Linux User Password Reset

How can we do a Linux User Password Reset? It's a simple way to do User Password Reset in Linux.

1. To reset a User Password Reset, use passwd command. You have to change it to a different password.
2. Open terminal or shell prompt
3. Login as the root user (Only Root User can do User Password Reset)
4. Type the following command to do User Password Reset.
# passwd username
5. For example, reset a sanjaya's password, enter:
# passwd sanjaya
6. Type a new password twice to do User Password Reset.

After you type a new password twice, you have User Password Reset in Linux Successfully.

That's it, a simple way to do User Password Reset in Linux.

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CS Odessa to Host Free ConceptDraw Office Webinar

CS Odessa will be holding a seminar on ConceptDraw Office on March 4th, 2010 at 10 am PST. The primary focus will be ConceptDraw MINDMAP, but also addressed is how ConceptDraw Office works together in an integrated manner.


https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/406392209

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• BBC - KS2 Bitesize - Home

  Fun site with lots of activities for the younger children

  tags: science, math, english, elementary

• Welcome to Route 21

  "The Partnership for 21st Century Skills is pleased to offer Route 21, a one-stop-shop for 21st century skills-related information, resources and community tools. To get started, take a tour or explore the P21 Framework. "

  tags: 21stcenturyskills

• Online Spreadsheets - EditGrid

  "# Spreadsheet. With majority of Excel features, EditGrid allows you to start working easily.
  # Online. With sharing, collaboration & publishing features, EditGrid serves a big set of use cases better than Excel.
  # Data. Connected to live data sources, EditGrid delivers data on demand."

  tags: spreadsheet, collaboration

• The LoTi Connection

  "H.E.A.T. stands for Higher-order thinking, Engaged learning, Authentic learning, and Technology use. The H.E.A.T. Framework measures the integration of these four factors in classroom instruction."

  tags: loti

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OpenOffice Keyboard Shortcuts

Writer, the word processor in OpenOffice.org, uses many of the same keyboard shortcuts as MS Word. The shortcuts for selecting, editing and formatting text follow established standards. Whereas Writer has a keyboard shortcut for 'Paste special' (Ctrl + Shift + V) - something missing in Word - it does not have one for changing the case of selected text. It is possible to set up new shortcuts in Writer, and I will show you how to set up one to make the selected text upper-case and another to make it lower-case.

In Writer pull down the 'Tools' menu and click 'Customise'.

Select the 'Keyboard' tab, as shown below.

You can see all the default keyboard shortcuts, and some spare key combinations.

I have chosen Ctrl + Shift + U to make selected text upper case, and Ctrl + Shift + L to make it lower case.

Find Ctrl + Shift + U in the 'Shortcut keys' list. Select 'Format' from the 'Category' list, and then 'Uppercase' from the 'Function' list. Click the 'Modify' button to make the change.

Repeat the process selecting Ctrl + Shift + L, the 'Format' category, and the 'Lowercase' function, not forgetting to click the 'Modify' and then the 'OK' buttons when you are done.

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Getting a Visual Overview with Wordle

Every once in awhile I like to use Wordle to get an overview of what I have been writing about on my blog. Wordle creates a great visual poster and lets me instantly see what topics I have covered in the past couple of months. So here it is!

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• Ultimate List of Google Wave Gadgets and Tools - Google Wave, google wave extension, google wave gadgets, google wave robots, google wave twitter, wave apps, wave appspot, wave bots, wave gadgets, wave robots, wave tools - Technically Personal!

  The "Ultimate list"

  tags: googlewave

• 25 Useful Google Wave Extensions and Gadgets

  A hand picked list of 25 extensions and gadgets for the wave

  tags: googlewave

• Google Wave Samples Gallery

  A gallery of extensions and gadgets

  tags: googlewave

• Wave Extensions - Google Wave API - Google Code

  How to add extensions. It's not as obvious as it might be

  tags: googlewave

• Featured extensions

  A list of 'Featured' extensions for the Wave

  tags: googlewave

• Extensions List (Google Wave Extensions List)

  HUGE list of Google Wave extensions

  tags: googlewave

• Edmodo: Microblogging in the Classroom-Special Guest: Jeff O'Hara - Classroom 2.0 LIVE!

  The archived recording of the webinar about Edmodo

  tags: microblogging, edmodo

• HSI: Historical Scene Investigation

  Very cool idea and well done site that has students investigating events in History. Clever.

  tags: history

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Doing a Quick PaperShow Webinar

With the right tools it is easy to quickly do an impromptu webinar with good results. Today I had a chance to do a screensharing session with my friend and colleague Karen Janowski showing her the capabilities of PaperShow. For those of us in the field of assistive technology we are always looking for new tools that can be used to support students in the classroom. For those students who have in their Individualized Education Program that they are to be provided by their teachers with classroom notes, PaperShow can be a god send. In today's classrooms, teachers generally have access to a computer and data projector and with the addition of PaperShow they can simply write their notes on the PaperShow Flipchart paper for all of the students to see. Just plug in the PaperShow USB key and you are ready to get started- you see no software installation is needed, everything runs off the USB key. When they are done with the class they can save the notes as a PDF file and email it to the students or post it to the schools web site for easy retrieval. Now back to the impromptu screen sharing session.

