I'm digitizing my life .....
Well, at least all the photos. For the last two weeks, I've scanned about 2,000 old photos using an HP photoscanner. These photos are added to the 7,000 digital photos…
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Go to a bar -- and be tracked!
Vancouver Sun article: "Vancouver bar patrons will soon have to produce identification and have their photograph taken every time they enter clubs or bars connected to…
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Unreal ... another digital camera advancement
A company has come out with 4.8 gigabyte compact flash cards --- which you can use in a digital camera. My math tells me that if I used this in my Canon G2, doing…
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Ten years of change
Ten years ago today, I was approached by a major publisher, asking if I could write a book about the Internet and the online world. By all means -- I'd already been…
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Look up!
Went to get the morning paper just now .... and it's a crisp, cool October morning. The stars are awesome -- and so are the satellites. That's why you need to check out…
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"The curse of the information age .....
.... is information." Great line from a novel I was reading last night.
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I'll keynote the American Federation of Teachers conference
Just in ... I'll keynote their annual I/T conference this December, examining a number of leading edge trends ... in Washington, DC
Education · Keynotes & Events
"THIS IS A TREND AND COMPANY TO WATCH"
My Vonage IP phone arrived today. I simply plugged it into my home network -- waited two minutes -- and can now make calls using a regular telephone handset anywhere…
Megatrends
HP ScanJet 5500c issue appears resolved
And based on this, I'd highly recommend the product to anyone. Early indications are that the patch HP sent me yesterday for my ScanJet 5500cproblems resolves the issue…
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Easing the digital divide...
I'll be addressing the annual meeting of Computers for Schools Ontario tomorrow. This is an organization that helps to find new life for retired corporate computers…
Education · Keynotes & Events
Hmmmm ... does this mean something?
On CNN, a brief clip that noted that today marks 666 days since the Enron collapse. Interesting...
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The American Federation of Teachers: The Future of Activism!
The American Federation of Teachers had Jim do a session examining the future of labour unions, as well as workplace, political, demographic and social activism trends.
Associations · Event Highlights