This is a slideshow from Flickr on my blog. Vodafone Content Control may mean that you can’t see the images, I know I can’t!
Mail.app believes iTunes receipt from Apple is junk
You might have thought that the Mail.app included with OS X might have a hunch that e-mails from Apple (specifically from apple.com) probably isn’t going to be a spammer.
True you as a user may mark e-mails from Apple as junk manually, but the automated process, nah!
Or so you would think!
A few days ago I “purchased” a fair few apps from the iTunes store and as per usual Apple sent me a receipt outlining my purchases. I have received many of these not just because of the stuff I buy, but also as I more often then not download the free single of the week as well.
So you can imagine my surprise when Mail.app marked my latest receipt as junk!
No idea why.
Hood 2.0 – It lives!
Hood 2.0: it’s a Web 2.0 world out there
This workshop will explore how using Web 2.0 can rethink the digital divide.
Gloucestershire College has been using Web 2.0 to enhance and enrich the learning process for a wide variety of learners across the breadth and depth of the curriculum. They have developed a range of learning scenarios and activities that are integrated into the learning process and support a diverse range of learners.
This workshop will demonstrate how Web 2.0 can be used to solve some of the issues facing diverse learners in this era of Facebook. YouTube, Twitter and then some…
The concept of Web 2.0 services in addressing the tensions between formal and informal learning, and empowering learners to take responsibility for their own learning will be examined. Then, how we need to address the pedagogical needs to drive the use of Web 2.0 services and not be blinded or awed by the technology of Web 2.0, will be explored.
During the workshop participants will be able to discuss and debate different learning scenarios and activities which utilise Web 2.0 services. Web 2.0 services will be used to demonstrate these scenarios.
Participants will discuss and debate these scenarios in small groups, covering how they could be utilised within their own institutions, examining the potential conflict between formal learning scenarios and the informal learning scenarios that Web 2.0 offers.
The groups will also discuss how the pedagogy needs to drive the scenarios and not the technology and address how Web 2.0 can empower learners to take responsibility for their own learning. Each group will provide feedback through either a blog entry, an audio podcast or a video presentation. These will then be made available online to allow participants to comment and continue the discussion beyond the workshop, and also allow other conference delegates to participate in the discussion.
After the workshop, the participants will have a greater understanding of the role of Web 2.0 in addressing the digital divide.
They will have considered how Web 2.0 can help resolve the tensions between formal and informal learning; discussed how Web 2.0 technologies in themselves mustn’t drive the learning, but support the pedagogy; and debated how Web 2.0 can empower learners to take responsibility for their learning.
The participants will have presented the results of their discussion and debate, through the use of a variety of learning technologies, to other participants and to other conference delegates.
I ran the workshop at ALT-.
Session seemed to go well though I did have about sixty people in a long narrow room.
The feedback from the session can be found here:
http://altcworkshop.blogspot.com/
Please feel free to add comments to people’s blog posts.
Other stuff from the workshop can be found on
Flickr
http://flickr.com/photos/jamesclay
Qik
Seesmic
Jaiku
http://molenet.jaiku.com/
Recorded Gabcast podcasts from my sessions at #altc2008 today. They are online now at http://tinyurl.com/hood2feedback
A few comments from other people’s blogs and links mentioned as part of feedback.
http://www.projectwhite.com/tag/altc2008/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2286799/Can-we-use-Twitter-for-educational-activities
http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2008/04/04/live-reviewing-a-book-on-twitter-here-comes-everybody-by-clay-shirky/
and here’s a reflection
http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2008/04/07/twitter-reviewing-some-reflections/
http://ashleywright.org/2008/09/09/hood-20-its-a-web-20-world/
http://www.projectwhite.com/tag/altc2008/ – loads of stuff , excellent
Thanks everyone, some great feedback and ideas.
Oh dear VAIO problems!
Sony have had an issue with a few, well more than a few, of their VAIO laptops according to a BBC report.
Sony is recalling 440,000 Vaio laptop computers worldwide because of wiring faults that could cause overheating.
The recall concerns 19 Vaio models in the TZ series manufactured between May 2007 and July 2008 – but does not include models sold in the UK.
Luckily doesn’t personally affect me, nor any other VAIO laptops in the UK.
Okay, it’s old, but still funny…
I was reminded of this amusing Microsoft iPod branding video which was leaked.
Still funny.
Though if you look at the Zune, they did learn their lesson.
Serving media through the home
I really like my EyeHome device. I’ve had it a few years now and even had it fixed in Germany one time when the power supply failed. Changing to 802.11n made it much better and more capable of showing content from my Mac on my television.
It’s such a great concept I did wonder if I would be able to serve media to other devices and not just the EyeHome.
This came up recently when I put a Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) under my television which can act as a uPnP device and serve content from an appropriate media server. Not only that, but you can pair a PlayStation Portable (PSP) with the PS3 to be able to access the PS3 remotely.
A plan was starting to form…
If I could get the PS3 to access content from the Mac, I could then watch it remotely on the PSP. The PSP didn’t like accessing content direct from the Mac, so this could work, couldn’t it?
The first issue was getting some media server software running on the Mac, the EyeHome software didn’t work; and though Elgato make a uPnP software product, EyeConnect, it appeared from the Elgato website that the PS3 as a media extender was not in the list of supported extenders, and there were a few reports in the Elgato forums which kind of put me off. There is a 30 day trial, so I might give it a go later.
What did come out in my research was Twonkymedia.
The PacketVideo MediaServer enables you to share your multimedia throughout your home. It is available for many different platforms and interworks with a large variety of client devices including XBox 360™, Sony PS3™ and Sony PSP™. TwonkyMedia requires fewer resources and is faster than other UPnP media servers, and provides more features that help users enjoy large media collections.
Installed and ran it…
Worked very well.
The PS3 picked up the iMac which I was running the software on.
The PSP picked up the PS3 – though I believe that the PSP can access the media direct, but I was trying to be clever!
I tried a few other devices.
The iPod touch through the web interface could access the media.
My Nokia N95 could access the server, and the media.
A Nokia N810 could access the media, it just couldn’t play it!
Overall I was impressed, very likely to pay the €30 it costs.
Google Chrome
Google have gone and released a browser of their own, Chrome.
Windows only at the moment, so I have not yet installed it.
Looks interesting.
YouTube in 1985…
I did find this amusing, how YouTube was in 1985!
YouTube in 1985
Before they got real big…
So is it faster?
I have been using my new LaCie Poulton drive for over a week now and so far I am impressed with it. Running Leopard on it for my iMac means I now have a lot more free space over 700GB compared to the 15GB I seem to have with the original 250GB hard drive I had on the iMac.
So is it faster?
Yes!
It certainly appears to be faster, but I suspect that Leopard is also a factor as that made a difference with my MacBook Pro.
It was certainly a bit of a pain going through all my applications and re-installing them, re-activating some and finding the serial numbers of others.