Two more GREAT TED presenters

I was able to sit down today for a while and just browse. How nice that is to do, from time to time, eh? This time I took some time to again stop at TED, and I was able to watch two more outstanding presenters.The first one I watched is one that you will HAVE to send to your art and music and Drama teachers. Natasha Tsakos presents part of her one woman show, a multimedia show that is just SO creative and ... amazing, you're going to have to watch it to see what I mean. Very cool stuff. Your arts kids will LOVE it! Here she is on Ted.The second one, which I'll embed here, is another from Hans Rosling, the creator of that WONDERFUL site, Gapminder. You may recall his first presentation at TED a while back. Or maybe you saw this presentation. This time, however, I think he's outdone himself....

Read more »

Dashboards for Project Management

by Brian S. Friedlander, Ph.D. & Wallace TaitSitting in any vehicle; what’s the center of visual control? It’s the instrument panel, better known as the “dashboard”. Every vehicle has one, we require them and they give us an accurate measurement of performance and capability. Consider the vehicle analogy while using information mapping software. It makes perfect sense for the information manager to use a dashboard to measure key process variables (KPV”s) within business.Have you considered a dashboard approach as a “single point of access” to all of your KPV”s while using the tools, methods and mindset of visual mapping? Another pertinent...

Read more »

Posted in: ConceptDraw MindMap 5,ConceptDraw Office,ConceptDraw Project 4,dashboards

Post weekly (weekly)

class_startersCATESOL.pdf (application/pdf Object)50 interesting and fun ways to start your class - a pdftags: classroomRepRap on VimeoOnce upon a time there was just ONE printing press in the world. Now anyone can have one (printer) or more. Today we hae to go to a store to purchase items we want. In the not-too-distant future we may all be able to just make the item ourselves. What does that mean to Business? What does it mean for education?tags: future10 Youtube URL Tricks You Should Know About - AnnotatedSome very interesting little tips for playing youtube videostags: youtubeWhat Else? / How To DiigoNice site with videos on how to use Diigotags: diigoAbout | Youth VoicesYouth Voices is a meeting place where students and their teachers share, distribute, and discuss their inquiries and...

Read more »

Table Dynamis tanpa Echo Nama Field dengan PHP dan MySQL

Maksud dari tutorial ini adalah kita tidak perlu lagi membuat skript untuk nama nama kolom yang sering digunakan dalam pemrograman PHP MySQL..Contoh :<?phpinclude("conn.php");//$query = "select field1, fieldn from table [where clause][group by clause][order by clause][limit clause]";if (empty($_GET[action])){ $query = "select KecId as ID, KecCode, KecDesc, RegionID, RegionCode from m_kecamatan"; $result = mysql_query($query); if (($result)||(mysql_errno == 0)) { echo "<table width='90%' border=1 align=center><tr>"; if (mysql_num_rows($result)>0) { //loop thru the field names to print the correct...

Read more »

Posted in: PHPMySQL

Tiga atau lebih dropdown menu dengan PHP dan MySQL

Membuat tiga atau lebih dropdown /combobox terkait dengan PHP dan MySQL tentunya bukan hal mudah bagi kita yang awam dan newbie dengan PHP, MySQL dan Ajax.Perlu cukup waktu untuk membuat saya hampir gila (mode berlebihan = on) dan menerima beberapa sindiran karena sering terlihat tampang yang lesu dan pucat (mode berlebihan = on)..Salah satu penyebabnya karena tidak dapat membuat sendiri tiga dropdown combobox yang saling berkaitan satu sama lain. Yang ada hanyalah bisa memanfaatkan source code orang lain. Tetapi tidak apa-lah. yang penting primary target nantinya tercapai.Cukup berbasa basi..supaya terlihat mudah bisa diperhatikan gambar berikut...

