A Very Busy Semester!

Funny how much the world has changed since my last post here. I continue to enjoy following Google's quest to compete with Apple Inc. (i.e. the Android versus the iphone). The NYT Online Technology section continues to chronicle the development of two "next big things": 1) the "Internet of Things" and 2) augmented reality. Of course cloud computing is getting significant "buzz."

I'm gearing up to teach a course on Google Inc this January and then it is back to Spring Semester. Over the holidays I intend to watch plenty of Turner Classic Movies and the MLB Channel. All of that and course preps.

Well that is about all of my drivel to share in this blog no one ever reads...LOL. But this is a journey not a destination. The experience of authoring this blog makes me appreciate bloggers who have weekly or even daily output.

Classic movie fans should check out the Movie Morlock at TCM.com. I am part of the TCM community and have even started a few threads of my own.

Grooveshark

Best Free Music App Anywhere

New Browsers Galore

I am enjoying trying some new browsers: Avant, FlashPeak Slimbrowser, Flock and Maxthon.

You will find them over at CNET. Enjoy!

NewTeevee

A great place to learn about the transition to ubiquitous TV.

http://newteevee.com/

Visualizing Data

One of the courses I teach is "Business Problem Analysis." I get students started on skills at developing spreadsheets and graphics as well as database development. The idea of course is to get them to begin to see data so as decison makers they will be equipped to deal with the torrent of data innundating organizations.

Here is an interesting article at the NYT Online...

(and no, this is not a tiny url)

http://www.nytimes.com/external/gigaom/2009/08/12/12gigaom-the-future-of-work-its-data-baby-50432.html

All About Classic Film

http://classicfilm.about.com/

Twitter AR

Augmented Reality is coming to Twitter. It's a trending topic today. You will be able to see where the tweets are coming from.