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I really want a Windows 7 Mobile phone, to show my students Windows Mobile Phone development. That’s always been a big interest of students, slightly after XBox 360 development.
So here’s information about the launch and cross your fingers for me to win!
Yes, I am keeping the iPod Touch. However, I use it as a laptop killer or mobile phone replacement.
Between the Zune pass and the Zune device itself, music is better on the Zune. So are podcasts, unless someone can tell me how too run them at normal speed. Makes Jessica and Skipdeez sound like they are on speed when I listen to the Zune insider.
However, I like the fact that you don’t need a speaker with the iPod. It also has much more and much better apps. Like Words with Friends, Facebook, etc.
I’m still holding out on replacing my Mobile phone, have a Windows mobile, Tilt and I still like it. Hoping the Windows 7 phones will be nice but am going to wait until they are in the wild for a while.
I like the camera in the iPod Touch and used it today, several times.
Found the playback answer by doing a web search, it’s a setting on the Podcast settings page.
I overheard this today:
"The kid is 18, he should just go get a job."
ARGH! This is one of the two reasons we are on the bad list of schools. We aren’t graduating enough students fast enough nor are we graduating enough kids.
My attitude (I teach an elective, and so does the teacher who said this)
The prevailing attitude is the opposite, which is what I think got us in trouble in the first place. Especially that last one.
So I really don’t understand mobile me and iweb yet. I’ve never been fond of two heavy of a WYSIWYG of a web editor and iWeb is probably one of the worst of the work.
I purchased mobile me, as insurance for my ipod Touch. Between the Findme, and trust me it sends out an obnoxious signal, and Apple Care I figure I have everything covered, as man oh man, is Apple fond of it’s products and make you pay for them.
However, I’m loving the iPod Touch and still don’t think I’ll go to an iPhone. Waiting for whatever ATT brings out for Windows Phone 7 next year, as I am still loving the Zune. I mostly have the iPhone for the APPs.
This is interesting, I fired up Contribute and it wants to make an automatic connection to mobile me. Will probably like it better, since I do like Contribute (not as much as I like Live Writer, which I am using now).
Unfortunately the more you use Apple products, the more you want to use them.
Love to have more ideas on this.
I am getting an hour to do staff development on Monday, which I am using to meet my TIMs requirements.
First on the Agenda:
STaR chart, because it’s mandatory for us to do some training on it. My plan is to start with showing the campus results page, and then having the group access the school as a whole.
My plan is to use my Airliner slate and hand it to a different person to lead the discussion on each survey question.
Second on the Agenda:
I have a moodle set up for the school in order to teach technology.
Right now, it is a reference point and in it’s early stages.
Plan: Is to hand the computer, or the airliner slate to a participant who has not logged into the site.
I also plan to have a different person come up and do a different new thing to the moodle.
Post in the introduction forum.
Take text I’ve already created and put it in a label field
Take text I’ve already created and make it a website.
Last would be to discuss "Formative Assessments" since that is something that the CILT wants us to do. (CILT = Campus I Leadership Team)
The principal who hired me 18 years ago is working with us to become a better school. We’re on our second year of not meeting acceptable yearly progress.
She told me that she was glad to see I was still here and that she had heard some good things about me. She also made me very nervous since I’m presenting on Monday.
She also told me that they "stole" me from another school. Makes me wonder how things would have turned out if I had gone with that school. I would have at the very least spent half as much money on gas, as it is closer to my house.
I showed her the tools I use to teach with and she seemed impressed.
First, I have to say that my Red Zune is in UPS hands on it’s way to get repaired.
I like the Zune best for music. I like the Zune pass infinitely better than the Apple store, and have for a while. I also like the fact that you get to buy music with the pass. I do have my purchased music on both devices.
So far, I only have 1 movie and it’s on the Zune, and I have enjoyed it there. I tend not to watch things over and over, so probably won’t buy many more movies. Might rent.
What I like on the iPod and use the most is the apps and the internet stuff. I rarely play music though do have Pandora on it.
So for me – music is better on the Zune – apps better on the iPod. Like both!
Oh, and I like the camera on the Zune better than the camera on my phone.
I also like the iPod apps better than the Windows mobile phone software. Don’t know if I am going to Windows 7 mobile phone yet or not. Depends on the hardware.
Still don’t like the idea of an iPhone, but I might go to one for a second phone if they had a 64 gig model.
I don’t know if it works this way in any other state.
In Texas, if you are in an automobile accident that is not your fault, and you get injured, you get paid by both companies as long as you have PIP. Ask your agent. Now!
Your PIP (Personal Injury Protection), will pay for your medical expenses up to a certain amount. The other company will ALSO pay.
Here’s an example.
I was rear ended in May. I felt like I was hit by a car the next day and for several weeks after. I went to my local chiropractor. He did a ton of xrays, etc. and had me sign my insurance benefits (DON’T DO THIS). Pay them with a credit card. Seriously.
So I have PIP with Farmers. It doesn’t affect what you pay your insurance company. They pay out I think $2500 max. They will pay the amount of the claim I think (I have a call out to the person servicing the account).
The other company will ALSO pay the full amount. In my case, the other company settled for $3200. Sweet!
This is freaking weird, and I have no idea how it works anywhere else. I also thought the insurance people were smoking dope when they explained this to me.
Moral: In Texas, self pay.
On my second accident both Farmers and Nationwide paid me for my days off. Unfortunately they had to figure out the pay as if I got paid yearly, instead of for 187 days, but since they paid me double, I got money for the days I had to take off work and get a sub and still ended out ahead.
Yeah, not really CS related, but I wish I’d known this at the start.
Quoted from http://www.compsciwoman.com/2010/09/06/how-to-create-computer-scientists/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CompsciWoman+%28CompSci+Woman%29#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed:
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My dad doesn’t think it’s that simple. He reminded me that I played The Incredible Machines and other games like it.
Maybe I should be doing more Incredible Machine. Yes, I have a coyp of it in my lab.
I thought they had just shut down the Mac Mini, which I found annoying but it also looks like Entourage is corrupt and iTunes was even updated.
Weird.
Sucker is running hot!
Even weirder is that my Windows machine upgraded fine.
Entourage is STILL not working!
After leaving my Mac-Mini along and letting it rebuilt my Entourage database, it’s working again. Still not happy.