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Many of us wake up, wander into the kitchen and zap our breakfast in a microwave, ignoring such techno-dinosaurs like the stove, oven, or even the toaster. Then we take a sip of coffee that was brewed ahead of time and collect our various gadgets to help us get through the day. In our cars, we might listen to commands from our GPS and use our cell phones for every imaginable task under the sun. And that’s just our morning! It’s a rapidly changing world, and where technology will lead us next is both thrilling and frightening to contemplate.

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Technological death trap
Randomness at its Finest 1 day ago

As I was on my way to have lunch today, I got hit with a very sad realization. It came upon me like a tidal wave, almost knocking me over. (I’m glad it didn’t seeing as I was crossing a very busy street at the time being). I got a text message from a friend reminding me of an event that was supposed to happen this weekend, about which I completely forgot, because I had work on my mind. In fact, my last two weeks have been filled with these kinds of reminder bombs, each one exploding in front of my eyes as I scrambled to find room in my planner to fit them all in. So back to my realization. It dawned upon me that I must conform, I have to get yet another electronic gadget to remind me that in today’s world everything is moving at the speed of light. Yes my friends, I am referring to a smart phone. I start each morning with a mini panic attack, when I try to remember what I have to do that day and at what times. Am I forgetting something? What time do I have to train my

'Check-in apps': The Future or an Invasion of Privacy?
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As a Public Relations professional specialising in technology, I can say that I often get first-hand exposure to the latest web applications (as well as gadgets). So I remember when a colleague who had just come back from San Francisco was demonstrating the latest social media craze from the other side of the pond – Foursquare. She was very exctited, as she explained that with their phones, users could ‘check-in’ on a variety of places like restaurants, coffee shops, clothing stores and even their place of work. Better yet, by being the user who checks in the most times into a certain location, you could become a ‘mayor’ of the location. This was around October 2009. Fast forward less than a year, and these location-based ‘check-in’ apps have become the latest social media craze. Foursquare, Gowalla and now Facebook places all allow users to ‘check-in’ and let their followers know where they are at any given time.While I admit that

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Just released this morning, there are several new features available to users to enhance your overall Billhighway experience: Budget Variance Report Your budget variance report will be accessed in 2 places, from your homepage and from the Reports tab.  The report will be displayed in a simple bar graph, which can be changed to a table format if preferred.  The report can be exported to Excel so that you can easily share it.  Click here for a video tutorial of the new budget variance report: Budget Variance Tutorial Member Balance Report The improved Member Balance report will replace the former Monthly Balances and Billing Period Balances reports. You’ll get to the Member Balance report from either the Billing and Payment section of your homepage or from the Reports tab.  Member balances will be sorted by Billing Type, and you can customize the report results to your preferences.  Click here for a video tutorial of the new Member Balance Report: Member Balance Tutorial Account Hi

Black Hole Recordings Announces iPhone App
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Black Hole Recordings, the label that houses music from artists like Tiesto, JES and Antoine Clamaran, has announced the launch of their new iPhone app. The free app that came out last Friday features news flashes for Black Hole’s artists, their music and videos. The app keeps users updated on new releases and upcoming events as well as direct downloads to all Black Hole artist podcasts. The Black Hole Recorings app is currently supported in English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish. View iTunes store preview.

Back to school blog
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Iowa students returned to school this week with their backpacks stuffed full of pencils, folders, notebooks and, perhaps, an apple for the teacher. While the basic school supplies never change, students today are sitting in classrooms that are more high-tech, wired and connected than ever before. Even the iconic symbol of American education, the chalkboard, has gone the way of the one-room schoolhouse. Now many Iowa schools are bringing electronic whiteboards into the classroom. I recently visited with Emily Starr, an eastern Iowa native and teacher who started her own company, StarrMatica Learning Systems LLC, to develop educational software for the interactive whiteboards. Starr said her Clinton-based business is growing as more schools use interactive whiteboards to appeal to today’s tech-savvy students. Interactive whiteboards display video-game-style lessons on a dry-erase board or screen. Kids can play along using a digital pen that works wirelessly with a laptop computer. It’s e

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If you do not have a class wiki or blog but would like to start one, consider joining the Student Blogging Challenge.  The Challenge is a 10 week series of activities that help familiarize participants with blogging tools and become better online communicators. You can participate in this challenge as a class or with individual student blogs. I will be glad to help you get started!! Let me know if you would like to discuss the challenge further or need any help.