Karen and I have been using Skype for some time and we regularly talk with each other about assistive technology and whats new. Today we started chatting and then called each other to talk about PaperShow. Using Glance for the screen sharing I started a session and I sent Karen a link in Skype that she could click on. Within seconds we were up and running. Glance still remains one of the easiest screen sharing tools out there. With a simple click you are up an running in no time. One last detail- I wanted to to be able to show Karen some of the controls on the PaperShow Flipchart paper and so I connected the iPevo Point 2 View camera so that I could show her how I was using the PaperShow pen and paper. With all my technology humming, I was able to show Karen both my computer screen and what I was writing as if she was looking over my shoulder. Karen was intrigued with the possibilities as I am with how we can support students in the mainstream that may need to have notes supplied by the teacher. Using PaperShow in the classroom is definitely the way to go as an accommodation for students who need to have notes provided to them.

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Scared Of Bums - Metal Melodic Core Band

Scared of Bums was found in March 2003. They are :

Eka a.k.a BoCare (vocal - guitar),

Arix a.k.a C-Leng (Bass, Backing Vocal, Throat)

Eka a.k.a PoGlag (Lead Guitar)

Nova a.k.a Codeath (drums)


After years of waiting, in early 2007 they launched their first Self titled metal melodic core album called Scared of Bums.

Scared of Bums defines their music as an oxygen that always bring life to them and without music, they'll feel only emptiness in this world. Since they picked up their guitar up and create a punk-metal-melodic core, they want to wake up the other genre music in Bali especialy Metal one (punk-metal-melodic core) and show their existence.

They declared their enthusiasm to punk-metal-melodic core genre and promise to focus on this genre, Their songs, such as "Takut", "Jahanam", "Impian", and their top hits "No Place Like Home and Boring" shown their awareness to social life and daily living.


Popular Songs Lyrics

SCARED OF BUMS - BORING -

I’ve been sitting here , four hours ago
And I do nothing I don’t thinking
There’s only one thing that always keep me up
Of all my problem I’ve tried to solve

But I want to try
To be a better man , It’s not imposible
For everybody else
All I have to do just sitting in the bed room
Cuz what I’m feeling now
It’s just my boring time

Reff:
Boring Boring Boring time
I want to get up I want to stand up
Boring Boring Boring time
The only thing that I can do
To stare at the world until I die


SCARED OF BUMS - A WAKE UP CALL FOR LOST HOPE -

Remembered my past , Try to be like everybody else
With the happy joyful smiley faces

My hidden thoughts and , ungranted wishes I pray to god
One Day I will overcome again

If you feel as I
Will you rise , shine and will you try
To, look what have your past have been looked like

CHORUS :
chorus
So follow me with my path
To a much better future
Where things are coming from ahead
With compromise in life
Take all my changes
To bring my self… to a new beginning

REFF :
Hopes...
I’m giving sign to everyone here
A WAKE UP CALL FOR LOST Hopes...

All the doubtfull things in my life will never disturbed me
Commited to what I feel right

I will not turn back to my past where nothing lies ahead
Just lost hopes and nowhere else to go

back to chorus,reff

Interlude :

Show me , my victory
I cant wait any longer
To walk away from my suffering
I wan this all to be end before

BACK to Reff


SCARED OF BUMS - BUKAN SAATNYA TUK BERLUTUT -

Mungkin duka ku rasa saat ini yang membenam di dalam jiwa
Perih hati tergores dalam raga di setiap manusia

Namun semua itu akan kucoba untuk slalu memahaminya
Dalam hatiku ini hanyalah perih duka yang ku rasa

Chorus:
Dalam semua rintangan ku coba tuk melewatinya
Yang akan trus menghantui
Yang akan trus menghantuiku

Reff:
Perjalanan hidup yang telah kian lama
dalam hatiku hanya duka
Bukan saatnya untuk berlutut
dari semua kepalsuan

Interlude:
Feel's like sniffin salt to my nose
and lemon juice in my eye
my heart turbulence
but i never knee down
i never waste my time
no matter what underground
i'll keep moving on and on
till the day i die
till the shine never shine on
i will survive , i'll reach my goals
proving, moving and surviving till i get what i wanted
never look back , never surender


SCARED OF BUMS - WE NEVER GIVE UP -

I don’t know what the answer of all the question
Which’is stuck in my head
Try to understand it but why I always failed to realize
Day by day I do the same oldshit and I’m bored
Try to run n hide
But I couldn’t fine a reason enough to realize n fuck’up

Trying to ignore n close my eyes
Wish I can get a different things , but I’m so scared is getting up
Because the same thing will fill my time to past every single day

Wake’up
Never give’up
I have to live my live

Reff :
Can someone tell me
What is going on
I don’t even know
What the hell to thing or to do

Interlude
Hey...
Hey...
I have to live my life
Hey..
Hey..
I have to live my life
Can’t someone tell me
What is going on
What the hell to thing or to
What the hell to thing or to do


SCARED OF BUMS - GIVE ME MY FREEDOM -

REFF :
Fly to anywhere i
(Face into my freedom )
Find my satisfy...
Try to let my self go
( Face into my freedom )
Change are hard to find...

