Monthly Archives: March 2011

KIPP works for those it works for

One of the first thing applied researchers learn is that causality in applied research is very difficult to establish. Things are more about “here is my story” and here are the data I can offer in support of this story. … Continue reading

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Just what is the service

I write about tech and music from time to time. I now purchase most of the music I purchase from Amazon and became aware of their new online service (Cloud Player). The service offers 5 gigabytes of free storage (temporarily … Continue reading

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Crowd Sourced Radiation Maps

The tragedy associated with the recent earthquake and tsunami has generated many novel social media applications. Here is an example in which volunteers create “radiation maps”.

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Digizen

The Digizen web site promotes all aspects of digital citizenship. The idea is to offer suggestions for safe, secure, and ethical use of the online environment to teachers, parents, and students. In our writing we have described this collection as … Continue reading

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Flickr’s Future

The resignation from Yahoo! of one of Flickr’s founders in combination with the recent history of Yahoo has led to some speculation about the future of Flickr. A similar thing happened when Yahoo floated the potential shutdown of Delicious and … Continue reading

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Digital access to the NY Times – $200?

AppleInsider reports that the NY Times intends to charge digital only subscribers $15 a month beginning within a few months. I guess we all will then have to make personal decisions regarding the value of access to the NY Times. … Continue reading

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