http://sky.dlfound.org Spreading the word in a networked world Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:40:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In my quest to find better ways to deliver training and learning around the world, a suggestion from a colleague has turned into a unique distance-learning solution. We've put about 6 hours of video recordings from our teacher training session onto an iPod Nano in MPEG4 format, and the Nanos are ... http://sky.dlfound.org/unique-delivery-of-high-tech-learning/ I was fiddling around trying to find a good position (on a desk) for my iPhone yesterday in order to get good reception for a phone call, and it reminded me of the "old days" when I was first an amateur radio ("ham") operator. Can't tell you how many hundreds of ... http://sky.dlfound.org/were-all-amateur-radio-operators-now/ The Cool Globes are about to wrap up their appearance in San Francisco and move to San Diego (CA). Three-dimensional embodiments of good ideas about how to live in more harmony with our environment. http://sky.dlfound.org/cool-globes-more-art-in-public-places/ Looks like there'll be a Blackberry with a touchscreen interface soon. Maybe they're just trying to cash in on the popularity of the iPhone, with its touchscreen interface (meaning that you type on a touch-screen rather than on a real keyboard), but I think there's something more somatically fundamental in ... http://sky.dlfound.org/your-hand-is-the-keyboard/ It's been a whole month since I wrote anything in my blog? What happened? (Or rather, what did not happen?) Well, let's just blame it on Twitter. Or on the new iPhone. Or on two clients wanting 70-hour weeks from me all month. Or on processing 4 hours of teacher training ... http://sky.dlfound.org/twitter-made-me-not-do-it/ The Clear program at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has suffered an almost-predictable blow - a stolen laptop computer containing confidential records. Clear is the program that pre-screens travelers, collects biometric data, puts this on a smart-card (embedded processor+memory, not RFID) and then allows travelers at a few high-traffic airports to ... http://sky.dlfound.org/lets-be-clear-about-this-lots-more-laptops-will-be-stolen/ At first when Mike Liebhold (of IFTF) pointed me at the Netshare iPhone application from Nullriver, I was hopeful that we possibly could have a "tethered iPhone." This means we could use an iPhone to allow our Mac to have access to the Internet when on the road. 3G phones are ... http://sky.dlfound.org/tethered-iphone-not-quite/ My real-world mixed-reality games were originally built to depend primarily on SMS (AKA "TXT" in the US) messaging. As the years went on (I started this in 2002) I found that I had to develop the games further so they could be played by email. As they became more location-independent, ... http://sky.dlfound.org/bye-bye-sms/ Apple Computer had already announced that there are problems with power bricks for the old PowerBook and iBook computers (now officially discontinued) - the small cord coming out of the brick (carrying low voltage) is under a lot of stress and strain, and can short out right where it comes ... http://sky.dlfound.org/the-smoking-gun-er-actually-the-smoking-power-brick/ Automattic released their Wordpress app for the iPhone this week. Since I'm fairly mobile, I wanted to try it out. For offline blogging from a laptop computer, I already use Ecto, which gives me substantial freedom in that I can create new posts even when not connected to the net. Having ... http://sky.dlfound.org/wordpress-app-for-iphone/