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Apple Watch Butterflies

November 23, 2016 - Apple , Insects - by Mark - 5 Comments

My Apple watch comes with a number of faces. As an entomologist, I had to choose the butterflies. Although I can find articles about the efforts involved in photographing the butterflies (and other subjects – like the jellyfish), I have not been able to find any information on the actual […]

Apple Watch Series 2

November 16, 2016 - Apple , Learning , Technology - by Mark - No Comments

I recently purchased an Apple watch (series 2) to replace my aging Pebble watch (the eInk screen was starting to fade significantly). The watch was shipped directly from Suzhou (China). It was rather fun to watch it transit from Shanghai to Anchorage to Louisville and eventually to my home (taking […]

Visual Studio Code

July 13, 2016 - Apple , ICC , Technology , Web , Windows - by Mark - No Comments

In preparation for our fall, 2016, CMWEB 240 class on developing web pages using the .Net environment, I have been briefly reviewing Visual Studio Code (version 1.3). This is a different product from the traditional Visual Studio and has a significantly UX/UI experience than Visual Studio. You can download a […]

National Web Design Contest Software

June 29, 2016 - Adobe , Apple , Web , Windows , WOW - by Mark - No Comments

We just concluded our 13th national web design contest in Louisville, KY (June 21 – 25, 2016). Although I plan to post additional information about the judge’s observations on our WebDesignContest.org site soon, I thought it would be appropriate to discuss some observations and insights I made regarding the tools […]

Displaying your tablet on a desktop

September 30, 2015 - Apple , General , Mobile Apps , Technology - by Mark - No Comments

Although I have made several prior weblog posts on this topic, I thought it might be appropriate to revisit this in light of iOS 9 and Windows 10 being generally available. For reference purposes, here are two of the prior posts I have made on this topic. Reflection (and more) […]

iOS 8 thoughts

October 1, 2014 - Apple , Technology - by Mark - No Comments

As many readers know, I have a number of Apple devices (in addition to Android devices and Windows devices). Apple recently released iOS 8 and I thought it might be appropriate to share some of my experiences. I know many others have also reported on similar issues. This is also […]

PhoneGap Build and iOS key

July 23, 2014 - Adobe , Apple , Mobile Apps , Technology - by Mark - No Comments

I have been giving more and more presentations on developing apps using either PhoneGap or PhoneGap Build. My most recent presentation was done at the Adobe Education Leader Summer Institute in San Jose on July 21. In the past, I focused on deploying developed apps on Android devices. However, I […]

OS X Mavericks

October 30, 2013 - Apple , Technology - by Mark - No Comments

I recently upgraded my MacBook Pro to OS X Mavericks. Given that others are also doing this, I thought I would share my experiences after the upgrade. For the most part, everything is similar (with more enhancements). I believe Apple indicated more than 200 new features. I noticed that my […]

Windows 8.1 and VirtualBox

October 23, 2013 - Apple , Technology , Windows - by Mark - No Comments

I recently encountered some issues when trying to upgrade to Windows 8.1 in my virtual environments (using VirtualBox). I was running Windows 8 and decided to use the Windows Store to upgrade to Windows 8.1. I had done this on my physical tablet/ computers so it should have also worked […]

Mac tips

January 28, 2013 - Apple , Technology - by Mark - 6 Comments

Since I obtained a MacBook Pro in 2012, I have been accumulating various tips and tricks to customize the environment. I thought it would be appropriate to share some of these with readers. If you are aware of others and would like them included, please place your thoughts in the […]

Can not connect to iTunes Store

October 13, 2012 - Apple , Technology - by Mark - No Comments

I recently decided to obtain a book within iBooks on my iPad. Yes, I became aware of this book via Twitter (but that is a separate discussion). So, I “purchased” the free book and the download started. And… then… it… stalled. Ok, I now show a book downloading in the […]