At the risk of revealing my age, I can still remember the “hi-fi” craze of the early ’60s. It was a phenomenon that was a total mystery to anyone without a “Y” chromosone, and democratized a legacy going back to Thomas Edison. To this day, I still believe that America’s leadership in technological innovation owes [...]
Entries from July 2008
July 22, 2008
What the Heck is a Petabyte?!
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Reflections on an e-mail from Steve Spence in which the CEO of NorthSeas quotes a forecast from the Enterprise Storage Group.
July 22, 2008
Venturing Into the Ultra-Mobile Market
It probably shouldn’t come as any surprise that a big draw at the MPC booth during last month’s NECC was a very small computerknown as the Classmate. While I posted a heads-up on the Classmate’s appearance the night before NECC, it occurred to me yesterday that it would make sense to summarize the questions that [...]
July 21, 2008
Welcome to Digital Middletown!
From its origins in 2002 as an investigation into the impact of delivering rich, interactive media into schools and the broader community, Ball State University’s Digital Middletown project is poised to launch one of the first deployments of 2.5 gigahertz broadband in the country. This podcast interview with the university’s acting CIO, Phil Repp, discusses [...]
July 17, 2008
Digital Middletown Post Interview Thoughts
Phil Repp is acting CIO at Ball State University, and has been a part of the Digital Middletown project since its inception.
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July 17, 2008
Digital Middletown Preview
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July 16, 2008
E-mail Archiving and SMB’s
Being a PR person, I find it hard not to think in terms of “the narrative”. Having been with MPC for six months now, this narrative continues to evolve with regard to how I think about our communications strategy – but it has a lot to do with how we serve the needs of the [...]
July 9, 2008
Empowered Education Awards
The July issue of eSchool News (eSN) includes an article by Meris Standsbury that offers “yet more tangible proof that education technology is helping kids learn.” eSN partnered with the Pearson Foundation to create the Empowered Education Awards – a program that asks students to address the theme “How Technology Helps Me Learn” by producing [...]
July 7, 2008
Tech & Learning Podcast
As the editorial director for Tech & Learning, Kevin Hogan wants teachers to first become good technology adopters. In this interview you’ll hear about what Kevin refers to as his “awakening moments” at this year’s NECC.
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July 7, 2008
Digital Directions Podcast
Why is this man smiling? You’d smile too, if you were Kevin Bushweller and had recently launched a publication aimed at helping school district CIOs integrate technology. Learn about Kevin’s new venture, Digital Directions, in this interview…and the social media project he has created for educators
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