Quick Update

I really hate these kinds of “weekend update” types of posts, and only do them as a last resort.  I feel that little blurbs about my day-to-day activities are best left to Twitter, Facebook and the like, where I would deeper explorations here. Regardless, the last week of July is always a nightmare, and I [...]

Posted by Tom on August 1st, 2011 | 2 Comments Posted in Miscellaneous

Teasers and Spoilers

Got lots to write about, but I’ve been too busy to blog lately. I’m hoping to take today to catch up on several posts. These may seem a bit out of sync as to when they actually occurred, but that’s tough. Anyway, here are a few teasers and spoilers of things to come… Kayaking Took [...]

Posted by Tom on June 12th, 2011 | No Comments Posted in Miscellaneous

Eight Years of Blogging

Today marks the eighth year I’ve been blogging in some fashion or other. I never thought I’d keep at it for so long, but here were are in 2011 and I’m still writing. In 2003 blogs were fairly rare, and most people had never even heard the term. I had seen a couple of blogs, [...]

Posted by Tom on April 4th, 2011 | 1 Comment Posted in Miscellaneous

Easy(-ish) Video Embedding

Part 2 of 2 In Part 1 I covered the easy stuff. Working with audio is trivial compared with working with video. Not only do you have many more file types and codecs, but now you’ve got to worry about aspect ratio for HD and compression quality. Given two video files with the exact same [...]

Posted by Tom on September 29th, 2009 | No Comments Posted in EdTech, General Technology, Internet

Easy Audio Embedding

This is part 1 of a 2-part series… I’m a BIG fan of embedding. The ability to take media files from one location and use them in another context creates learning environments that are rich and appealing to students. I like it even better when the process is simple. Embedding is now a standard feature [...]

Posted by Tom on September 23rd, 2009 | No Comments Posted in EdTech, General Technology, Internet

Google Web Elements

Google has made it easy to add cool stuff to your website with the release of Web Elements.  Each of these elements have been available for some time now, most with embed codes or API’s readily available.  Web Elements is a collection of eight tools in one easy-to-find place, each with a simple interface and [...]

Posted by Tom on May 27th, 2009 | No Comments Posted in General Technology, Internet

Reflections on Twitter and The Death of Conversation

A synopsis/compilation of recent conversations… Me: Yesterday several of my friends and I went for a hike in the… Sibling/Friend: …yeah, I read that in your blog. Me: For our anniversary we went to Disney and… Sibling/Friend: …I saw your posts and pictures online. Me: Um, is there anything new I can tell you? Sibling/Friend: [...]

Posted by Tom on January 12th, 2009 | 2 Comments Posted in Internet

Blurring the Lines of Webdom

I’ve been tweaking my online presence over the past several weeks. As I’ve gotten more involved with Facebook, I’ve started pulling in RSS feeds from Twitter, Friendfeed, Flickr, and most recently RandomConnections so that all of these automatically update on my Facebook profile. For me it’s a simple matter of laziness. I’d prefer to type [...]

Posted by Tom on November 20th, 2008 | No Comments Posted in Internet

Four “B”‘s for Successful Blogging

Yesterday afternoon I had the privilege of addressing the Lambda Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International on the topic of blogging for educators. I modified one of my previous presentations, bringing it up to date a bit. Usually I start out by asking the teachers what they think of when they hear the word [...]

Posted by Tom on September 26th, 2008 | No Comments Posted in EdTech

Embeddable Google Books

From Lifehacker.com I stumbled across this post on the Google Operating System Blog about a method of embedding Google Books into blogs and web pages… Google made it easy to embed in a site any book available at Google Book Search. You can add a fully-functional widget using this code: <script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://books.google.com/books/previewlib.js”></script> <script type=”text/javascript”> [...]

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Posted by Tom on September 24th, 2008 | No Comments Posted in General Technology, Internet
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