Using Technology in Library Training with Paul Signorelli
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via email http://link.ixs1.net/s/ve?eli=s904734&si=t141506920&cfc=3html In these two ALA TechSource online workshops, Paul Signorelli provides hands-on, interactive instruction in using current web technology to enhance in-person training sessions or conduct remote training sessions for employees in multiple locations. Session 1: Using Technology to Enhance In-Person Training Incorporating YouTube, Google Docs, and SlideShare into onsite learning Making PowerPoint effective and interesting Using technology as a tool while focusing on learners Session 2: Using Technology for Remote Training Sessions Using Skype, Google Talk/Yahoo! Messenger, LinkedIn discussion groups, and other tools for learning Adapting your onsite skills to provide effective online learning Building online communities of learning And much more! Sign up today and engage in 90 minutes of discussion and interactive learning that you can’t get anywhere else! About the Instructor Paul Signorelli is a writer

FCC delays decision on net neutrality
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The U.S. regulator decided to not decide on Wednesday. Internet traffic policies are still in limbo for the time being. The FCC wants the industry to come up with a better solution to balance consumer issues and network stability. The debate has dragged on for months but have not come to a consensus on net neutrality. Wireless devices continue to demand more bandwidth raising further calls for a 2 tiered service offering. Talks have failed to produce a compromise that will satisfy both sides. The FCC doesn’t want to lay down the ban hammer just yet. They are seeking further opinions on the matter. Even Google has gotten into the action. Teaming up with Verizon they made a proposal which showed some sign of progress. Giving service providers some ability to manipulate traffic while leaving the door open for a preferred traffic lane. I have the feeling that money will end up as the deciding factor. (link)

The Lion and the guys - make my heart break
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"Logging On With Kristen Flowers"
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled a new ipod touch and ipod nano yesterday, but what’s so great about the new technology? Learn more about the new Apple products on “Logging On With Kristen Flowers”

Creating A Great Opt-In Page
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After selecting a niche, create a list, you must establish an opt-in page or squeeze page to your e-mail to gather prospects. Many people go into these details and wonder why they did not receive as many applications as they get thought! Follow these tips and you should be able to a great page of the opt-in, which can lead to big gains for the building. The first thing you must understand is that the goal of your squeeze page just to collect e-mails. You do not want to offer to the membership or Articles on this page because it could distract your visitors from the task at hand. You should have to do one thing – and this is to subscribe to your list. This will certainly increase your conversions, so try not to overload your page compression. If you do not want to overload it, you need to set a persuasive text on the page that people are in. This should not take long – about 300 words will opt convinced me. Make sure the benefits of inclusion in the list and certainly focus

The Future of OSX?
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Mac users will understand the significance of this screen shot clipped from the release of iTunes 10. Makes me wonder if the next release of the Mac OS will reflect the same change. I know. Nothing earth shattering here. Time for Randy to return to sermon writing.

Google Making Extraordinary Counteroffers To Stop Flow Of Employees To Facebook
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Facebook is in what’s called a recruiting sweet spot right now. Out of control growth in users and revenue and a nearly certain IPO run in the near future. That’s when employee growth expands at the greatest rate for a company as it grows from hundreds to thousands and then tens of thousands of employees. And with low priced private stock as currency, companies in that position can generally get anyone they want. Yahoo of course does more than its fair share of feeding the beast, but they’re everyone’s favorite recruiting pool right now. But plenty of Googler’s are heading to Facebook, too – LinkedIn is tracking 118 of them to date. For some Googlers, it’s paying off just to go get an offer from Facebook and then tell their employer – a counter offer is almost sure to come, and it may be stratospheric. One recent Googler, we’ve confirmed, was recently offered a counter offer he couldn’t refuse (except he did). He was offered a 15% raise on his $150,000 mid level developer salary, quadr

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Dear Elanor I haven’t done of these in a VERY long time. My darling little girl, you are no longer a baby.  It kills me to admit this because part of me isn’t ready to give up my baby, but you are leaving babyhood further behind with every breath. Physically you are growing taller and bigger.  I don’t know your current weight, but I feel comfortable saying that you have most likely hit 20 pounds (FINALLY).  You recently moved up to size 12-18 month clothing and while 6-12 still fits-although it’s quite short, the 3-6 month stuff is finally skintight and has been fully retired.  I’ve put away all but your favorite pieces in size 6-12, mostly from boredom (considering you’ve been wearing some 6-12 month items for about a year now and consistently been wearing it for 9 or so months). However, I don’t need to safety pin the waistbands on the bigger size anymore, so we’ll officially say you’re a size 12-18 months.  In fact, you’re