My life as if inside a bar
Torn my life i had with these two scare
I hope one day I can make a wish
A wish that can change through all my life

These days I want you
With all the truths no lies...

Wake up
I’m Through with this
Shit my fucks
Just die...

Back to REFF

No hidden forces, just make your choices
either make some noises , or shut the fuck
All that I want is , my freedom choices...
Fuck with your rule , hell yeah I don’t care...

Interlude
I wont to try to make my minds up
I‘ll reach the sky and could I be
The one who changed
I want to go

Why do I have this regrets
What it is I fear the most
Freedom is all that I’ve look
So why don’t you just
“ give me my freedom “

BACK to REFF


SCARED OF BUMS - IMPIAN -

Mendekap resah hati terbilang tak ternilai
Lalunan jiwa menghantarkan ketepian hidup

Chorus :
Terkorbankan sejenak tuk slalu duka
Murung membilasi suka dalam duka

Mendekap resah hati terbilang tak ternilai
Lalunan jiwa menghantarkan ketepian hidup

Reff :
Kegundahan mendekap mata rasa hati yang t’lah tersentuh
Seruan dari luar bumi membuat bangkit manusia maya

Interlude
Masalah yang ada sering menjadi boomerang
Bagai terinjak diperalat seperti sampah


SCARED OF BUMS - JAHANAM -

kuawali jalanku dengan menunduk pasrah
hormat pada pertiwi yang duka
tertatih dalam kalbu
terasa getaran di jiwa
yang slalu kuragu untuk memimpikannya

bumi terasa sepi melihat semua orang
udara semakin panas
ketika seluruh harapan musnah
terasa sesak di dalam dada
tertatih tertegun cucuran air mata

chorus :
rindukan canda tawa
smua hilang tak berbekas
semua hilang tanpa jejak
teriakan menghujat...

Reff :
jahanam...
engkau yang disana, penuh harta tanpa hawa yang duka
jahanam...
engkau yang disana, penuh harta tanpa hawa yang duka
( kau hancurkan semua, suramkan yang terang hitamkan yang terang)
wahai kau jahanam..


SCARED OF BUMS - NO PLACE LIKE HOME -

This is a song about the place where I grow up
Where a life works in perfect harmony everyone in the neighborhood
Come hand to hand respecting each other un complain
A place where good memories are made always take this for granted

There's no place like home,where you can be spoiled
And lazzy but home is nowhere from me
my home is a place of my shelter
from sunshine and cool moonlight

Chorus :
Now I’m far away from home never felt like I use to be
It’s all about being the leader and theres only one person
Cant wake up or play the kids next door..

Reff :
As parent you are vicious treat me well like pieces of garbage
I cant forget what you guys done for me..
As parent you are vicious treat me well like pieces of garbage
I cant forget what you guys done for me..

When I try to memories all my past in my mind
I starded to sheed tears on my eyes a bused and harm are words I can forget
Its got closer than I can ever imagine
I stare the eyes of drugs and allchohol its were it all starded to fall apart

VOICES :
Me.. Me.. Me.. You guys done for me..
Me.. Me.. Me.. You guys done for me..


SCARED OF BUMS - TAKUT -

S’lalu kudambakan keinginanku
Didalam hasrat jiwa yang paling dalam
S’mua yang kuharapkan menjadi sirna
Mungkin yang terlupa mati serakah

Chorus :
Akankah jalan yang ada hanya menjadi penghalang
Bagi semua yang t’lah terlalui
Akankah jalan yang ada hanya menjadi penghalang
Bagi semua yang t’lah terlewati

Melihat dunia buat kulupa kan hasrat jiwa..
Ku hanya ingin hidup didalam mimpi
Ketika hancur
S’lalu ada kebohongan yang tak kan akan pernah hancur

Jiwa yang mencekam slalu kau ada
Mengingatkan kepahitan menusuk jiwaku
Enggan tuk bicara dalam hidupku
Mungkin yang terlupa mati tak berguna

Interlude
Merenung bukan berarti akhir dunia disetiap jiwa
Oh..mungkinkah slalu ada ketakutan yang slalu murka

Back to chorus

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Context Organizer is now Integrated with Comapping

Ok I will admit it- when I was in high school I would occasionally use CliffNotes to get some of my reading assignments done. I'm sure each and everyone of you has occasionally cut some corners in order to get your work done and be able to carry your load. But why did I choose to use the CliffNotes? CliffNotes, while certainly not as good as reading the whole book, was great for summarizing the material and giving me a good handle on the text even though I didn't read every single word. In the same vein, Context Organizer is a similar tool- it lets me summarize URL's, Word and PDF files and gives me the gist of the information that I am interested in.

