Flickr Photo Credit: John Conners
(This post was written with my experience with the Bachelor of Commerce program at the University of Victoria)
With the advent of Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites, it seems universities are defaulting to laptop bans instead of embracing the technology. The reality of laptops in the classroom affects three parties: the student using the laptop, the student’s classmates, and the professor teaching the class. Let’s look at the weaknesses in the common arguments for a laptop ban in each category:
1. The student using the laptop:
Argument: Laptops will distract the students
An argument against students using laptops is that it will distract them from the lecture. Ergo, removing the laptops will engage the classroom. This view is wrong for two reasons: laptops do not cause distractions, and distractions are good to have in the classroom. read more…
(Music credit: MGMT, Soulwax)
This is an attempt at stop motion photography. It was shot with a Nikon D80, SB600 speed-light, a tripod and edited in iMovie ‘09. I have been wanting to try a stop-motion film ever since seeing “starwars v startrek” by the lichtfaktor crew. This crew also inspired several attempts at “light graffiti“.
Photo credit: Jurvetson on Flickr
Edit: The curator of TED, Chris Anderson, kindly tweeted about what he would like to see in this article. The changes have been added.
The conference, TED Talks, has been attracting significant mainstream attention, since 2007, TED.com offered videos of the lectures for viewers to stream. TED’s success is a good example that is counter intuitive to traditional ways of doing business: giving away information can actually increase revenue.
If you have landed on this article and haven’t watched any TED Talks:
1. Open the TED Talks list in a new window
2. Watch several of these talks (currently 442)
3. Finish reading this article.
For those of you who have fully embraced your addiction to TED, and are looking for more TED, here is a list of things you can do: read more…
Photo Credit: Morten Iveland
Before the announcement of the App Store, unlocking or (“jailbreaking”) your iPhone was an easy decision because of the value added by the unlocked applications. However with the App Store and the overwhelming number of applications available through it (many of them useless), iPhone 3G owners may overlook useful applications offered by Cydia (the app-store offered with unlocking your phone). While there are many “novelty” applications available, this article reviews the practical applications that may entice an owner to jailbreak their 3G iPhone.
If you are unfamiliar with how to unlock your phone, QuickPwn and Pwnage Tool are the leading methods. Here is an article on the difference between them.
Apparently, Apple has Quickpwn listed in their web app directory, so they can’t be that opposed!
Alright, now on to the applications that iPhone 3G users may find useful: read more…
