99 Quotes for the future

Mixture of social, employment and IT related quotes 

http://www.slideshare.net/sap/99-quotes-on-the-future-of-innovation-1

Keep your Twitter Archive fresh on Google Drive using a bit of Google Apps Script

 

http://mashe.hawksey.info/2013/01/sync-twitter-archive-with-google-drive/?utm_source=jan13newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=jan13nl 

Three True Job Interview Questions

 

Top Executive Recruiters Agree There Are Only Three True Job Interview Questions

1. Can you do the job?
2. Will you love the job?
3. Can we tolerate working with you?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/georgebradt/2011/04/27/top-executive-recruiters-agree-there-are-only-three-key-job-interview-questions/

Wi-fi (Wi-5) hotspot rating

Have been to a few hi-fi hotspot places recently and thought it would be good to create a wi-5 hotspot rating system !

So here is my first go. Would really appreciate some comments so we can make this ubiquitous and the ratings need some trendy names. At the moment I am playing around with the rating so expect it to evolve for the time being. Apologies to the few companies mentioned but someone has to start to give an example (If I have got it wrong let me know and I'll upgrade your status)

Version 1 (June 2011)

• Wi☆5(☆☆☆☆☆) (Free)
  
  
  
  • 5+ = Unlimited Wifi
  
  
  • 5 = Free wifi (requires accepting conditions, no password/userid)
  
  
  • 5- = ?
    
    
    
    • Wi☆5 (☆☆☆☆☆+)Wellington free wi-fi: (Covers the area south from Frank
      Kitts Lagoon and along the waterfront side of Te Papa.)
    
    
    • Wi☆5(☆☆☆☆☆-) MacDonalds (There is no time-limit, but there is a data limit of 50MB per customer.)
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Wi☆5(☆☆☆☆) = Free Wifi requires a password
  
  
  
  • 4 + = wifi requires passcode but publically viewable (e.g. on a blackboard)
  
  
  • 4 = wifi requires passcode available on a docket
  
  
  • 4 - = wifi requires password but have to ask staff member
    
    
    
    • Wi☆5(☆☆☆☆-) At E's cafe, (Havelock North), Hawthorne’s Coffee Roasters (Havelock North, NZ)
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Wi☆5(☆☆☆) = (Pay) 3G access
  
  
  
  • 3+ =
  
  
  • 3 =
  
  
  • 3- =
    
    
    
    • Wi☆5(☆☆☆-) Vodafone $1 / 10MB per day (a minus rating as 10MB is pretty small)
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Wi☆5(☆☆) = (Pay) Buy a ticket with a password
  
  
  
  • 2+ = ?
  
  
  • 2 = ?
  
  
  • 2 - =
    
    
    
    • Wi☆5 (☆☆-): provider: ???: The crossing (Napier, NZ)
    
    
    • Wi☆5 (☆☆-): provider: ???: BJ's cafe & Coffee House
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Wi☆5(☆) = (Pay) Pay with a userid/password
  
  
  
  • 1+ = ?
  
  
  • 1 = ?
  
  
  • 1- = ?
    
    
    
    • Wi☆5(☆-) provider: ???: The crossing (Napier NZ)
    
    
    • Wi☆5 (☆-)provider: ???: BJ's cafe & Coffee House
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• 0 = No access (3G only)

 

zotero standalone version

From JJ

"An alpha release of standalone Zotero has been announced, part of the larger Zotero Everywhere project. Standalone Zotero Alpha does not require Firefox to run and is available for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. Alpha plugins to connect standalone Zotero to the Google Chrome and Safari browsers are already available (a plugin for Internet Explorer is planned).

And I didn't know there was a chrome plugin either !!

Future (and present) uses of Glass

A Day Made of Glass... Made possible by Corning

Miku 39 on youtube. Computer performer using #Vocaloid s/ware in a live concert. http://trunc.it/f1yst

 

2011 (some interesting numbers)

From one of my students

This year we will experience 4 unusual dates.... 1/1/11, 1/11/11, 11/1/11, 11/11/11 .........