Context Organizer is fast and efficient and allows me to determine the context of the information and provides me with keyword phrases. I have been working closely with Henry for the past couple of months as I watched our team integrate Context Organizer with Comapping. This venture was especially exciting in that Henry and his team were able to run the Context Organizer engine from the cloud. By setting up Context Organizer in the cloud we could now send information directly to Comapping and watch as it generated a map from the information. In this instance, Context Organizer can instantly create a map from URL's, Word, and PDF files attached to a branch. I guess the real "aha" moment is the creation of a knowledge map with a couple of clicks of the mouse. So you can go from a blank screen to an knowledge map within seconds. You will find it very easy to use Contexct Organizer with Comapping and if you like you can sign up for a trial of Comapping and give Context Organizer a try-you will be glad you did. The example below was created using Comapping and Context Organizer.

So when you need to get to the heart of the matter and you don't have time to read every word take a look at the combination of Comapping and Context Organizer a real dynamic duo!

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Posted in: comapping,context discovery,Context Organizer,information mapping,information overload

Open new tabs on the right in Firefox 3.6

Mozilla have changed the way that new tabs operate in Firefox 3.6. When opening a new tab from a link on a web-page, the new version of Firefox will place it to the right of the current tab, rather than at the far right of the list as it did in previous versions.

To revert to the old functionality type about:config in the address bar and then click the "I'll be careful, I promise!" button if it appears.

In the filter type tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent and then right-click on the entry and click "Toggle".

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Back from MacWorld 2010

Well I made it back from MacWorld 2010 where we had a great time launching PaperShow for the Mac. All of us from PaperShow were really excited to share this new and innovative application and in the process we won the MacWorld Best of Show Award. To say the least our booth was packed with interested Mac users who wanted to get a first look at PaperShow, a very unique presentation tool. PaperShow allows anyone with a Mac and a projector to come into a classroom or training room and have access to a digital whiteboard that they can write on using the PaperShow flipchart paper. Just write your ideas down using the digital pen and everything that you write in real time is seen on your computer screen. After you are done with your session you can email your notes to your colleagues in a PDF or PPT format. Think of all the possibilities with this tool, especially if you are involved in teaching , training or doing webinars. If you need a digital whiteboard when you are doing webinars then this is the perfect tool for sharing your notes.

If you tend to use PowerPoint or Keynote to craft your presentations then you can easily import your slides into the PaperShow application, print them out on a color inkjet or laser printer onto the 8 1/2 x 11 PaperShow paper and then annotate right on top of them when you are presenting. Again when your presentation is done you can save it as a PDF or PPT and email to your participants. So if you haven't taken a look at PaperShow please take the time to do so-especially if you are looking for a unique presentation tool that you can add to your bag of tricks.

Catch me live here being interviewed at the PaperShow Booth

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Linux Applications: Part 3 - Web Browsers

There are many different web browsers available for Linux. These include Firefox and Opera, but not Safari nor Internet Explorer; however, a Linux version of Chromium (the open-source browser on which Google Chrome is based) is in the pipeline. A number of less well-known browsers are also available for Linux. In this post I will list a few of these.

Epiphany
This is the web browser for the Gnome desktop environment. It uses the WebKit layout engine, as used in Safari.






Flock
This browser specialises in social networking facilities and is based on Mozilla Firefox.



Konqueror
This browser also doubles up as the file manager of the K Desktop Environment (KDE). It uses the KHTML layout engine from which WebKit was developed.




Midori
This lightweight web browser also uses the WebKit engine. It is now part of the XFCE desktop environment project.




Swiftfox
Like Flock, this is based on Firefox and is my browser of choice. It is a lightweight browser optimised for various processors that supports Firefox extensions and plug-ins.

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• OpenStudy — How It Works

  When your students are at home and trying to collaborate on your project, this site may be very useful to help facilitate the work.

  tags: openstudy, Tools, study

• Fill Any PDF Form

  Keep this one handy for when some sends you an application in pdf form and you want to complete it electronically. (Doesn't that drive you crazy?)

  tags: pdf, Tools

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New YouTube Video on PC Repair Job Secrets

Are you tired of dead-end, thankless, revolving door PC repair jobs?
The one-shot deal is for amateurs. Professional insist on working with long-term clients.

Think like a business-owner and send surveys out to your prospects to build long-term client relationships.

This brief YouTube video presents tips that help you use each PC repair job as a stepping-stone to long-term clients.

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A Moral Imperative?

I just read this quote from Scott Mcleod's blog:

"One of the things I think we have to ask ourselves as school leaders is ‘What’s our moral imperative to prepare kids for a digital, global age?’ Right now we’re sort of ignoring that requirement. . . . I think you would take a look at much of what we do in our current schooling system and just toss it and essentially start over. So the question for school leaders and for policymakers is ‘How brave are you and how visionary are you going to be?’ And you don’t even have to be that visionary. Just look around right now and see the trends that already are happening and just project those out and see that it’s going to be a very different world."


‘What’s our moral imperative to prepare kids for a digital, global age?’ - I LOVE that question. Then, "Just look around right now and see the trends that already are happening and just project those out and see that it’s going to be a very different world."

Can I hear an Amen?

