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Free GoBinder?
28 February 2006 Posted By: TrevorPosted in: GoBinder
Saw this on the Buzz Edit: link to forum topic fixed
It’s a survey about eTextbooks and if you complete it you get a serial number for GoBinder via email.
Go here to take the survey. Update 3: Survey is now closed.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?A=118034159E25164
Update: There is speculation about whether or not this works. I’ll admit I was skeptical, but there were a few people on the Buzz who did receive serials of GoBinder after completing this survey. Regardless of whether people get GoBinder or not the survey is useful to someone who is trying to market electronic textbooks. If you are interested in using this technology it is in your best interest to answer this survey, regardless of reward.
Tired of Customer Service, Get Human!
28 February 2006 Posted By: TrevorPosted in: Blog Related
If you are like me (it’s possible) you call customer support only when you haven’t found an answer elsewhere. So sitting on the phone listening to it tell you how you can find answers on the website or talking to a computer for 3 minutes is big damn waste of your time. Since my only phone in my life is my cell phone, which I imagine is true for many of our readers, going through five menus and being placed on hold is not just a waste of time but a waste of money too.
Enter gethuman.com
Excellent video on how a teacher uses MindManager
28 February 2006 Posted By: TracyPosted in: MindManager
Scott Guthrie, who looks to be a high school teacher, produced a great video (again, with Camtasia) demonstrating how he uses MindManager in the classroom. There’s been a bunch of talk and demo’s of MindManager lately, but I especially like this one because it helps show not only the features of MM, but also ways people are using the software.
CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEO (Flash based)
SPC: Week 7
27 February 2006 Posted By: AndrewPosted in: Going Paperless
I feel like I should have a them song or something. Maybe I’ll make a graphic for next week. In any event, week 7 is here! Things are going good, I’m pretty darn paperless. In fact, I’m paperless in every class I can be paperless in. The exception being Chemistry Lab and various worksheets in Calculus III that we do in class on paper. Excellent! But I want more, by next big hurdle in my SPC is to scan all my papers that I have for this semester and organize it all in OneNote. It should be tedious than anything and I hope to have it all done by Spring Break.
Four Things of Andrew
27 February 2006 Posted By: AndrewPosted in: Blog Related
Four jobs I’ve had: Boeing Intern (as of yesterday) School Internet Radio Chief Engineer System Information Services Intern College Newspaper (The Oredigger) News Editor
Four movies I can watch over and over: The Boondock Saints The Passion of the Christ The Usual Suspects Chicago
Four places I’ve lived: Golden, Colorado Broomfield, Colorado Seattle, Washington That’s it, actually
Four TV shows I love: 24 House,MD Mythbusters Star Trek: TNG
Four places I’ve vacationed: Colorado Arizona Canada Oregon
Four of my favorite dishes: Spegetti and Meatballs Salmon with Tom Douglass’ Award-Winning,Iron Chef Kicking Rub Steak Mashed Potatoes
Open Loops: Twelve Ways to Mark Up a Book
27 February 2006 Posted By: TracyPosted in: General Tips
Here’s a link to Twelve ways to mark up a book (link via Achieve it). Personally, I think these guys need Tablet PCs and eBooks (wink), but I still think these are some good practices to follow. I especially like some of the general tips, such as not to mark the obvious and to use codes to mark questions, important things, and topic sentences.
Be sure to read the comments, too. Some were quite interesting, like the envelope corner idea.
Working through the e-mail
26 February 2006 Posted By: TracyPosted in: Tracy's Updates
I feel like I’m in a twelve-step program, but with my GTD efforts, I’m trying to really catch up with all the many things I’ve been neglecting lately, like e-mail.
Some of you may have noticed I’ve been really slow to respond, or haven’t responded at all to some questions/comments. The good news is Wednesday I picked up a Sprint PPC-6700 with EV-DO, so I can answer e-mail where ever I am and therefore I’m more likely to get back to you sooner. It’s really helping with keeping up with everything I have going on, so, as a side note, I highly recommend a hand held device even if you have a Tablet PC.
I’ve been tagged, hmm
25 February 2006 Posted By: TrevorPosted in: Blog Related
Four jobs I’ve had:
Studio 39 , Manager (www.studio39.net) Virtual Magic Carpet Rides over SF Museum Ambassador (docent for elementary school children) at the de Young Museum in SF Project Manager Intern at ipsh! www.ipsh.net Product Planner Intern at Microsoft
Four movies I can watch over and over:
The Crow The Professional Donnie Darko Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Four TV shows I love to watch:
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart/The Colbert Report Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel Roswell (when it’s on) Fullmetal Alchemist (this show is ridiculously good)
Four places I’ve been on vacation:
Four Things Meme (Tracy)
24 February 2006 Posted By: TracyPosted in: Tracy's Updates
Alright, I’ve been tagged by Rob. Here we go:
Four jobs I’ve had:
- Undergrad Researcher at UT
- Chick-fil-a
- Office Depot Cashier (the other ink department ;-))
- Summer intern at Chevron
Four movies I can watch over and over:
- Clueless
- Miss Congeniality
- Twister
- Lord of the Rings
Four TV shows I love to watch:
- Gilmore Girls
- Friends
- House
- What not to wear
Four places I’ve been on vacation:
- Galway, Ireland
- London, England
- Strasbourg, France
- New Orleans, LA
Four favorite dishes:
- Beef and broccoli (mmmm at P.F. Chang’s is the best)
- Fried chicken
- Fresh chocolate chip cookies (does that count as a dish?)
Write any papers? InkGestures for Word is now released!
24 February 2006 Posted By: TracyPosted in: Software Info
Alright all you English majors and thesis writers, time to go get the perfect program for you. And if you don’t have a Tablet PC, and if you spend a lot of time in Word, this program is cool enough to make the decision to buy one for you.
JumpingMinds has InkGestures for Word out of beta and now ready for download. It’s $39, but if you’ve ever tried editing a paper on the computer, well, I bet you printed it out and grabbed a colored pen instead. This program combines the red-pen editing with editing the actual document. One step. How much time would that save YOU?