I was concerned about how I would move all my addresses and phone numbers from my Blackberry Pearl to my new Google Android phone, but it went really smoothly thanks to a very nice vCard to CSV Converter I found online. I was able to export my addresses from both…
First impressions after a week with the G1 Android phone
It’s been a week now, so I am prepared to offer my opinion on T-mobile’s G1 Android phone. Overall, I am still glad I bought the G1. The HTC phone hardware gets a B, while the Android operating system gets closer to an A. Here are a few thoughts: Battery…
The email-turned-blog post about picking a dissertation topic
My friend Marion and I are both interested in working with GPS/location-based games. Next semester Brett Shelton is doing another instructional games course here at Utah State University, so we are thinking of working with the class to design two versions of a single game — one to be played…
The Race to the Bottom…
This is in response to my brother’s post, My $.02 on Apple’s Response to Microsoft’s Response. Even though I use a MacBook Pro these days, I consider myself as much of an Apple critic as a Microsoft critic. The fact that I have used macs a lot lately has actually…
CourseFeed + OpenCourseWare = Personal Learning Environment?
Yesterday I spoke to Jayson and Rich from ClassTop about CourseFeed, their Facebook app that connects users to other course members and course content. This includes a shared “course wall” and “course notes,” which can be posted to and tracked via Facebook. And for students enrolled at institutions with a…