In my talks that I do with teachers, I say that, "The context of school has changed." Not earth-shattering, nor even a stroke on clever insight, At least, it's not to anyone who is aware of all the changes that have gone on in the online world, and who have read, "The World is Flat" or who have seen the "Did You Know?" video. (If you just said, "Who hasn't?" then you're not talking to the same folks I've been talking to. MANY still haven't!) 

So, if the context has changed, and the world has changed, then truly, "What is our moral imperative to prepare kids for a digital, global age?" 

I LOVE it!

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Reorder MySQL Table Column

Reorder MySQL Table Column? How can be happen? maybe we design a unperfect table in the first time, so we need to reorder the column.

It can be done easily by User Interface in SQL Yog,

 

Figure 1. Choose The Table

 

Figure 2. Choose the field to be Reorder.

  

Figure 3. Field has been Reorder

 

Figure 4. Field Reorder Sucessfully

but there also any syntax can solve this problem :

ALTER table `tb_name`
MODIFY COLUMN `column_name` your_data_type
AFTER `other_column_name`

Just replace the following fields by your actual MySQL data:

* tb_name: the name of your MySQL table being modified.
* column_name: the name of the MySQL table column that you want to reorder.
* your_data_type: the MySQL data type of the data stored in the moved column, such as int, varchar(lenght), text, etc.
* other_column_name: the column name that will be just before the new position of your reordered column.


This will reorder the columns in your current MySQL table structure, but it will not alter the row order of your table records: the stored data order will remain unaltered. Reorder MySQL table columns to visually group strongly related fields. So reordering is just a way of changing the column order of an existing MySQL table, and it won't modify your query performance.

Column reorder is mainly a matter of coherence and logical organization. On the contrary, altering the stored data order may optimize (or negatively impact) such MySQL query performance.

Example by Using Syntax :

I Have a Table

CREATE TABLE `guest_book` (                             
              `id_gb` int(4) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,               
              `pengirim` varchar(20) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',           
              `email` varchar(50) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',              
              `isi` text NOT NULL,  
              `tgl1` datetime DEFAULT NULL,                              
              `tgl` datetime DEFAULT NULL,                    
              PRIMARY KEY (`id_gb`)                                 
            )

and then i use DDL syntax :

ALTER table `guest_book`
MODIFY COLUMN `tgl1` timestamp
AFTER `tgl`

(4 row(s)affected)
(0 ms taken)

You Can Check The Difference Here..

Please beware of changing datatype after the field name in second line syntax.

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• earth album alpha - a slicker google maps + flickr mash-up

  An alternative to Google Earth. Cannot add placemarks, but you can zoom in ,etc, and search for locations

  tags: maps

• FRONTLINE: digital nation: watch the full program | PBS

  Digital Nation broadcast - 90 minutes. WATCH IT!

  tags: frontline

• home

  This site offers a growing bank of imaginative, highly visual teaching-aids developed for use with interactive whiteboards in 11-18 Schools.
  
  The resources are designed to be used as rich sources of visually stimulating material, making use of both animations and drag and drop interactivity. The appropriate Key Stage is indicated for each resource. "

  tags: smartboard, resources

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Canson to Launch PaperShow for Mac at MacWorld 2010

For the past year I have been using PaperShow extensively when I teach, do presentations, and for webinars. It has been a really indispensable tool and I carry PaperShow in my bag wherever I go. Because of PaperShow's ease of use and portability I can walk into any room and within seconds have a digital flipchart ready to go, to share and capture ideas. I have written about my experiences with PaperShow on this blog for the past year and from day one have asked Canson "when will we see PaperShow for the Mac?" Well that day is finally coming and I am happy to share with you that Canson will launch PaperShow for Mac this week at the MacWorld 2010 Conference to be held in San Francisco.

I have worked closely with Canson during this past year and I will be going to MacWorld 2010 to help them launch their new product. I have been working with PaperShow for Mac for the past couple of weeks and in some ways it is even easier to use than the Windows version. With all of the functionality of the Windows version and the ease of use of the Mac this is a real winner. So if you plan on attending MacWorld 2010, stop by the PaperShow Booth in the Exhibitor Hall-Booth 746 and say hello. I will also be doing a presentation on Friday February 12th, a Product Spotlight Session: Make Your Presentations Come to Life with PAPERSHOW for the Mac from 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM. So stop by the booth or come and learn more about PaperShow for the Mac at my presentation.

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Posted in: brian s. friedlander,Canson,Macintosh,macworld,macworld 2010,Papershow,papershow for mac

Communism has fallen in China? Lawsuits abound?

I was just talking with a CFF (Classrooms for the Future) coach yesterday and this is the scenario he used for a project with his Social studies students. The 9th grade students were divided into groups, with members coming from different classes. That forced them to use discussion forums, etc to communicate. They had studied the various Dynasties of China and this was their final project that the students built in a wiki.

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"Imagine you are members of a team of lawyers for a large law firm.  The team is 20-25 freshmen, and the law firm is your freshman class.  What is at stake is control of the most populated and up and coming world power on the planet - CHINA!  China's history is rich and extensive with accomplishments.

