National Jukebox
In what seems to be a daunting task of converting over 10,000 (and counting) 78 rpm disks in to digital audio, the Library of Congress has recently released the National Jukebox, a project...
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The Web as a Channel for Bad Attitude
Bad attitude is an euphemism compared to the hatred we’ve seen trending on the Web. Has anyone conducted a comprehensive study on this yet? To mention a couple of examples below, I’ll use news/comments...
The Potential of Augmented Reality in Education
I’m moderating a panel at the SXSW Interactive conference today at 3:30 p.m. in Austin, TX. The panel is titled The Potential of Augmented Reality in Education. While I have led and participated in...
Headed to SXSW
I flew into Austin, TX today to participate of the SXSW Interactive conference as moderator of a panel titled The Potential of Augmented Reality for Education. I came to pick up my badge and...
Funny Amazon Product Reviews – Learn From Them
It is true, with the World Wide Web invading everyone’s homes and pockets with handheld devices everyone has a chance to be a comedian these days. Posts like this listing funny Amazon product reviews...
Twitter Newspaper Visualizer – Paper.li
I’ve been meaning to play with Paper.li for a while but haven’t found time to do it (even though it takes 30 seconds to set up). I know. This is a great visualization tool...
Gamifying Learning
If you google “gamify“, “gamification” or “gamifying”, you will find several entries with this relatively new trend on the Web (the term is normally related to Web design and marketing). I just wrote a...
The 4 R’s of Brainstorming New Ideas
In his free eBook “Designing for the Web”, Mark Boulton suggests a 4R approach to brainstorming ideas for a project. While the eBook is geared toward Web Design, those working as Instructional Designers and...
Unsuck-It, a Glossary for Business Jargon
“We must leverage the power of crowdsourcing to create robust and engaging solutions that meet the needs of our clients as we work collaboratively with SMEs and stakeholders…” This is not an unrealistic example...
Handylight Tethering iPhone App is Back
The Handylight app is available again. Don’t get so excited: it is not THE Handylight (the original one had been yanked from the App Store a few days ago). It still costs $0.99 bur...
