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Re: CES coverage

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Re: CES coverage

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Re: CES coverage

mitchellhislop — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:02:15 -0000

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Re: Things I need for CES

mitchellhislop — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 06:05:47 -0000

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Re: Things I need for CES

mitchellhislop — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 05:44:32 -0000

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Re: iPad 4.2 Quick Thoughts

mitchellhislop — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 22:23:05 -0000

there is, but its a software lock within the multitasking dock. annoying to get to, especially when watching video

Re: iPad 4.2 Quick Thoughts

Chief414 — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 21:50:04 -0000

Is there not a lock anymore??

Re: Things I need for CES

mitchellhislop — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 15:27:02 -0000

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Re: Things that Higher Ed needs to change

Kenneth Reitz — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 19:46:54 -0000

Yeah, GMU has a server all the CS students use for 'intensive computational processes' and submitting c,java, and python scripts. They are encouraged heavily to use it for development.

It's a dual core 2 GH server w/ a gig of ram.

Re: Things that Higher Ed needs to change

mitchellhislop — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:02:37 -0000

Editors Note: There was a comment in the queue on this post calling me out. However, the person decided not to use real info. About the only requirement to post comments on my site is to actually use your information. If this person would like to comment again as a real person, I would happily enter into this debate.

Basically, the person told me that I was wrong, that there are a 100 servers with tons of storage, backups, etc. This may very well be true-my source of information is from the professor whose class I was in. Nevertheless, professors lost data, we all lost productivity, and the fact that we have less storage than any storage-based webapp are all still problems. Hard numbers do not matter nearly as much as the overall sentiment, which is that Universitys need to catch up to the times when it comes to tech. No matter what is backing the system up, it is a backbone of life at Hamline, and should be more solid. We have problems every week with this system. If I can rig up a NAS at my house out of free software and spare parts, I should have always-accessable, fast, spacious storage at the university I attend for $40k a year.

Re: Things that Higher Ed needs to change

mjbruder — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 11:09:52 -0000

In many ways this does not surprise me. I worked in higher ed for nearly 7 years. I've seen entire Exchange datastores run off of a 320GB USB drive. I think what you're experiencing is a throwback to the way higher Ed entered the technological age. Many college IT departments were home grown, and even student run with limited budgets and limited resources. While I don't condone what happened at Hamline, it really doesn't surprise me. I know at least one other school that is running almost their entire wireless infrastructure off of Linksys access points.

However, I do think that college IT departments are starting to grow up and recognize the value of investing in solid infrastructure and solutions. Take a look at @concordiastpaul for instance. They probably have the most limited budget and resources of any of the MN private colleges, yet at the last SMB they hosted, people raved about how good the WiFi was. The rest of their infrastructure is pretty solid too.

I think colleges and universities have a ways to go yet, but they are getting there. They just need leadership that fully understands the implications that good technology practices have on the institution itself, and the people it serves (faculty, staff, students, and guests).

Re: Mac mail app review: Mailplane, Sparrow, Notify

mitchellhislop — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:40:58 -0000

sparrows interface gets to me a bit. i also paid for notify, and do still love it. however, i dont always have imap access, so its limited for me. i hope sparrow can keep iterating, because its a great idea

Re: Things that Higher Ed needs to change

mitchellhislop — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:38:43 -0000

planning on it.

Re: Things that Higher Ed needs to change

Kara — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:12:21 -0000

You know what you could also write about, how messed up it is that in a junior level class we spend 20 minutes discussing how to take an essay exam. I learned how to do that in junior high and perfected it during my sophomore year in high school.

Re: Mac mail app review: Mailplane, Sparrow, Notify

Rocky — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 23:08:48 -0000

I've tried all 3 as well. Mail Plane is pretty much exactly the same as the gmail web interface, and since I don't have that many gmail accounts, $25 is too much for me. I'm a paying customer of Notify and so far very happy with it as it stays out of the way and allow me to browse & reply to my mail quickly. Started using Sparrow last week, I love the simplicity and the interface and I can see myself replacing Notify with Sparrow if it remains free, or at least very reasonably priced once it is out of Beta. Sparrow is still in Beta so there are some bugs and not very stable yet. Just my 2c

Re: Ultimate WordPress starter pack

Jonny T — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:26:02 -0000

Well played sir. There's a lot of plugins in here that I haven't checked out yet.

Re: What I do

mitchellhislop — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:47:55 -0000

This will be fun:
(numbers ref my list)
1, 2, 3: My day job.
4: See the 2 posts about this one, about solutions to small problems that I am trying to help others with
5: See all 12 of my CES post
6: See my lifestream tab...

Yes, I Schmooze sometimes. Yet, I still can deliver on what I claim.

You and I are much alike in that sense-Schmoozing and delivering on promises.

Best of luck to you, my friend

Re: What I do

pjbfcp — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:43:27 -0000

You're a liar and a cheat. I've never seen you do any of these things. Here's your real list.
1. Schmooze Online
2. Schmooze IRL
3. Convince people that you do more than Schmoozing.

Like I said. You're a liar and a cheat. You're not fooling anyone.
But wait, maybe you are fooling everyone because everyone likes you.
Damnit!

Re: TC Social Media Calendar

Eric Jacobson — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:39:43 -0000

Great work Mitchell, this will be very helpful for people to have one place to go to see what is happening in the Twin Cities for Social Media.

Re: Ultimate WordPress starter pack

breon — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:01:02 -0000

You should post a list of what's included.

Re: It Didn’t stay in Vegas

Eric Jacobson — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:11:51 -0000

Hey Mitchell, I can't wait to here all about it on Thursday night! I am soooo jealous!

Re: CES coverage

mitchellhislop — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:00:31 -0000

From what I am told, you will be pleased...and buying a Ford...Their keynote
is Thursday AM, and I will most likely be talking about it on WCCO Radio at
11:35AM

Re: CES coverage

Jonny T — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:58:00 -0000

On top of all the things that are creating the big buzz (Nexus One, Apple Tablet, etc...), I'm kind of curious to see what's up next for Ford's SYNC technology and the launch of Kia UVO. If it's true that I'll soon be able to turn my car into a WiFi hotspot and install apps then that will be pretty ridiculous.

Re: What it takes to be a social media insert term here

Ed Kohler — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:22:56 -0000

Some of the most impressive social media campaigns I've seen to date have been managed by people with little to no social media presence of their own. Introverts who know how to build effective online marketing strategies for clients or techies who've built incredible tools. You won't read about campaigns like this because they offer their clients powerful competitive advantages that they'd rather not share with their competitors.

It's similar to political operatives who do the grunt work of campaigns. You may never know their names, but they're doing some heaviest lifting when it comes to things like this.

Re: What this blog will be

TallyZoo — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:38:49 -0000

All of those are great goals!

If you have a moment please try out tallyzoo.com. We launched 4 days ago. The goal of the site is to be the easiest way to track, visualize, and share your data. We would more than welcome your comments and feedback.

have a great 2010

Ari
Founder
Tallyzoo.com

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