Learning with Tom

Have you ever stopped and wondered about how PayPal makes their money? Let’s review: With PayPal Personal you can send and receive money electronically to and from other PayPal accounts for free. You can also transfer money to and from your regular bank account at no charge. Sign me up!…

I work as a quality assurance analyst for the Center for Open and Sustainable Learning (COSL) and as an instructional designer for the Faculty Assistance Center for Teaching (FACT). In the afternoons I am at COSL, and I test software that is used to publish university courses online for all…

iPod video rentals at Blockbuster? It’s not as crazy as it sounds. As Bob Cringley explains his idea in a recent PBS article, Blockbuster’s chain of neighborhood video stores is just what Apple needs to reach millions of new customers who don’t have high-speed Internet (or iPods, for that matter).…

Last night my wife and I went to see Narnia at a movie theater in Logan, Utah. I know it’s based on a children’s novel so I expected kids to be in the audience, especially at a 4:00 PM matinee. It ended up being one of my all-time worst movie…

Well, the commercial blogging thing wasn’t really working out. Then, a few weeks ago, I wrote some content for a CURI grant Brett Shelton is doing on IT security, or the lack of it, in our public schools. I kept thinking about school IT security, and finally decided to make…