Your job is to prepare a court document arguing why your dynasty is the greatest dynasty to ever rule China and deserves to rule China.  Your team members are other lawyers from Mr. XXXXXXs, Mr. YYYYY's, Mr. ZZZZZ’s, and Mr. AAAAAA’s classes.

The whole reason for going to court is because other groups think your dynasty does not deserve to rule China.  They want their dynasty to have the right to rule China and they are going to try and discredit your group’s dynasty.  So along with pointing out your dynasties accomplishments, you must also defend potential accusations others may make against your dynasty and why your dynasty doesn’t deserve to rule China.

There are 3 important details that you, as lawyers, should remember:

1. Communicate with your team so everyone is on the same page when you present your document to the court.
2. You must have credible evidence, so your team MUST create a bibliography page.
3. Also, while you have access to all the same evidence, you do not have access to other teams’ arguments – your argument is protected under attorney-client privilege.  Any discussion forum or wiki you click on leaves a history that your judges view.  Be careful, because any evidence of "spying" or tampering will lead to severe penalties.

This is a massive and important case.  Trillions of dollars and billions of people are at stake.  Lawyers cannot change the history of their clients.  All they can do is represent them to the best of their abilities to try and win their case."

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Students had access to Graphic organizers, discussion forums, Google Docs, and many other tools of the web. (From what I could see their filter is very reasonable.)

I liked the idea that the students were in groups with students from other classes to force them to communicate frequently online. I also liked the fact that this wasn't just a Multiple Choice test, but an assignment that forced them to think critically about not only their Dynasty but the others, as well. They had to be able to do more than just gather one liners.

What level of the new Bloom's taxonomy does this reach? What "21st Century Skills" must the students use to accomplish their task? And, what might you have done to enhance the lesson a bit? What tools would you be certain that the students knew how to use?

I'm sure the teachers who were involved would love to hear your thoughts on the assignment. That's how we learn and grow, right?

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An Interview with Audrey Dalton from CodeBaby Part 2

Part 2 of Interview with Audrey Dalton

BSF: Can you share some examples for us as to how eLearning Designers are taking advantage of CodeBaby for their services or products?

Services:

We offer a very generous support policy for 18% of your final single license price.
Includes:
✓ 1 year of free updates including major version changes
✓ Priority phone and email support + 12 hours of application assistance on customer projects

Lots of designers take advantage of custom services through clothing changes, character changes, and even completely new characters. We have clients that ask for doctors, nurses, specific uniforms, hats, etc.

Additionally, in the very near future, we're gearing up to provide a more extensive lineup of training services, from self-service tutorials to webinars to onsite training. We currently provide this training, but we're looking forward to extending the offerings.

And at this point, since we're a very personalized organization that's still growing, we offer a very human connection when you're dealing with us. We provide unique solutions for each client.

Telstra, the largest internet provider, trains 40,000 employees on the best practices of social media engagement featuring character "Lily". They do this by integrating Lily into an interactive flash comic book.

The Medical School at McMaster University raised public awareness of asthma symptoms on behalf of the Asthma Society of Canada, in honor of World Asthma Day. They publicly launched the module “Taking Control of Your Asthma” on May 9, 2009.


ASTD Best Winner, global accounting firm, Grant Thornton, uses CodeBaby characters in multiple languages across the globe this is due to the language independent lip synching. Learners achieved an average of a 11% higher score than the national average for their most recent tax training.

The University of Illinois uses a specific mad scientist custom characters in its science eLearning modules.

I could go on, but the list is extensive.

BSF: What eLearning applications can you integrate CodeBaby into?

AD: Anything that accepts a swf, avi or flv file, for example Articulate, Captivate, PowerPoint, Lectora, Rapid Intake, and Learn.com, etc. I'm not recommending specific tools, but the point is that this works with most everything. The only restriction we have is that you are using the CodeBaby characters for internal learning uses and you're not trying to sell eLearning that includes the CodeBaby character, unless you have a specific agreement with us.


BSF: What is the learning curve for integrating CodeBaby into your current projects?

AD: Extremely fast. If you're an eLearning developer, with one or two tutorials and perhaps a webinar, you'll be able to create a two character interaction almost immediately. I'm fairly tech savvy but nowhere near the skill level of some of our eLearning partners, and I can now create custom animated one character interaction, and I learned that in one day. We have one client, Wendy Phillips with Big Pond in Australia, that learned the program and developed an award-winning flash comic book eLearning program on employee orientation all in a matter of two weeks - from start to finish.

BSF: Could you walk us briefly through the steps to develop an eLearning solution using the CodeBay Production Studio?

AD: Yes, first things first. After you decide to use characters to simulate role plays or specific people, define that character's persona. Run a contest to name and describe your persona and get people familiar with your chosen character. Second, write dialogue script and scene instructions. How will the character walk in? What will they say? What's the location/background? You're creating a rich story before opening Studio. This way, you have outlined your props and backgrounds, character personalities and scene instructions.

