http://jbreitenbuch.blogs.wooster.edu Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. ~Arthur C. Clarke Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:38:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In case you haven't noticed the folks at Mozilla released Firefox 3 yesterday. I got the notice and downloaded it straight away. I've updated all the add-ons I can and am loving it so far. I'm actually writing this with ScribeFire (a nifty add-on for Firefox). So go forth, download, ... http://jbreitenbuch.blogs.wooster.edu/2008/06/18/firefox-3-win/ I write this post not from my silvery MacBook Pro but from the G4 iMac in my office. Why? The tale begins over two weeks ago with the preorder of Mac OS X Leopard. I put my preorder in the day it was available and waited eagerly for it to ... http://jbreitenbuch.blogs.wooster.edu/2007/10/30/mac-os-x-leopard-a-cautionary-tale/ This is an amazing video of a multi-touch surface that blows away the current SMART boards I have seen. It is available now and boy would I like to get one to experiment with. [gv data="he-j1BbZf58"][/gv] http://jbreitenbuch.blogs.wooster.edu/2007/10/25/what-smart-boards-should-be/ Well, clearly, I have not been blogging more. Warcraft is still consuming most of my free time at home. So let's put that to good use. There are several videos on YouTube and Google video of Warcraft game play and strategy videos. These hold interest for players like me but ... http://jbreitenbuch.blogs.wooster.edu/2007/09/04/game-worlds-as-sets/ On Tuesday Apple Computer added an iTunes U area to it's iTunes store. This should be a very exciting thing for our faculty as it provides them with access to a myriad of educational podcasts and example of what they themselves could be doing with a little help fromInstructional Technology. ... http://jbreitenbuch.blogs.wooster.edu/2007/05/31/itunes-u-goes-public/ TechCruch had a story today about Y Combinator (an interesting venture capital firm) and some of the software starting to come out of these ventures. Two applications caught my eye in the list: writewith and Snipshot. writewith is a collabrotive writing application similar in nature to Google Documents. I have ... http://jbreitenbuch.blogs.wooster.edu/2007/04/12/interesting-web-based-software/ See it is not about copyright. I'm sure all of you are aware of Yahoo!'s Pipes product. I am very interested in it and how faculty can take advantage of it. However, I have not had the time to sit down and play with it. D'Arcy Norman has had some time ... http://jbreitenbuch.blogs.wooster.edu/2007/04/12/pipes-in-education/ Well, it seems like I am the copyright czar at this place. It is a self-appointed position but the void must be filled. Thus you read another post relating to copyright. I promise that the next post will not be about copyright. Our topic today is deep-linking. A Texas 5th Circuit ... http://jbreitenbuch.blogs.wooster.edu/2007/04/12/back-on-the-copyright-kick/ So, I haven't posted for a while. Curious as to why? Well, too bad, I'm going to tell you. I started playing World of Warcraft (WoW). It's Joe's fault really although Derek Newland contributed. "So what does that have to do with the absence?", you ask. I used to do ... http://jbreitenbuch.blogs.wooster.edu/2007/03/30/why-the-long-absence/ The CCC has a new license model in which the institution pays a yearly fee to CCC and then is surveyed for usage and the CCC distributes fees to publishers. It covers classroom use, course packs, conversion to digital, faculty-to-faculty sharing, faculty-to-student sharing. How do you collect usage information which ... http://jbreitenbuch.blogs.wooster.edu/2007/01/08/new-way-to-do-copyright-clearance/ Mary Minow started off the session. She has a couple of good sites LibraryLaw and the LibraryLaw blog. Minimizing Legal Risks in Digitization Projects Copyright Some things to keep in mind: ADA, NAGPRA, HIPAA, Rights of Publicity, Deeds of Gift Privacy, Censorship, and Pornography PCLED Physical Copyright (applies to all) License (applies to signing parties) Encryption (DRM, passwords) DMCA (Digital ... http://jbreitenbuch.blogs.wooster.edu/2007/01/08/some-more-interesting-copyright-stuff/ Well, after a long pause, I begin the new year with the excitment that is copyright and fair use. I'm starting to think I went into the wrong profession. There is a fortune to be made in litigating all the issues surrounding copyright. Anyway, I am in Pamona (a very nice ... http://jbreitenbuch.blogs.wooster.edu/2007/01/08/oh-my-god-not-more-copyright-stuff/ MobiTV is a way to get TV on your cell. What if this could be the delivery mechanism for lecture captures and Profcasts? Students love their cells and they love their iPods. Maybe the much rumored Apple phone (no longer the iPhone as Linksys took that one) would create a ... http://jbreitenbuch.blogs.wooster.edu/2006/12/18/hmm-could-we-use-this/ Why, because I have a copy of Windows XP on my MacBook Pro. I have had a copy of Parallels Desktop for Mac for quite a while. However, I never took the time to install a copy of XP. Well, the new Coherence feature finally made me take the plunge. ... http://jbreitenbuch.blogs.wooster.edu/2006/12/18/i-must-be-sick/ Office 2007 introduces a new document type, docx. Of course old versions of the office applications can't read the new format and the converters for Mac won't ship until significantly after the release of Office 2007 on Windows. Luckily some clever people have found a way around this. You lose ... http://jbreitenbuch.blogs.wooster.edu/2006/12/18/yet-another-obstacle/ Bryan strikes again with his post about Magic Paper. What is Magic Paper?, you ask. Imagine drawing 2d objects and then animating them. That is the goal of the Magic Paper project. Imagine what it would be like in a Physics, Chemistry, or Math class if this technology was married ... http://jbreitenbuch.blogs.wooster.edu/2006/12/18/what-if-this-were-part-of-a-smart-board/ Kevin Lim had an interesting post a while back. He was describing his recent experience in discussing the use of social media in corporations. In his post Kevin states, "I was quite disappointed with the lack of awareness to a lot of things I mentioned." I wish I could say ... http://jbreitenbuch.blogs.wooster.edu/2006/12/18/maybe-the-kids-arent-as-hip-as-we-think/ Automattic and KnowNow seem to be entering some sort of formal arrangement according to TechCrunch and a press release. I wonder what if any implications this could have for Wooster and our RSS/Blogging future.powered by performancing firefox http://jbreitenbuch.blogs.wooster.edu/2006/12/18/something-to-keep-an-eye-on/ This is an old story but I haven't been able to blog because of work. I'm on break now so I'm trying to catch up on posts.The Seattle Post Intelligencer ran a story in its business section on Nov. 20th with the title "Professors get 'F' in copyright protection knowledge." ... http://jbreitenbuch.blogs.wooster.edu/2006/12/18/it-seems-that-even-professors-dont-know-the-laws-about-copyright/ Well, it is the time of year when The Year Without a Santa Claus (thank goodness they show this one again), Frosty the Snowman, and Rudolph's Shiny New Year are on TV. I love these cartoons but I love parodies of them even more. My favorites are from MadTV. If ... http://jbreitenbuch.blogs.wooster.edu/2006/12/05/distoring-a-classic/