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Software usability IS important

robinna/ March 6, 2008/ Uncategorized/ 0 comments

Of course, if the functionality isn’t there, I think people wouldn’t buy it to begin with (I wouldn’t!) but as anyone who has tried to learn to use a new software that comes with a booksized manual can attest…. usability does matter. ———————————– …But when it comes to realizing the value of a deployment, a new study finds software functionality

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Nex Gen Learning Spaces or Why Classrooms are so oldschool

robinna/ January 20, 2008/ Uncategorized/ 0 comments

A little hard to follow (looks to be pdf of a ppt) although listening to the accompanying mp3 while viewing the pdfs is helpful. Lots of the campus as “thirdspace” stuff and interesting statistics about use of technology. Webster’s presentation on the Research Library as Learning Space, is kind of interesting. I realize the focus is Nexgeners, but it does

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laptop woes

robinna/ December 12, 2007/ Uncategorized/ 0 comments

HP has identified a hardware issue with certain HP Pavilion dv6000, HP Pavilion dv9000 and Compaq Presario V6000 series notebook PCs. If you own an HP Pavilion dv6000, HP Pavilion dv9000 or Compaq Presario V6000 series computer that meets the product criteria listed below and experiences one or more of the symptoms listed below, contact HP to determine whether you

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posting and crossposting to multiple blogs

robinna/ November 30, 2007/ Uncategorized/ 1 comments

If you know of any other blog management tools which allows for selective posting and crossposting to multiple blogs, please do let me know. I’m using/testing Microsoft Live Writer. No ms live spaces login/account is needed to use it. It can be configured to work with any existing blog. It is a desktop app which is easy to install and

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testing moblog

robinna/ November 21, 2007/ Uncategorized/ 0 comments

Hi there,This is just a test to see if posting by email will work. I tried this a long time ago from my cell, but no luck.Now if I can just get wordpress.com to do this, too.

more blog fun

robinna/ November 6, 2007/ Uncategorized/ 0 comments

okay, even more silly things for your blog: customizable images, logos, etc. are located over at image chef

need an invite?

robinna/ October 2, 2007/ Uncategorized/ 0 comments

So, with all the various invite stuff (Yahoo’s new social networking service, mash), pownce, etc. if you didn’t receive an invite, you probably get tired of trying to figure out which one of your technie friends received an invite, so you could go bug them, right? Well, here is your answer.Inviteshare