Tagging on to my thoughts yesterday about life in a browser, there still is a nasty gotcha when working with files. You’ve got this great file and you’re going to do something with it but it’s the wrong size or…
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An Essential Web Tool
Tagged with: Data Formats, File format, File Management, Google Drive, Graphics Interchange Format, Image file formats, JPEG, Web browser
Posted in application, Computers, Read/Write Web, software
Posted in application, Computers, Read/Write Web, software
Now with Graphics
A new feature to Google Forms appeared without any fanfare that caught my attention. I did not know that you could include images until I sat down to create a new Google Form myself and discovered it. I think it’s…
Tagged with: Drag-and-drop, Google, Google Form, Image
Posted in Computers, Education, Google, learning, Read/Write Web, software
Posted in Computers, Education, Google, learning, Read/Write Web, software
Good Passwords
Check out the following page. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57539366/the-25-most-common-passwords-of-2012/ This will take you to the 25 most commonly used online passwords in 2012. Are you using any of them? Hmm? @bgrasley and I still marvel that “monkey” is still on the list! I…
Tagged with: Hacker (computer security), Intel, LastPass, Password, Security
Posted in Computers, Education, learning, Read/Write Web, software
Posted in Computers, Education, learning, Read/Write Web, software
GIGO
The reference Garbage In, Garbage Out is a staple when teaching computer science. It generately acknowledges that a processor or a processor might be considered as a black box where data goes in one side and information out the other.…
Tagged with: Garbage In Garbage Out, Macintosh, Qumana, ScribeFire, Twitter, wordpress
Posted in Computers, Education, learning, Read/Write Web, software
Posted in Computers, Education, learning, Read/Write Web, software
Hopscotch for iPad
I will admit to a certain level of geekyness. I’m not apologetic about it either. Sometimes, I just like to sit down and write a program for the fun of it. It’ll never go anywhere and I don’t share it…
Tagged with: Drag-and-drop, Hopscotch, ipad, Lego, programming, Scratch
Posted in application, Computers, Education, iPad, learning, software, Teaching
Posted in application, Computers, Education, iPad, learning, software, Teaching
A Couple of Days with Ubuntu 13.04
I had a friend try to grind my gears over the weekend. If you’re such a fan of Ubuntu, why are you carrying around a Macintosh computer? It’s a valid observation but the reality is that I have both a…
Tagged with: Dash, LibreOffice, Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, Personal computer, Ubuntu, Vaio
Posted in application, Computers, Education, learning, Read/Write Web, software
Posted in application, Computers, Education, learning, Read/Write Web, software
A Puzzle to Drive You Nuts
I’ve always enjoyed a good puzzle. The more it makes me thing the better. I love logic and a good mathematics puzzle is hard to beat. On a cold and rainy day, I decided to go looking for one. And,…
Tagged with: Games, ipad, Mathematical puzzle, Mathematics, puzzle
Posted in application, Computers, Education, iPad, learning, software
Posted in application, Computers, Education, iPad, learning, software
Rockmelt for Web
I have been a Rockmelt fan for a long time. When the browser first came out, I grabbed it and made it the default browser on my computers. It was based on Chromium and had all of the hooks to…
Tagged with: ipad, RockMelt, Chromium
Posted in Computers, Education, Just Rambling, Read/Write Web, software
Posted in Computers, Education, Just Rambling, Read/Write Web, software
Biggest Takeaway from the Google Summit
I spent the weekend in Kitchener attending the Ontario Google Summit. The neat thing about good professional learning events, in addition to the actual learning, is the chance to renew old friendships and to make some new ones. Of course,…
Tagged with: Eastwood Collegiate Institute, Google, Google Drive, ontario, Waterloo Region
Posted in application, Computers, Education, Google, Read/Write Web, software
Posted in application, Computers, Education, Google, Read/Write Web, software
Just Like Me
Yesterday, I went out for a coffee with a friend two towns over. As I got to the designated Tim Horton’s, I received a text message indicating that he was stuck at a train tracks but would be there shortly.…
Tagged with: Doug Peterson, Google, Search
Posted in application, Computers, Education, Just Rambling, Read/Write Web, software
Posted in application, Computers, Education, Just Rambling, Read/Write Web, software
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