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Finally beat KOTOR II after three years of Christmas holidays
Read more: Finally beat KOTOR II after three years of Christmas holidaysEvery 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…
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New direction for Tech Bytes blog in 2020
Read more: New direction for Tech Bytes blog in 2020This 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
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Bane, blessing, or just something different? iPadOS for multitasking and productivity (Tech Bytes post)
Read more: 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…
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Alberta OER Summit 2019 presentation: #aboerjc
Read more: Alberta OER Summit 2019 presentation: #aboerjcThe 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…
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New publication in First Monday: “Open Enough?”
Read more: New publication in First Monday: “Open Enough?”My colleague Michael McNally (University of Alberta SLIS) and I have published a new paper in First Monday titled “Open enough? Eight factors to consider when transitioning from closed to open resources and courses: A conceptual framework.” Having worked on this paper over the past year, I’m very glad to see it in print. Abstract:…
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‘Pro’ in name only? How the term has changed in the post-pc era
Read more: ‘Pro’ in name only? How the term has changed in the post-pc eraExcerpt: “Devices labeled with the term “pro” come with a lot of expectations. The idea of a pro user is well defined in the desktop and laptop computing space. But, pro mobile devices (such as phones and tablets) are less well defined. This is problematic because devices that support the pro moniker cannot separate themselves…
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OER19 Conference Presentation Slides
Read more: OER19 Conference Presentation SlidesMy colleague Connie Blomgren led and presented our conference presentation at OER19, in Galway, Ireland, on April 11. My colleague Rosemarri and I were remote presenters/”Twitter engagers.” While is wasn’t as well attended as we had hoped, it was an interesting experience having folks in different time zones contribute to the (brief) discussion. The slides…
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Recent blog posts from Tech Bytes
Read more: Recent blog posts from Tech BytesI completely forgot to crosspost my last two posts from my blog tech-bytes.net. Please see the links below for all the details. Commentary: “Prioritizing the Mac Hierarchy of Needs” → Published March 10, 2019 Commentary: The state of Wear OS and its implications for the wearable market Published April 3, 2019
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