NOW go figure this out.... take the last 2 digits of the year you were born plus the age you will be this year and it WILL EQUAL .... 111 !!!!!

Another book one. Free (e- and real) ones.

Best Places to Get Free Books (e- and real)– The Ultimate Guide.
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/AGVjy5/www.friedbeef.com/best-places-to-get-free-books-the-ultimate-guide/

And now for something completely different - buying books online

Recommended by one of my colleagues: The Online UK bookstore bookdepository at

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/

seems to have a great range of books at reasonable prices (no I don't have shares) and no postage fees!

Free Digital Transcription Audio Player Software

A typist can install it on their computer and control audio playback using a transcription foot pedal or keyboard (with 'hot' keys). This computer transcriber application also offers valuable features for typists including variable speed playback, multi-channel control, playing video, file management, and more.

Express Scribe is completely free and can be used without any restrictions

http://www.nch.com.au/scribe/index.html?ref=nchtwitter

Good for those of you doing interview research I would guess

1-day and NZ Telecom's Mystery Bag

Don't usually add these sorts of things onto my blog.. but you can't help wondering what NZ Telecom are up to when you get this in their 1-day Mystery bag.. and have to pay $9 ($5+4 shipping) for the priviledge.  Do they seriously expect me to be impressed - even a little bit !!  (no batteries included)

Online 3D paper models

In case you want something creative to do on a wet day...Online paper models

• http://cp.c-ij.com/en/index.html Canon creative Park - includes paper models (boats, planes, vehicles, etc)


• http://www.canon.com.au/en-AU/About-Canon/Creative-Park/ - Canon Australia Creative Park

virtualMV - blog on the move

As of today April 14, I have moved my main blog from edublogs to wordpress. Main reason is the edu - advertisements that have appeared of late plus the inability to post a blog from email. With performance issues trying to post using web forms was simply too slow to allow me to easily and quickly add a new blog post.

Have copied all the blog entries from http://virtualmv.edublogs.org to the new http://virtualmv.wordpress.com will try to sort out any images later.

Will move over links to Facebook etc over the next few weeks.

Michael.

Windows 7 "God mode"

From one of my feeds...

“God Mode” folder for Windows 7 supplies a tidy place to find nearly everything you can do within the Windows Control Panel. To access the special capabilities of the God Mode folder, create a new folder anywhere on your Windows 7 computer and name it:
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
Once renamed, the icon will change to a control panel looking icon, and when opened you will be presented with a plethora of different tweaking options.

Electronic gizmos

For a peek into the latest electronic gizmos - Chinavision

http://www.chinavasion.com/index.php/cName/hot-products/

e.g.  Odyssey phone (like iPhone !)

http://www.chinavasion.com/product_info.php/pName/odyssey-wifi-quadband-dualsim-cellphone-w-3-inch-touchscreen/

Add a Newspaper clipping

From JS.

A neat way to show some text as a newspaper clipping...

http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp

Free Technology Academy

The Free Technology Academy consists of an advanced virtual campus with course modules that can be followed entirely on-line.

http://ftacademy.org

Only just started (courses are "under construction")

Hard Disk Manager / Music maker (PC Authority Oct 09 Cover Disk)

A useful utility on the cover disk of Australian PC authority ( http://www.pcauthority.com.au/ ) is Paragon's Hard Disk Manager (9.5 SE)

I am often confronted with students who have trashed their Hard Drives (or the drive have magically trashed themselves). This utility allows you to create a complete backup of the drive. Additionally if you want to upgrade your HDD to a bigger one it has a wizard to do this.

Also included is Magix Music Maker Silver for those of you who want to create your own "original " music.

Directory of Utilities

JJ has just given me a link to a page that links to lots of free(?) utilities - nicely organised.

FileHippo.com (2009). Retireved August 4, 2009 from http://www.filehippo.com/

Plagerism Site

From Terry
Does File and Web comparisons (free online and doesn't store the documents)
About
http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20090717092232364

The site itself is at

http://www.doccop.com/index.html?nc=22822718