Author Archives: Kevin

Bb World ’06.004: Listening Session: Blackboard Client Support

Posted on March 2, 2006 by Kevin

This conference is my first Blackboard conference, and the first anyone from Richmond has attended in four years. One of my big goals in attending the conference was to get a better line on where Blackboard was overall, and where … Continue reading →

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Bb World ’06.003: Keynote: Malcolm Gladwell

Posted on March 2, 2006 by Kevin

Malcolm Gladwell, author of The Tipping Point, was our keynote speaker. He shared several entertaining stories of tipping point moments – those moments when someone does something that transforms. The big message was that we’re on the verge of a … Continue reading →

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Bb World ’06.002: Notes from the Exhibit Floor

Posted on March 1, 2006 by Kevin

For the first break I braced myself for a Blackboard session on what’s coming in Blackboard. This was one of those sessions where 10-20 people sit in chairs at the booth. The big deal is that the Discussion Board is … Continue reading →

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Bb World ’06.001: SQL for Blackboard System Administrators

Posted on March 1, 2006 by Kevin

Continental breakfast at the Manchester Grand Hyatt is $19. $19! I hadn’t yet registered for the conference so I decided to register then check the Marriott’s buffet price. Perhaps I missed it somewhere on the Bb World site, but they’re … Continue reading →

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Getting Started with Mobile Computing

Posted on February 24, 2006 by Kevin

I'm in Wisnton-Salem this week attending Wake Forest's Technology Consortium 2006. The theme is mobile computing and it's my first real look at how Richmond might engage with the mobile world. Years ago I had a Palm IIIc, but it … Continue reading →

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Keeping Spammers at Bay

Posted on February 11, 2006 by Kevin

One of the nice features about blojsom is its ability to ping blog notification services. It’s a nice way for others to know I’m out here in the .edu blog world. Unfortunately spammers watch those services as a means of … Continue reading →

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NY Times on Wikipedia

Posted on December 4, 2005 by Kevin

The New York Times has an article in today's paper, “Rewriting History: Snared in the Web of a Wikipedia Liar” (free registration required), which tells the story of how an anonymous editor implicated John Seigenthaler, a former editor of the … Continue reading →

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The Cuban Spectacular

Posted on December 1, 2005 by Kevin

Earlier this week my family attended The Cuban Spectacular, which I describe in this 2.5 minute podcast.

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Widgets: Screenshot Plus

Posted on November 26, 2005 by Kevin

I found a Widget worthy of note. Widgets are little programs that can run on your Mac – OS X 10.4 and later. Screenshot Plus is a fantastic screen image grabbing tool that allows you to capture any element of … Continue reading →

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Counterpoint: Can You Trust Encyclopedia Britannica?

Posted on November 9, 2005 by Kevin

This week's Library Blog entry cites an article where several authorities discuss problem entries in Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia that anyone can edit. As a counterpoint, I'd like to offer Errors in the Encyclopædia Britannica that have been corrected in … Continue reading →

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