Then for a very straightforward interaction, you drag and drop selected character. Drag and drop selected background (there's another step if you use your own or when exporting, it can be a transparent export which then will overlay any background in your learning output).
Import audio and allow the default for auto animation and lip syncing. Hit play and adjust gestures as necessary by dropping and dragging any number of the 400 animations. Export as flv or swf, and you're done with your first animation! As time goes on, you'll learn to use the camera changes, tweening and multiple scene and stage development.


BSF: What services does CodeBaby offer for those professionals who may be interestested in out sourcing the development?

AD: If the client provides the storyboard, we'll develop the animation. They provide their own audio or we'll source professional voice talent for them. We also create props, minor to major modifications such as glasses, aging, new clothes all the way to face wraps which means creating a character likeness of a real person, and we also develop new characters based on the client's developed persona.


BSF: What features are current users of CodeBay Production Studio asking for at this point in time?

These features will eventually be available in upcoming new versions. The most asked for new features are more character with different body sizes and additional gestures that allow for more character movement. I won't go into detail on these yet, but with our new releases, we will be satisfying these requests.


BSF: In closing- please summarize for us why eLearning Specialists should consider using CodeBaby for their projects?

AD: If you want to create amazing learning that truly helps learners retain information while enjoying the development process as you create engaging scenes and interactions, CodeBaby is the solution. Contact us for a trial to experience this for yourself!

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Posted in: Adobe Captivate,audrey dalton,CodeBaby,elearning

An Interview with Audrey Dalton from CodeBaby Part 1

I had the pleasure of meeting Audrey Dalton, Product Marketing Director at CodeBaby during the DevLearn 09 Conference and had a chance to sit down and talk to her about her role and the CodeBaby platform for eLearning.


BSF: Hello Audrey, can you share with us your position and tell us a little background information about CodeBaby and the company?

AD: Responsible for all product marketing functions for the eLearning product line: Product Release Planning and Marketing, Demand generation, MarCom, Tradeshow & Event Planning, Online Community Relations, Curriculum Design, and Corporate Marketing Activities. Essentially, I'm the jack of all trades for the eLearning product marketing line and additionally have oversight for the education sector. Since we're a growing company, I'm taking on a multitude of roles at this time. Most importantly, I enjoy working with clients, our eLearning developer partners and reseller in Australia, Symmetree, to showcase and promote new uses and ideas for using CodeBaby characters in eLearning programs. In this role, I leverage my prior eLearning project management experience to facilitate their success stories and understand the customer perspective when marketing and gathering research for future product releases.

CodeBaby's history is quite interesting. CodeBaby began as a incubation project within Bioware, a Canadian company based in Edmonton, Alberta. In creating memorable 3D characters for their story-driven games, Bioware founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk noticed that those interactive characters created a powerful digital engagement and emotional response with players. In 2001, CodeBaby officially spun off as a completely separate entity. Our web product consists of digital character-driven "Conversations" that are directed at engaging customers, while driving specific objectives such as lead capture, click-to-buy, up/cross-sell, and customer self service. This product is sold on a SaaS / monthly subscription model, and integrates with a customer's site via a single line of code.

The product that I'm responsible for is the eLearning product - CodeBaby Production Studio.
CodeBaby makes the creation of animated, 3D digital characters accessible to a variety of companies who want to make their training content come to life. CodeBaby Production Studio is a timeline-based, drag-and-drop production environment that puts the capabilities of a highly skilled, 3D artist in the hands of a eLearning/training content developer. Studio comes with a library of 20+ standard characters, and 400+ animation sequences. Lip synch to recorded audio files is driven programmatically by the software, condensing hundreds of hours of animation work into only about an hour per minute of finished content.


BSF: With the shift to eLearning happening in all kinds of markets how does CodeBaby fit into this move to online learning?

AD: Good question, CodeBaby Production Studio is a natural fit for online learning, informal learning, and easily exports into any cloud-based product. Since Production Studio exports your CodeBaby scenes as swf, flv and avi files, these can be used in virtually any learning delivery. If you want the CodeBaby character to introduce classroom instruction delivered from your cloud-based presentation tool, that's easily done. If you want to create up to the minute communication announcements for your company or school, just export the CodeBaby as a swf and export to your learning portal. If you want to create more complex scenario based scenes and export into a traditional rapid eLearning or authoring tool, it's perfectly suited. As long as the medium has to do with learning, and it's for internal use, CodeBaby interactive characters are a highly effective addition to any learning program.

BSF: What do you see are the benefits of developers using CodeBaby for their eLearning projects?

AD: Are you speaking from a technical aspect or instructional design aspect? If from a technical aspect, Studio is very rich in development possibilities. For a creative, experienced developer, they'll truly enjoy playing with the 400 animations and 24 stock characters, ability to create multiple scenes and stages and the capability of producing bulk renders and exports. We have developer options to create new outfits for the characters if they use graphics programs like Maya or 3ds Max. Just the other day, one of our eLearning partners said that they've explored the program so much and have extensively studied and utilized the gestures and animations that they are now incorporating neurolinguistic programming theory into the movements in order to enhance the learning transmission. Additionally, he said that he's really looking forward to the additional animations that will available in upcoming versions.

