Category Archives: Technology

April 4, 2019: the morning read

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Kevin

NY Times: Apple AirPods Review: The Perfect Earbuds, Except They Don’t Last NY Times: A.I. Experts Question Amazon’s Facial-Recognition Technology CNET: Privacy experts: Focus on controlling damage caused by data collection The Verge: The problem with AI ethics

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April 3, 2019: the morning read

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Kevin

EdTech: To Optimize Campus IT, Start by Building a Better Team Culture NY Times: Media Companies Take a Big Gamble on Apple CNET: Equal Pay Day: Women in tech are still making less than men CNET: Astronomers set to make … Continue reading →

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April 2, 2019: the morning read

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Kevin

EdTech: Drones Take Flight on Campus for Teaching, Research and Administrative Tasks Ars Technica: NASA chief says a Falcon Heavy rocket could fly humans to the Moon Ars Technica: FTC gives ISPs green light to block applications as long as … Continue reading →

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March 18, 2019: the morning read

Posted on March 18, 2019 by Kevin

CNET: Democrats hit the gas on Net neutrality bill CNET: Guardians of the Galaxy 3: James Gunn rehired to write, direct Marvel film The Verge: Questions about policing online hate are much bigger than Facebook and YouTube The Verge: Spotify … Continue reading →

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March 9, 2019: the morning read

Posted on March 9, 2019 by Kevin

Ars Technica: Citrix says its network was breached by international criminals CNET: An Apple AR headset could arrive next year, top analyst says CNET: SpaceX Crew Dragon success heralds a new era for NASA spaceflight Engadget: The best games for … Continue reading →

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Innovation: A Library / Technology Hierarchy of Needs

Posted on July 2, 2016 by Kevin

I’ve wanted to post on this topic since 2012, but never got around to it until now.  Back then I was a co-investigator on the MISO Survey team.  If you aren’t familiar with the MISO Survey, go, check it out, … Continue reading →

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Classroom Master Plan 2.0

Posted on September 16, 2015 by Kevin

I’m excited: after several years of work, the University of Richmond has released its second Classroom Master Plan.  Our original plan was developed in 2004, and among the goals was the standardization of resources in classrooms across campus.  This made … Continue reading →

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EDUCAUSE 2015

Posted on September 13, 2015 by Kevin

It’s been a couple of years, but I am happy to be attending EDUCAUSE 2015 in October.  In addition to catching up with friends, I’m looking forward to a number of sessions, including: ALT Lab: A Teaching-Learning Center for the … Continue reading →

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Information Not Affirmation

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Kevin

For those of us working in higher education information technology, summer is not down time.  Summer is a mad dash to update everything, to report on what we accomplished over the last year, and to make our plans for the … Continue reading →

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Should We Go Google? Google Apps Experience

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Kevin

Michael Pickett, CIO at Brown convened the session.. The session was not a presentation, but a discussion. Brown was one of the first institutions to implement Google Apps for faculty, staff, and students. Question: Why consider Google Apps? (versus Microsoft … Continue reading →

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