Time You Enjoy Wasting Is Not Wasted Time

The Google Docs app for Android tablets has been updated.

This is a good thing because honestly, using Google Docs on a tablet has been a bit of a letdown. I use my tablet more and more, and this addition makes it one step easier for making a tablet a second instead of third device. In other words, needing a laptop for mobile computing is becoming less of a necessity for me as I can do just about everything I need to do on a tablet when I am not at my desk.

In light of recent tragic events, I am focusing some posts on bullying.

There are many resources online about cyberbullying.

The National Crime Prevention Council has resources at:

http://www.ncpc.org/topics/cyberbullying

Some thoughts on the Netflix split:
While I think in the short term Netflix will suffer from their price increase and then misguided service split, I think in the long term they will come out stronger.
I think the customers lost from this were expecting too much for basically free. Hopefully this will allow Netflix to focus on their core customers who actually like their product.
I do think the split to two different services is a mistake, done hastily in reaction to a vocal group of bad customers. One of the downfalls of our constantly wired world is that it can be very easy for a few people to blow things out of proportion and then have their opinion given undue weight.

This is a slightly different version of the presentation I did at the 2011 SUNY Technology Conference on Tuesday. I was very happy with the presentation and had a great time at the conference!

Apple bars WinXP users from iCloud

Windows XP was released on October 25, 2001. After almost 10 years I think it is time to move to a modern OS. I’m sure Apple hopes that rather than buy a new Windows 7 machine people will switch to a Mac. Either way it’s a good idea to stop supporting ancient technology.

Here’s an interesting article on Software for University IT Labs

I find it interesting that there is always call to reduce lab services when usage statistics show that students are using labs about the same as they did in the past, even though “everyone” goes to college with a computer. In my experience labs provide an excellent service for students on campus.

This looks interesting: Discussions in Google Docs

I recently gave two presentations on Google Apps as an Associate of the Professional Development Center at SUNY Fredonia.

They have now been published to iTunes U, and you can get them from the following links:

Making GMail Work For You

Beyond the Mail: Tips and Tricks for Making the Most Out of Google Apps

Ever want to see someone upgrade a system from Windows 1.0 all the way through to Windows 7?

If you use Facebook and have noticed that your news feed has only been showing updates from only a few people, there is a setting to fix that. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click “Edit Options”. If your setting is set to show posts from “Friends and pages you interact with most” you might want to change it to “All of your friends and pages” to see what you’ve been missing.