Using the new Google Public Data Explorer, I created a graph comparing life expectancy, GDP and population. The concept was inspired by this TED Talk featuring Hans Rosling, which features his Gapminder software.
Click this link to view and adjust the graph within Google Public Data Explorer.
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I found this presentation while sorting through my usb drive from work. I remember it suddenly appeared on my desktop one morning. Could it be a message from the ghost in my machine, or a rare amusing Windows error?
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I’m trying out the WordPress app on my new iPod Touch. My old 4G iPod died (see photo) just a few days before we left for Hawaii. I can’t believe I survived so long without one. It doesn’t look like I will get much grading done this weekend.
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Yesterday, LeAnn and I adjusted a setting on her firewall that opened up some features on her TiVo that we previously had not been able to access. This includes a few games, movie previews, and a built in podcast player. Of course, the first thing I did was tap in the feed url of my blog on the remote, and it found my one and only podcast post. There is also a directory of feeds similar to ones that top the charts at the iTunes Store.
I think this is cool feature heading in the right direction, but the usability still has a long way to go. First, typing in a long feed url letter by letter into the remote is a pain, and once the url ran off the screen so we could not read what LeAnn was typing. Second, and surprisingly, playback lacks the ability to pause and bloop-bloop (rewind/fast-forward) that you would expect to be the same as watching TV recordings. Third, I couldn’t get it to access this video podcast, but I’m not sure if this is due to the fact that the site uses Feedburner.
Still, I think this is great step in bringing web 2.0 into the living room, and from what I’ve heard the Comcast DVR doesn’t yet have anything like this.
Filed by Eric at 5:54 pm under Arts and Entertainment,Life in General,Technology
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Today when I checked out New Music Tuesday at the iTunes Store, I discovered that labels were displaying in German (view screen shot) and the currency was set to Euros. I have no idea what set the language, but after poking around for awhile I realized I could scroll down to the bottom of the store and set “Mein Store” back to “United States”.
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Here are two handouts I made for my presentation;
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I will soon be giving a presentation to the Educational Technologists of the Seattle Public Schools about how to record podcasts. A while back we had a representative from Apple do a demonstration about how to record a podcast in the iLife ’06 version of GarageBand. Since our district mostly uses Windows, many were left wondering how the demonstration could apply to their classrooms. Therefore, my presentation will be about how to record audio on the Windows platform. Since I’ve never actually made a podcast, I thought it was time I give it a try.
Here is the file; Record Podcasts with Windows.mp3
Here are some links mentioned in the audio;
Filed by Eric at 3:46 am under Podcast,Teaching,Technology
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