Category Archives: Blog posts

usability testing mobile for cats

robinna/ April 1, 2013/ Technology, usability, Blog posts/ 0 comments

Other common sources of irritation were the pointless presence of instructions as well as any other use of the English language. While human users rarely read instructions, the users in this study didn’t read at all. (there are definitely some user experience and usability points being made here… despite the obvious fun of the whole article – enjoy!) http://www.nngroup.com/articles/mobile-usability-cats/

Free education/technology conference (mobile, Ipads, emerging technologies)

robinna/ April 8, 2011/ Technology, Training, Train, Blog posts/ 0 comments

Free online/virtual conference , April 28thMobile learning evangelists Elliot Soloway and Cathleen Norris present their session, “The Educational Reset of 2011: Mobile Learning” The pros and cons of mobile learning are important topics for educators looking to reach this new generation of digital natives.Other sessions include: iThink iNeed iPods, iPhones and iPads in the Classroom and sessions on Emerging Technologies.

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Controlling twitter notifications to your phone

robinna/ March 14, 2011/ Technology, social media, question of the day, twitter, Blog posts/ 0 comments

Go to Settings>Mobile Text message notifications:Twitter will send alerts to your phone, depending on your settings. You can limit it to particular times (I would not want to receive alerts in the middle of the night), or particular types of messages. You can limit to only those you allow to send to send alerts via twitter (perhaps, your family, dearest

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eink, ereader, tablets, hybrids, oh my! what do I buy?

robinna/ December 6, 2010/ Technology, Blog posts/ 2 comments

my shopping list: definitely need color screen for video and photos. speaking of photos … need a built in camera. not too big, not too little (10.2 inches seems about right not too heavy or thick dualcore processor think is a necessity wifi possibly bluetooth usb SD card slots Less than 1000$ Optionals: eink keyboard (external usb keyboard ok) flash

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