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  • Commentary on the state of Chrome OS by David Ruddock

    (Full article link) David Ruddock, writing for Android Police, has an excellent summary of Chrome’s failings titled “Chrome OS has stalled out.” I’ve highlighted some of his points and provided some thoughts of my own.

  • Finally beat KOTOR II after three years of Christmas holidays

    Every time I visit my parents, I play a little bit of Knights of the Old Republic II on my original Xbox console. I picked up the game used many years ago and it sat idle after I went to university. After 53 hours and 23 minutes of gameplay I finally beat it this Christmas…

  • New direction for Tech Bytes blog in 2020

    This year I’m changing the direction and scope of my blog Tech Bytes. This is the blog where I talk about technology and productivity (not academics), and I plan on expanding my scope for 2020. Full post: https://tech-bytes.net/posts/2019/12/27/new-direction-for-tech-bytes-in-2020

  • Bane, blessing, or just something different? iPadOS for multitasking and productivity (Tech Bytes post)

    With the introduction of iPadOS, the iPad is now a viable productivity machine. But, its approach to multitasking and gesture controls are starkly different from the Mac. In this article I examine two things. iPadOS has been characterized as considerably more complicated than previous iPad versions of iOS. I compared iOS 12 and iPadOS to…

  • Alberta OER Summit 2019 presentation: #aboerjc

    The Alberta OER Summit took place on June 21st, 2019 at NorQuest College, Edmonton, AB. It was a wonderful meeting, and I’d like to thank Robert Lawson at NorQuest for organizing the event and for inviting me to speak about our provincial journal club project. We have a great OER community in Alberta and it’s…