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WorldSkills Arrival Day

August 6, 2015 - ICC , Travel , Web , WOW - by Mark - No Comments

C-6 (6 days from official start of competitions). I arrived in São Paulo at 10 this morning. For those who may not know – the city name translates to Saint Paul (just like the city we have in Minnesota). Of course, this one is the largest city in the western […]

WorldSkills – Day 1

August 5, 2015 - ICC , Travel , Web - by Mark - No Comments

I have the distinct honor of being the invited expert in web design representing the US at the WorldSkills competition in São Paulo. Many know that I am Director of Education for WebProfessionals.org and help run the state of Illinois and the US web design contests also. There is a […]

Aquarium on the bay

July 31, 2015 - Travel - by Mark - No Comments

After visiting the Adobe facility on Townsend, I had a little free time. I decided to visit the Aquarium on the Bay. I used both Adobe Voice and Adobe Premiere Clip to create these videos. Note that I only used my iPad for these (as well as the videos I […]

Asilomar Photos and thoughts

July 30, 2015 - Travel - by Mark - No Comments

I am so thankful I had the opportunity to visit Asilomar and the surrounding area. I put together a few videos to share some of the photographs. I hope this provides a clearer view of the area (and why I am already thinking of returning). I recommend using the full […]

Windows 10 First Look

July 29, 2015 - Technology , Windows - by Mark - No Comments

I “bit the bullet” today and installed Windows 10 on one of my computers. Yes, I am an early adopter. That being said, my level of frustration with Windows 8.1 is not going away any time soon. I have previously reviewed an early version of Windows 10 and wanted to […]

AEL North American Leadership Summit

July 29, 2015 - Adobe , Travel - by Mark - No Comments

I had the great pleasure of connecting with a community of like minded and creative individuals at the 2015 Adobe Education Leader (AEL) summit at the Asilomar Conference Grounds in July. This was originally established as a YWCA camp in 1913. It now is a park and comprises some of […]

Chicago reflections

July 24, 2015 - Mobile Apps , Travel - by Mark - No Comments

I recently came across a new app for iOS devices called Vibe. It allows you to make slideshows with music from items in your camera roll. Given that I was recently in Chicago for SCUP, I thought it might be fun to create a couple of Vibe related slideshows. These […]

SCUP 50 – The Technology

July 23, 2015 - ICC , Travel - by Mark - No Comments

As previously mentioned, I participated in the SCUP event in Chicago during July, 2015. Keep in mind this event does not focus on technology. I thought it might be appropriate to share some of my insights regarding the use of technology at such a conference. First, the wifi was great. […]

SCUP 50

July 22, 2015 - ICC , Travel - by Mark - No Comments

I participated in the 50th annual meeting of the Society of College and University Planners in downtown Chicago on July 12 – 15, 2015. The president of our college, Dr. William Tammone, invited me to participate in a joint presentation regarding our efforts to convert the CMWEB Web Developer certificate […]

Book review – Semantic Web

July 15, 2015 - Technology - by Mark - No Comments

The July, 2015 issue of Choice Magazine published my review of the following book. Since many readers of this blog do not typically have access to that magazine, I am placing a copy of my review here. I do not recommend this book. It is an example of a book […]

Adobe Preview CC

July 8, 2015 - Adobe , Mobile Apps , Technology - by Mark - No Comments

In addition to Hue, Adobe also released Preview CC for iOS devices on June 15. I thought readers of this blog might be interested in a short overview of the capabilities of this app. Essentially, you develop your design comp (for either a mobile app or a mobile website) in […]

Adobe Hue

July 1, 2015 - Adobe , Mobile Apps , Technology - by Mark - No Comments

Adobe released another app for iOS devices on June 15. This one is called Hue. In some ways, it is like the app Color (formerly Kuler). But it works for video. Essentially, you take a photo and select the desired color which you can then apply to a video clip […]

Oops – part 2

June 24, 2015 - Technology - by Mark - 1 Comment

A couple of weeks ago, I reported that a hard drive crashed on one of my computers. I also mentioned that I would follow up my original post with an overview of the hardware aspects once that was completed. I did order a new hard drive and it was delivered […]

Bluemix

June 17, 2015 - IBM , Technology , Web - by Mark - 2 Comments

I recently had the opportunity to experiment with IBM’s Bluemix facility. This is one of those instances where I am overwhelmed at the possibilities. This service relies on the open source Cloud Foundry. Bluemix is a PaaS (Platform as a Service) environment, it is also MBaaS (Mobile Backend as a […]

Oops

June 10, 2015 - Technology - by Mark - No Comments

There is a simple fact we all try to ignore (things die). In this case, one of the computers I use on a daily basis decided to have a snit (and go to digital heaven or what ever alternatives exist for bits) over the weekend. First, when I powered it […]