Apple Crush and the Candy Man
I’ve had a bad feeling lately, a feeling that, not unlike some windswept reality tv start, I’ve “driven well past the last exit to relevance and veered into something closer to irresponsible” with my last few entries. So in an effort to get back on track, and to let go of the angst ridden posts...
Thunderstorms and iPads
My iPad arrived two days ago and I’m writing my first post on it. Sure, I had to download a slew of apps first, including this really cool writing app called Write-2 and a really handy blogging app called Blogsy. They’re both very cool little apps that will allow me to write wherever I need...
Delayed Gratification
Delayed gratification is my new mantra. Say it. Say it again. Over and over and over until it makes your head hurt. Delayed gratification. Delayed gratification. Delayed gratification. It doesn’t even have a catchy rhythm to it. So it’s hard saying it; almost as hard as actually following it and living it. And live it...
The Power of Metaphor
James Geary on TED and his presentation, via Prezi: Mixing Mind and Metaphor on Prezi
The Perils of Social Media in the Classroom
With the rise of social media in current pop culture, the advent of the mythologizing film “The Social Network,” the push (rising to a scream) to incorporate social media into our teaching, and, on the dark side, the sobering suicide of 18 year old Tyler Clementi which came about as a direct result of cyber-bullying,...
Themes Galore
Still trying to figure the whole WordPress thing out. I enjoy the fact that I can keep the blog on my site, but I really need to figure out how to make it a site now. Also, for the life of me, I can’t figure out how to incorporate the plugins. Oh well. As for...
Moving on Over
So it won’t be long now. I’m going over to WordPress. The blog will again be on my site (yay). The only thing I need to do now is pick out the right theme (soooo many to choose from). Just a short note. Oh, I uploaded a mess of pictures to my Flickr account, too....
Last Post, for now…
So the Blogger deadline is upon me, and, as usual, I have no idea what to do. Should I just live with the blog being hosted on Blogger, install WordPress on my server and generate the blog from there, or find some free PHP script that allows me to customize the blog’s appearance while still...
WordPress and the Blogger FTP debacle
So I have to move and I hate to move. Don’t we all? I mean, sometimes moving can be cool. A new house, new apartment, new car, new spouse: all examples of movement. But this is a different type of moving. I have to move my blog, and it’s causing me all kinds of anxiety....
Aviary
Aviary is just cool. I made this mix with my daughter using this image/sound editing software…it’s addicting! http://aviary.com/flash/aviary/audio/embed/player.swf hannahs mix.egg on Aviary. Check out my article on Aviary at TechTimes (http://ves.neric.org/techtimes/index.html).
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Trying a new publishing service for the school literary magazine. This is a trial.
Reevaluating, Redesigning, and Revaluing
TechTimes, the website I manage for work, is in need of redesign. I know it in my bones. It is need of an overhaul. And it’s killing me. It’s like killing off one of my children. In this post I’m going to walk you down the path to a successful redesign, and, hopefully, reveal some...
