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MS Surface Shortcut keys

This post is actually for my benefit (and I hope others also find it useful). I keep forgetting which keys do what and the Windows key seems critical when working with the MS Surface “laplet.” No, I didn’t coin this term, but it seems appropriate laptop + tablet. Unfortunately, it […]

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MS Surface First Look

My MS Surface tablet arrived on Friday, October 26, 2012. I had a chance to experience this device at the 2012 Working Connections Institute and decided to purchase the Windows RT version (with the ARM-based processor). I could have waited for the more expensive version, but decided this would likely […]

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Connection Revolution Revisited

Last month, I created a post on the Connection Revolution. I wanted to follow up on that post because I have been reading and thinking about this topic. Frankly, I am very nervous about the changes I see coming (and how they will affect teaching and learning). Given that I […]

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Can not connect to iTunes Store

I recently decided to obtain a book within iBooks on my iPad. Yes, I became aware of this book via Twitter (but that is a separate discussion). So, I “purchased” the free book and the download started. And… then… it… stalled. Ok, I now show a book downloading in the […]

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Windows Server 2012 First Look

I recently loaded Windows Server 2012 Standard into a Virtual environment. I downloaded this from the MS DreamSpark site. I noted a number of interface differences and thought it might be useful to some of my network security class to cover some of the basic changes. The installation is similar […]

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CSS Filters

The world of CSS is changing rapidly and CSS-filters are definitely a great indication of what is coming to a browser near you soon. In order to actually work with these, you will need Chrome Canary (the experimental version of Chrome). Note that you can run this version alongside your […]

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Reveal.js

There have been a number of approaches to creating presentations which run in your browser. Perhaps one of the first I became aware of was Eric Meyer’s S5. I recently participated in a presentation which used reveal.js (created by Hakim El Hattab). Since this tool relies on HTML5, I thought […]

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