2008 – 2:34 pm | Comments Off

Scottish authorities have begun other trials of ‘More Brain Training with Dr Kawashima’ on the Nintendo DS in 16 schools:
A 20-minute burst of the ‘brain training’ exercises on Nintendo’s DS console at the start …

The iPod Touch Trial

March 13, 2008 – 3:10 pm | Comments Off

I’ve ordered three iPod Touches to be used in a trial at the high school, middle school, and elementary level. Stealing some ideas from John Schinker, I’m putting forth the following questions for the participants …

Google Reader and the iPhone/iPod Touch

March 10, 2008 – 1:06 pm | Comments Off

Using my RSS reader of choice Google Reader, I’ve discovered two ways to use it on my iPod Touch. If I navigate to:
http://google.com/reader/m I get a slightly different interface than using http://google.com/m#reader. The former address …

Day 4 with the iPod Touch

March 5, 2008 – 6:35 pm | Comments Off

The honeymoon isn’t over yet with the Touch. The battery so far hasn’t had a problem lasting through the day, and that is with me using wifi a lot! The keyboard is interesting. As long …

The iPod Touch

March 2, 2008 – 5:30 pm | Comments Off

I picked up an iPod Touch on Saturday, and am I impressed. I have been testing out the Nokia N800, but when it comes to Internet usability, the Touch wins hands down. Surfing is very, …

Test post from N800

January 25, 2008 – 9:47 pm | Comments Off

Test post from N800

January 25, 2008 – 9:44 pm | Comments Off

Test post from Nokia N800!