If you make heavy use of DropBox, you might want to take a look at Paper – upgraded DropBox writing and sharing tool.
DropBox would like to compete with Google docs. I would not consider switching at present because I see no advantage, but for those use DropBox heavily this may grow into an option.
I have no illusion that this was a personal response, but I thought that offering more than a “thank you for your input” was impressive. This was the reply from Senator Amy Klobuchar to my comment on the nomination of Betsy DeVos. I am a fan of both Minnesota senators.
Dear Dr. Grabe:
Thank you for contacting me about Betsy DeVos’ nomination for Secretary of Education. I appreciate hearing your thoughts on this important nomination.
I will not vote in favor of Betsy DeVos’ nomination for Secretary of Education. I am concerned that she will not work to ensure that all children have access to a high-quality public education. As one example, during her confirmation hearing, Ms. DeVos’ comments indicated that she was not aware of the critical protections for children with disabilities provided by the landmark Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This view would put more than 124,000 Minnesota students with disabilities at risk, and is at odds with 40 years of bipartisan support for IDEA in Minnesota and across the country.
Federal protections for students with disabilities have never been a partisan issue. Minnesota Senators and Representatives—Democrats and Republicans alike—have a proud history of championing the protections enshrined in the IDEA. It is important to me that our next Secretary of Education is committed to upholding and enforcing the rights of all students.
Again, thank you for taking the time to contact me. I continue to be humbled to be your Senator, and one of the most important parts of my job is listening to the people of Minnesota. I am here in our nation’s capital to do the public’s business. I hope you will contact me again about matters of concern to you.
Sincerely,
Amy Klobuchar
United States Senator
“It’s a strange time to be putting a supplement to the national edtech plan whose policy and priority is about to shift,” he said.
This was EdSurge News comment in responding to Obama’s Education Departments release of the Higher Ed Supplement to the National Technology Plan. Hard to say what will happen now. Given the removal of the past government statement on the climate change, if you are interested, you might want to get copies of the Technology plans while they are still available.
Office of Educational Technology plans are available now.
If you blog using WordPress (e.g., the software running this blog), you may be curious about the addition of Google ads to your site. This post from 3nions does a nice job of explaining what it takes to add ads. I am not a promoter of assuming ads will generate much revenue (the number of ad hits for the number of page displays has been very low for me), but I do enjoy exploring the data Google provides.
This is a bit off-topic for me, but when I really like something I take the time to offer a recommendation.
This is a tea infuser from Global Market. I spend large blocks of time staring at a computer monitor and drinking coffee. Tea was typically some herbal drink for later in the evening when I had to cut off the caffeine. I just could not get into drinking tea on a regular basis. I have large quantities of tea some of which I purchased in China years ago and most of this stuff should probably be thrown out. Now, I can talk about drinking the tea I brought back from China. Since I don’t really know how tea is supposed to taste, this stuff is as good as Lipton.
The gadget is self-explanatory. Put loose tea in the compartment. Close the compartment. Stick in a cup of very hot water. Allow to steep. Push button when removing from cup. Open infuser and dump in garbage.
I am an EverNote Pro user. This means I pay. I am seriously considering moving from EverNote to OneNote. I regard Evernote as a superior product, but the cost is gradually ramping up and OneNote would cost me nothing. I could easily be convinced to stay with EverNote if they offered a paired down version of their product at a paired down price. I just don’t need most of the features EverNote offers. Feature glut and price creep have long been a problem with software (e.g., Word), but it is especially serious with apps. I understand the position of the companies – it costs more t0 offer two products and many will stick with a product despite the increase in price and complexity. Both customers and developers make decisions as to where to draw that line.
I am still having some struggles with OneNote. My workflow involves reading on a tablet and writing on a computer. This is the way I prefer to do things. OneNote would work perfectly for my needs if I did everything on a computer. The phone and tablet apps just give me trouble when I collect information I will eventually use as a basis for what I write.
So, if I capture content using Safari on my tablet (other browsers do not seem to be supported), I get something like this. Contrast this view with the following captured from a computer.
I cannot read the content from the tablet, but the content from the computer is perfect for reading and annotation.
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