Even before I heard of the announcement of Steve Job’s passing, I was working on this post. I was doing it to remind myself of a couple articles I’ve read on the occasion of Steve stepping down as CEO from Apple. Creation Myth: Malcolm Gladwell tells a story about Steve’s visit to PARC and his… Continue Reading Reflections on Steve Jobs
This is really cool (and I found it in time for a Tuesday Tip)! Basically sign your signature on a piece of white paper in black ink. Hold it up to your camera connected to your Mac and align the signature with the line on the screen. Presto! Signed document. PS X Lion: Add Signature… Continue Reading Sign a PDF in Mac OS X 10.7 Preview
Minimum Viable Personality: FAKE GRIMLOCK (@fakegrimlock) FTW. I’ve been reading Fred Wilson’s blog for about a month now. This post is pure gold. BUILD PERSONALITY FOR PRODUCT. NO HAVE PERSONALITY? PRODUCT BORING, NO ONE WANT. — ‘< (A VC, September 30, 2011) Building a mobile app? Here are 6 tips for you: My takeaway from… Continue Reading muraPOI: October 1, 2011
We pushed live the initial analytics that we’re developing for CaPRéT. These are divided into two sets, realtime analytics where you can see activity use as it occurs and a usage log where you can gain a bit more insight into what’s being cut and paste. Continue Reading CaPRéT: Basic Analytics
This is an update for some of the blogs I manage. OEIT Check out WordPress Blogs for OEIT – 2011 Edition for additional plugins I’ve added to the OEIT set of base plugins. Premier Award I’m bringing up (a long overdue) Premier Award website. I’ve added in a few plugins that are worth calling out.… Continue Reading WordPress Update
Lest you think I dislike Microsoft (ok this doesn’t really change that), I did find something useful in all the bloat that’s gone into Microsoft Office in the last 20 years… SmartArt! I used these three types in a presentation I’m working on. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=””… Continue Reading PowerPoint:Mac 2011’s SmartArt: Useful Microsoft Office Bloat
The OER Turn: Amber Thomas postulates a turn is occurring in the UK, and the discussion of OER is shifting. While I understand probably why JISC started funding “OER”, I think focus on the phrase “OER” and “Open Educational Resources” has been misguided from the get go. It’s the innovation du jour. I keep asking… Continue Reading muraPOI: September 19, 2011
This list summarizes my two previous posts. Top Picks: Star Trek: The “reboot” of the Star Trek franchise. OMG this was a great movie. Star Trek was a roller coaster ride start to finish and was a great way to reinvigorate the franchise. It follows on several other successful “reboots” including The Dark Knight from… Continue Reading 2009 Movie Picks – Summarized
Best trick I’ve found recently. Double-click the home button on my iPhone. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”]When the phone is locked, it’ll bring up audio player controls. This is great because I’ve recently added a password… Continue Reading Double Click iPhone Home Button
The UX of Learning: Tyler Tate at A List Apart writes an interesting article describing what we can learn from learning for UX design. Normally I keep the academic research into learning separated from my thinking about design (they’re not of course, I just segment them that way). Tyler’s take on Carol Kuhlthau’s study that… Continue Reading muraPOI: September 12, 2011