Archive for February 2005
Eyetracker Blog
Posted by: kegill on: 24 February 2005
There’s a new blog on the block, Eyetools Research, brought to us by the folks who conducted eyetracker research for Poynter.org last year. Greg’s analysis of the Washington Post home page redesign not only illustrates what eye-tracking is, it shows how this tool can be used by web designers.
VoIP and Skype
Posted by: kegill on: 23 February 2005
I was introduced to Skype earlier this month. My class in Seattle, WA (USA) used it for a teleconference with students in Bejing, China last week.
I’ve installed it on my personal laptop (mac, with built-in mic) and plan on getting a mic for my home PC.
You can "phone" someone who has a Skype account for [...]
Top 100 Gadgets of All Time
Posted by: kegill on: 22 February 2005
Mobile PC has published its list of the top 100 gadgets of all time. Those that affect communications, IMO, include (yes, I’m lazy – I’ve left them in all caps):
93. COLUMBIA GRAPHOPHONE DICTAPHONE, 1907 – competition between Edison to Bell made personal recording possible87. RADIO SHACK TRS-80 MODEL 100, 1983 – portable, simple, rugged and [...]
Internet 2 Project : Resources
Posted by: kegill on: 9 February 2005
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Videoconferencing Cookbook : Provides a history of videoconferencing, info on technologies, best practices, etiquette (yes!), glossary.
Internet2 Commons : “encourages the large-scale deployment of tools for one-to-one, one-to-group, and group-to-group collaborations”
Internet2 Commons Portal : “‘ a framework for collaboration throughout the research and education community that will encourage interactive communication through large scale deployment of tools [...]
Internet 2 Project
Posted by: kegill on: 9 February 2005
My winter and spring digital content development classes are collaborating with students in China (and maybe South Korea) on a multicultural project coordinated out of Drexel University (Philadelphia). We’re using Internet2 and video conferenencing software (AccessGrid) that is under open source development.
Today has been a bit like Christmas as we’re getting our connection to the [...]
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