Read more »

Posted in: PHPMySQL

Keseharian dengan Facebook, Cek Update Status Facebook

Tidak dapat dipungkiri Facebook, yang populer dengan FB menjadi situs favorit saat ini (2008-2009 dan mungkin juga beberapa tahun kedepan..). Bagaimana tidak, setiap hari kita bisa mengaksesnya beberapa kali.Saat pagi, kita cenderung akan melihat update status facebook ataupun mengecek notifikasi / pemberitahuan yang terjadi malam atau dini hari saat kita tertidur dan tidak di depan komputer di kantor. Sebelum makan siang, lagi-lagi saat yang tepat mengecek facebook, karena waktu sekitar 5 menit sebelum makan siang adalah sedikit waktu yang bahkan lebih dari cukup untuk mengecek update status facebook kita.Sore hari sebelum pulang kerja, lagi-lagi saat yang tepat membuka facebook. Apa mau dikata, rasa penasaran benar-benar dimanfaatkan oleh perancang sistem facebook agar kita tetap tertarik...

Read more »

Posted in: MySelf

Twitscoop - signs of the times

I'm sure that many of you have already seen twitscoop before, so for you this won't be anything new. But, for others it might be. I just think it's such a VERY cool idea. It filters through the twitter stream looking for commonly used key words, eliminating the's and and's, etc. Then it forms a tag cloud with those words. But the cool part is that this tag cloud changes in front of your eyes as the conversation in the 'twitterverse' changes.There have been a couple especially interesting twitscoops lately, and those folks have made youtube videos of them. Here's one that shows what happened the day that the new of Michael Jackson's death started to spread. Watch as his mention comes in very small (fewer mentions) and then grows as more folks spread the word. Here's another (part 1 and part...

Read more »

Where do you stop as a DBA? Thoughts about problem solving....

This is one of my few posts that are not about Informix features. I will write about a real life situation and use it for developing some thoughts about problem solving ability (or lack of it).I will not use real names from either customers or suppliers except of course Informix and my employer. The scenario is this:Several IBM Informix Dynamic Servers will be upgraded from version 10 on platform P1 to version 11.50 on platform P2. P2 is from a third party supplier, let's call it S1.Currently the customer uses ontape utility for backup, but wants to take advantage of OnBar. So tests were made using OnBar, IDS 11.50 and a Storage Manager from another supplier S2 on platform P2. After some issues the tests run fine and some development instances are migrated. Suddently we start having issues....

Read more »

Posted in: lsof,problem solving,stack trace,strace,tcpdump,truss

Wireless Electricity - Redux

Back in 2007 I blogged about an article on NPR about wireless electricity. I thought at the time it would be a good writing prompt for a science class, at least.Today, when browsing through the Ted talks videos I came upon this video of Eric Giler demonstrating wireless electricty. This really is something that could truly inspire one of your students to set out in a career to advance this even further. This is HUGE!Of course, we still have to HAVE electricity in order to send it wirelessly, but that could also be part of your newly inspired student's vision. I hope you'll send this to your favorite science teacher....

Read more »

Kepribadian dan Potensi Diri

Kepribadian dan Potensi Diri harus diketahui dan dimanfaatkan sebaik-baiknya. Sangat sulit merubah kepribadian dan bahkan digunakan sebagai ketentuan perekrutan Karyawan.Dari Informasi yang sering terdengar dan membuat resah hati diantaranya..Bagaimana Nasib orang yang memiliki kepribadian buruk..? Dia tidak akan pernah lulus tes tahap kepribadian / test psikotes...Bagaimana bila kita belajar dari psikolog atau pakar kepribadian..? Bisa saja. tapi kepribadian asal tidak berubah, jadi kita hanya mengetahui teknik menjawab saja..Biaya untuk hal seperti ini juga tidaklah murah..Terlepas dari semua keadaan, mengapa kita ribet..jika kita tidak cocok atau belum diterima di tempat kerja yang diperebutkan banyak orang, kita harus tetap fokus dengan keadaan kita sekarang. Kegagalan yang ada adalah...

