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In lieu of a Tech-o Tuesday: six great web resources

October 2nd, 2007 · Ryan · 1 Comment ·

I know, I know - it’s Tuesday and we haven’t had a new episode of Tech-o Tuesday in what seems like forever! Well, Felix and I have been incredibly busy and / or sick, but we’re scheduling the next episodes right now. In the meantime, I finally found an evening to sit down and read [...]

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More free online tools: Photoshop Express

September 12th, 2007 · Ryan · No Comments ·

While Gimpshop has been growing on me as of late, rumors of Photoshop Express still have me excited. No official announcement has been made, and we don’t have many details. Early screenshots reveal a GUI that looks as intuitive as iPhoto, but a bit more useful:

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It seems geared towards the low-to-intermediate user, which is [...]

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Tech-o Tuesday #4: Professional Audio Tools

August 21st, 2007 · Ryan · No Comments ·

This week, Felix and I are joined by special guest Jen - our fabulously talented sound engineer - for a discussion on professional-level audio tools and software. Check below for links to products we mentioned … enjoy!

Skype Call Recorder ($14.95)
Conference Recorder ($14.95)
Quicktime Pro ($29.99)
Audio Hijack Pro ($32)
Hot Recorder ($14.95)
Pamela ($12.95 - $36.95)
Nicecast ($40)
Pro Tools ($295 [...]

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Teaching cultural literacies with social software

March 22nd, 2007 · Barbara · No Comments ·

Making my way through the dozens of emails I get in a day (GeekyMom you win…I think if I got as many emails as you do I think I would just cry), I found this wee gem from a language textbook publishing company:
Dear Professor:
We at (name of publisher) are very excited to extend to [...]

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Open source software: for students, by students.

July 29th, 2006 · Ryan · 4 Comments ·

Last summer, the Google Summer of Code 2005 debuted as a project designed “to introduce students to the world of open source software development.” Programmers from dozens of open-source software projects signed up as mentors, and students from all over the world turned out a really impressive depth and breadth of projects. The project was [...]

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