Eric Hutchinson’s “Back To Where I Was” with Randy Pausch

I mentioned that people ought to take an hour out of there day, and watch the last lecture by the late Dr. Randy Pausch. I know not everyone has the time. Someone has put together as a music video, some highlights of the talk. So if you don't have 60 minutes, you might want to take 5 minutes and watch this short music video by Eric Hutchinson's with his song "Back To Where I Was". … [Read more...]

Search Engines and Flash Files

In the past, the search engines (Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Live, et all) couldn't really search Flash files that well. Well Adobe has been working with the search engines to allow them to search the Flash sites, widgets, buttons, and more. This is good news on the surface, but still requires one digging a little deeper before trying to get a nifty Flash site. Here are three quick take aways to know about, before The first thing to know, is you still have to use text, as text, to be … [Read more...]

Goodbye Randy Pausch

Image via WikipediaAs a college instructor, I always am interested in two things; learning about how other's have taught, and what should I tell my students if I only had one last class. Randy Pausch delivered the "Last Lecture" after he learned that he'd developed terminal pancreatic cancer. I was able to take away some good teaching tips as he discussed his career, but I was also able to learn more about life. Prof. Pausch passed away on Friday. If you've not had a chance to … [Read more...]

Another view on Web 2.0

In the past we talked about different aspects of Web 2.0 and using Web 2.0 in your business, and how it was being used to give control back to the users of the web, and let people contribute. We looked in the past at things like blogs and RSS feeds, wikis, and forums, as a method of people interacting with the owner, and each other. The video below, shows the "how" (not the "what") the web can be a social medium. Looking at things like user reviews, rating, etc. Social Media in Plain … [Read more...]