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Entries for July, 2008

Free Giveaway | Thomas L. Friedman’s The World is Flat Audiobook

Again from the New York TImes is the free giveaway of the Thomas L. Friedman audio book “The World is Flat”. a colleague lent this to me recently adn I’m only a short way through it, but it is an excellent and thought provoking book for educators and others.
Best part, the price is absolutely [...]

Literacy Debate – Online, R U Really Reading? – Series – NYTimes.com

Literacy Debate – Online, R U Really Reading? – Series – NYTimes.com
A really interesting article from the New York Times on the effects or otherwise of reading online.
Have a read an comment your thoughts.

VidBlaster: Blast your video everywhere!

VidBlaster is a relatively new product from Mike Versteeg, well known for his work on CastBlaster, a podcast production tool.
I tiraled the product with a simple 2 camera set-up using ambient light. Have a look and see for yourself!

Leave a comment about how you think you could use this product?
BTW, if you are [...]

Why the iPhone may change the .au landscape

Today is iPhone launch day in Australia.
In the small office where I work at least 5 people took the day off to be one of the first to get one (admittedly I work with Geeks), but its influence and impact cannot be denied.
Simply put this may be one of the first truly mass market mobile [...]

Software offer

Thanks to another blogger (rodneyolsen.net) I came across this special offer:

This is great offer in July – A initiative has been developed by our service with positively support of partners, friends and member to make a better Free Software Download Service (thanks to Michael @michaelaulia.com and his friend for this suggestion)
Now the first three Famous [...]