October 2010
60 posts
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Flip-Thinking
http://is.gd/f7s8d
Lectures at night, “homework” during the day. Brilliant.
September 2010
39 posts
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great web app: Preceden
Check out http://preceden.com to build great timelines for just about anything.
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great web app: SlideSix
Check out http://slidesix.com for help integrating audio and video into your Keynote or Powerpoint presentations and sharing them on the Internet.
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using the iPad in business
http://is.gd/faX7F Apple features Charity Water’s story about using the iPad with clients and donors to tell their story.
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interactive TV viewing
http://is.gd/fi0KG During live TV people interact w/ each other on Facebook & Twitter. Here’s an article about the future of interactivity when people time-shift shows.
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free textbooks on Kindle
http://is.gd/fsxwU CK12 has several textbooks that have hit the Kindle bestseller list.
For more information, visit http://about.ck12.org
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sans laptop
I’m following local startup guru @andrewhyde on this trip around the world: http://is.gd/fhZCN
Here’s a great pic of his dad fishing: http://is.gd/fhZOa
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great web app: WidgetBox
Check out http://www.widgetbox.com to build a widget from you own content and share it with the world.
Watchtime-lapse changing of the stadium from a Giants home game to a Jets home game.
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great web app: Prezi
Check out http://prezi.com for help creating great web presentations. The ability to zoom is great!
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great web app: BusyLissy
Check out http://busylissy.com for a great project management tool that you can do with a group online.
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great web app: Headmagnet
Check out http://headmagnet.com, an app that creates online flash cards that predict when you’re likely to forget the information.
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great web app: Poll Everywhere
Check out http://www.polleverywhere.com to create real-time experiences for events using mobile devices.
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learn a new language on Skype
Check out http://www.language-exchanges.org to learn a new language by talking with someone on Skype. The Mixxer is a great idea!
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our President has good taste
Not surprisingly, Five Guys and In-N-Out Burger ranked at the top of a national burger survey.
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“Ultimately, while it may sound like good news that 28,000 people have voted the...”
– Austin Carr, for Fast Company
there's a 'grand slam' in hunting?
A local teen made international headlines recently by bagging a North American grand slam (hunting).
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@bdnt presenter: @omniarinc
I loved the startup presentation @bdnt by Omniar, developers of visual recognition software to help organizations rethink how their customers access content. Great stuff!
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@bdnt presenter: www.roundpegg.com
I enjoyed the startup presentation @bdnt by RoundPegg. So many hires fail due to lack of “fit,” and they are part of the solution!
robotic pancreas
http://is.gd/ejqlS
Here is a great article about “one man’s quest to put millions of diabetics on autopilot.”
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teens and hearing loss
http://is.gd/euXRh
Recent studies show that 20% of US teens have some hearing loss - a staggering statistic.
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@bdnt presenter: www.scriptpad.net
I’m spoiled by physicians with electronic medical records automatically sending an Rx to a pharmacy. But I had no idea how few doctors do this in 2010. Enter ScriptPad. With it a doctor can send an Rx to the pharmacy with an iPhone or iPad.
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@bdnt presenter: @rentmonitor
I enjoyed the startup presentation @bdnt by @rentmonitor - great concept. They make it easy to be a landlord by coordinating marketing, qualifying, collecting and finding vendors.