From an instructional design perspective, we have found from our own research, from customer experience, and from Byron Reeves at Stanford from his paper the "The Benefits of Interactive Online Characters", that character interfaces bring social intelligence to online interactions. Social intelligence determines engagement, attention in learning, and persistence in relationships. Compelling social interactions are as important in online transactions as they are to teachers in real life. Bottom line, socially intelligent, interactive characters foster learning and adoption of new information and behavioral skills. We consistently hear from customers that performance improved, attention increased and they saved money when comparing online instruction with CodeBaby characters to instructor-led training or using video production. Essentially, there are no limits with how CodeBaby characters are used: as peer instructors, experts, multiple character role plays in which students learn in a non-threatening environment, in immersive simulations, sales training, customer service training, organizational change, employee orientation, best practices, compliance training, etc.


To be continued.....

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Posted in: Adobe Captivate,audrey dalton,CodeBaby,elearning

SQL to insert Timestamp Data Type into MySQL

A timestamp is a sequence of characters, denoting the date and/or time at which a certain event occurred.

The time at which an event is recorded by a timestamp (e.g., entered into a log file) should be very, very close to the time of the occurrence of the event recorded.

example of a timestamp in mysql : 2010-02-02 18:15:37

How Using SQL to insert Timestamp Data Type into MySQL ?

(Provided Table First)

CREATE TABLE `guest_book` (                                                      
              `id_gb` int(4) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,                                        
              `pengirim` varchar(20) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',                                    
              `email` varchar(50) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',                                       
              `isi` text NOT NULL,                                                           
              `tgl` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
              PRIMARY KEY (`id_gb`)                                                          
            )

Just Running A Query

insert into guest_book

(pengirim,

email,

isi,

tgl

)

values

('pengirim',

'picas @ unud.com',

'isi',

CURRENT_TIMESTAMP

)

in the  provided table.

And The Result :

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Cheryl Cole, Great Music, Great Beat.

Cheryl Ann Cole (born 30 June 1983) is an English singer, songwriter, dancer, fashion designer, and author. Cole rose to fame in 2002 after becoming a member of pop group Girls Aloud through ITV's reality television programme Popstars: The Rivals

Cheryl Cole's Career is increasing in the end 2009 and still now in 2010. She got support from famous U.S. band, Black Eyed Peas for his first solo tour.Cole released his first solo album, 3 WORDS. Debut single This Love Fight For the fourth position best selling single in 2009.

He also collaborated with one personnel Black Eyed Peas, Will.i.am on this her first album. Will.i.am also sang on the track Worlds 3. Cole also joined in the recording Will.i.am, Heartbreaker in 2007.

Becaue of a collaboration with Will.i.am, personnel Black Eyed Peas,  Cheryl Cole music color became colourfull and Beat. It was Great !!!

Watch in Youtube

3 Words Lyrics

I met a guy at the club

I let him know I'm in love

I met a girl at the bar
I let her know who you are

I told her you are a love of my life and
One day you gonna be my wife and

We are gonna have some babie together

I told him you are a man of my dreams
You saved me from drowning in the streams
I know we're really gonna last forever and ever

It was those, 3 words that saved my life
It wasn't complicated
Wasn't pre-meditated
It wasn't under-rated
Boy I'm so glad you stayed and
It was those 3 words saved my life
It wasn't complicated
Wasn't pre-meditated
To you I'm dedicated

Let's go ahead and say it

I love you 
I love you
You are the love of my life my life
I love you 
I love you
You are the love of my life my life

You know you're holdin my heart
Can't nothin' tear us apart

You know I'm so in love with you

Can't nothin tear us apart no

I said I L-O-V-E Y-O-U
I'm so into you girl
She said M-E T-O-O
It's obvious I'm so into you boy
So why don't we ( we ) hold ( hold ) on ( on ) for ( to ) love
Through the ups and downs never let go

Holdin' on forever never let go

It all started with 3 words, saved my life
It wasn't complicated
It wasn't complicated
It wasn't complicated
It wasn't complicated
Baby those 3 words saved my life

I love you 
I love you
You are the love of my life my life
I love you 
I love you
You are the love of my life my life

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Linux applications: Part 2 - Music Players

In response to my last post listing Linux applications, I received a couple of comments asking whether there are any applications like iTunes for Linux. There are a number of applications that offer many of the features of Apple's music player. Here are a few of the most popular of them.

They all include roughly the same set of features such as support for audio file types and digital audio players, including the iPods. They retrieve album, submit played track information to Last.fm, and supports podcasts. With such software, look and feel are all important, so I have included screenshots and links to the homepages of each. Since they are all free why not audition them all and find the one that best suits your requirements.

Amarok

Banshee

Exaile

Listen

Songbird

Personally, I prefer a more svelte audio player like Winamp. Since there is no native Linux version of that, I use Audacious, which supports some Winamp skins. That is probably just as well because the default skins are not great.

More Linux applications soon.

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Posted in: Audio,Freeware,Linux