A recent discussion about providing access to students’ home directories from outside of school reminded me of all of the open source applications we run on our servers. When faced with a new challenge, I frequently turn to the open source community to see if a solution is already available that can be adapted to [...]
Posted on January 30th, 2008 by John Schinker
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Time is running out for you to sign up for your free Yugma Premium account. In December, Yugma announced that they were giving away free one-year subscriptions to their premium service to any blogger who requests one. The offer expires January 31, though, so you’d better hurry up if you want one. Yugma is desktop-sharing [...]
Posted on January 28th, 2008 by John Schinker
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Back in the dark ages, I remember being very upset about the amount of money I spent in the college bookstore as an incoming freshman. Every course had at least one textbook that had to be purchased. English had several books, but at least they were small and relatively cheap. The kicker, I remember, was [...]
Posted on January 24th, 2008 by John Schinker
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Posted on January 22nd, 2008 by John Schinker
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I showed Ustream to my tech team earlier this week. Here’s how it works: you go to the Ustream site and sign up for a free account. Once you have your account and you’re logged in, you can select “Broadcast Now” at the top of the screen. A Flash applet loads, and asks you if [...]
Posted on January 18th, 2008 by John Schinker
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