Instructional Technology

Who would imagine putting military robots in a production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream?  Evidently a band of performers from Texas A&M University would.  According to Wired’s Autotopia:
The play was a collaboration between the university’s computer science, electrical engineering and performance studies departments. Purists may balk at reworking one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays [...]

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I’m sure you know the works of Paul Rand. I did. But didn’t know who Paul Rand was or that his works were all his.

some of Paul Rand’s notable logos
If you are in the mood for some more information about Paul Rand or just a visit to a really well-designed website, I suggest [...]

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Professor Lisa Daniels very graciously shared with us an article from the Wall Street Journal that’s sure to strike a chord with many both on and off campus.  Entitled “It’s a Free Country…” - and subtitled “…So why can’t I pick the technology I use in the office?”- the piece delves into the gap between [...]

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How about clearing your name?
That’s what just happened for 19 year old Rodney Bradford of Harlem.  After being brought up on charges for committing two crimes, Mr. Bradford pleaded innocent, stating that he was home at the time.  His parents corroborate and Rodney’s alibi was confirmed by validating that he had updated his Facebook status [...]

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Have you heard of Courier?  No, not the font.  Courier is an interface and hardware concept from Microsoft’s R&D lab that seems to be the distillation of everything learned about desktop computing, tablet technology and mobile devices.  It’s also the first re-telling of the story laid down by traditional books that “gets it,” where “it” [...]

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Here’s a short, fifty second clip of an Augumented Reality concept from Symbian’s developers’ conference.  Don’t know who Symbian is?  They are the preferred mobile platform of Nokia, Sony Ericsson and others.  Pretty interesting in its blending of social networks we are already a part of with the physical space in which we exist.

I’d use [...]

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