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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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Bought my 6 year old daughter an iPhone

June 29, 2010 – 8:05 am | Comments Off

My daughter is an avid reader and writer, so as she is preparing to go into 1st grade, I wanted to give her an outlet to publish online. What I did was set up a …

Organize your email with a Flagged folder

May 12, 2009 – 11:51 am | Comments Off
Organize your email with a Flagged folder

I have multiple email accounts, and read it from various devices. It’s all based on IMAP, so folders, messages read, etc. stay the same from device to device. The problem I was having was when …

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 …

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, …