Celebrity Smackdown: iPad vs. Laptop
2012-05-29
by Richard White
It’s a simple question, really. You’re a forward-thinking guy or gal, and you’re thinking about updating the hardware at your school, or perhaps even getting into a 1-to-1 program, or a Bring Your Down Device agreement with your student body.
What do you do: go with [...]
The End is Nigh
2011-12-01
by Richard White
“The End is Nigh!” For your optical drive, that is.
CDs and DVDs are still here for the moment, but not for long. Depending on how much you love your archives and content, it may be time to start thinking about a migration process that will [...]
Upgrading to Lion
by Richard White
2011-08-13
Are you working on an Apple machine that’s running Snow Leopard? That’s OS X version 10.6—click on the Apple in the upper left corner of the screen and select “About this Mac…” to see what version of the operating system you’re currently using. If you’re currently using [...]
Thank God for Mac OS X
by Richard White
2011-07-24
There’s a line that rock climbers sometimes trot out when they feel like exulting in the glory of their source of creativity.
“Thank God for the rock. Otherwise, we’d all be surfers.”
In the same way, it has occurred to me on more than one [...]
Mac Advice for Switchers
by Richard White
2011-02-08
############################################################################### A LONG NOTE FOR MY SWITCHER FRIENDS
Hey. Okay, so you got this new Mac thing, right? Good for you! It’s an amazing machine, and you’re going to love it.
You probably don’t know this but I’m a Switcher myself. I started on PCs w-a-y [...]
Nose, Face, Spite. Fast-twitching.
2010-04-10
by Richard White
The curse of the fast-twitch response neural response (and I’m perfectly aware that I’m mixing a muscle property with brain activity in that metaphor, but go with me on this), is that emotions can blaze along as quickly as thinking does. I like to think that I’m [...]
iPad: What’s It to You?
2010-04-09
by Richard White
I’ve had my iPad for just about 5 days now, which means I’ve started to figure out a little bit about what it means to me.
The biggest question most people have, before they’ve used it anyway, is: “What is this? Is it just a [...]
iPad
2010-04-08
by Richard White
So… yeah. I bought an iPad.
I pre-ordered, and got in line at 6am to hang out with some other really nice people, including Carlos, the youth minister to gang-bangers, and Abraham Peters, who graciously took a picture of all of us standing in line, and the German guy [...]
“Give it away, give it away, give it away now!”
2010-02-11
Richard White
We’re talking about wireless access today, with thanks to the Red Hot Chili Peppers for pleading our case so succinctly. Wireless access at high schools needs to be freely, openly available. Here’s why.
1. Schools exist to help students learn, and [...]
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