Notice

I came across this video and found it intriguing.  Take three minutes and watch it.

What do you think about it?

Your Digital Footprint

Here's an interesting interview from NPR on "Digital Footprints" and is worth the 10 minutes of your time.

If This, Then That

I just hired a new employee.  It's a website called "iftt.com" which stands for "If This Then That".  Why is this awesome?  Let me tell you.

Fact:  I use Twitter.

Fact:  I save sites to Diigo.

Fact:  I tweet the sites I save to Diigo.

Fact:  I would like to have a site that would automatically tweet for me...and therefore, save me a step.

Fact:  This is the site that can do that.


So play this out:

• I see a site that I wish to share.  I save it to my Diigo account.
• I then go to Twitter and tweet the site - copy / paste the url, write something, etc.

Well, by using IFTTT, I can go from two steps to one.

IFTTT lets me create "tasks"...and these tasks are the automation.

Here's my first task using IFTT.

Here's what it says.

(IF) I save something to Diigo

(THEN) use Twitter to tweet it

I tried it...and it worked.

Here's the tweet (see below)

There are many tasks, or combination of tasks for IFTTT to create.  When used correctly, this makes the  user more efficient...by saving steps...which equates to time.

You know, I think I will see if I can take a blog post (using Blogger) and see if I can get IFTTT to tweet out to my followers when I have a new post.

So what do you think?  Can this site save you time?  Let me know how you might use it or how you already are using it!

YOU Matter!

What a great video.  You have to watch it.  Angela Maiers has it right.  :-)  http://youtu.be/7FHdHUzRnms

SketchBook Pro

I love the SketchBook Pro app on my iPad.  I am working with some students on how to use it, so I made a few videos on how to work with it.

Click here to view the videos on YouTube.  As of this posting, there are 4 SBP videos.

SBP01-Getting Started with SketchBook Pro
SBP02-HELP
SBP03-Begin Drawing-Use Layers
SBP04-Add Text

Another Old Video...How Close is the iPad to this?

Watching this old video also reminds me of the iPad and what it can do.  I wonder how crazy they must have felt making this video so long ago.

It truly is an exciting time.

1987 Look Into the Future.

Watching this video, made in 1987, really freaks me out.  How many of these features are present in our world now?  How does the iPad somewhat resemble some of this?  I realize it's not to this level yet, but with Siri and other developing voice technologies, how far off is this?  Just watch...and think.