Read more »

Posted in: Health,MySelf

Bali dan Nusa Tenggara

Tidak dapat dipungkiri, Bali dan Nusa Tenggara sering dikelompokkan menjadi suatu bagian yang utuh dalam Suatu ikatan tertentu seperti Wilayah Kerja. PT Telkom misalnya, menamakan Bali Nusra.Keadaan cuaca dan suhu wilayah Bali dan Nusa Tenggara semakin ke timur semakin panas, namun perkecualian tentunya ada di wilayah pegunungan dan pedesaan dengan banyak mata air.Beberapa keajaiban dan keindahan alam dapat ditemui di wilayah Bali dan Nusa Tenggara. Potensi Pariwisata sangat besar di wilayah Bali dan Nusa Tenggara. Tidak hanya kekayaan budaya, tetapi juga kekayaan alam. Pulau Komodo, Gunung Rinjani, Pantai Kuta, Danau Kelimutu, dan lain-lain.Wilayah Bali terkenal dengan dunia pariwisatanya, potensi tertinggi wilayah ini datang dari budaya, kemudian pesona alamya.Wilayah Lombok, Nusa Tenggara...

Read more »

Posted in: Entertaintment,Holiday

The 20th Carnival of Computer Help and Advice

Seasonal greetings and welcome to the twentieth monthly Carnival of Computer Help and Advice. Another digest of blog articles that help you to avoid problems with and to get the most out of your PCs.I will let the first contributor introduce their own article. Josh Allison of Modern Geeks presents a "simple how-to on researching properly before buying yourself a new laptop or computer along with effective methods to not get conned." Find out more at How to research before buying a new computer or laptop. In a similar vein, Michel asks Apple Macs or PC’s? at Computer-Tech Blog.After spending all your spare cash on a new computer, you may want...

Read more »

Posted in: Blog Carnival

Looking forward to the new year

I've been hearing folks talking on Twitter about starting back to school and how excited they are for the new year. Some are starting a new position. Others are excited because of the challenge of teaching a new grade level. And others are excited because this year they are finally able to use a wiki or a blog, or maybe they've got their own Moodle server. Simple things, yes? But, it has taken years of effort to get to that point so they are rightfully excited about it. Here's to them. I can't wait to hear about all the great things that they're now going to be doing.We KNEW it would happen eventually, didn't we? It was never a question of if it would happen. Only when. Let's just hope that it happens before the next big technological advancement renders today's tools obsolete, putting us...

Read more »

Adobe Presenter 7 Updated

Adobe Presenter, one of the key rapid authoring tools in the Adobe eLearning suite, has released an important product update. Paresh Kharya, the Project Manager for Adobe Presenter, has covered some of the key highlights of this release in his post on the Connect User Forum. A couple of key feature enhancements that are sure to get users excited are: Improved PowerPoint Conversion and PPTX format support: This update would include support for various PowerPoint SmartArt Animations. It would now be possible to work with and synchronize PowerPoint SmartArt animations. This release would...

Read more »

Posted in: adobe presenter 7

TheBrain Expands Worldwide

FYI:TheBrain Expands Worldwide through Rapidly Growing Partner Network A Complete Turnkey Affiliate Program and Global Alliances with Top Tier Resellers Augment PersonalBrain’s Market Reach for Growing User Community of Dynamic Mind Mapping. Marina del Rey, CA.—August 25, 2009—TheBrain Technologies announces the expansion of the PersonalBrain product line, securing key partners in Europe, North America, South America and Asia Pacific. The company reseller program now in full swing makes its acclaimed PersonalBrain software available for resellers to pass on to their clients. With PersonalBrain any idea or file can be linked to anything else. Users can connect their ideas associatively and create networks of information that concretize thinking, illustrate complex relationships...

Read more »

Posted in: mind mapping 2.0,PersonalBrain,theBrain,WebBrain

Pre-Industrial Occupations?

I thought this Dilbert cartoon was especially appropriate, don't y...

Read more »

News from Diigo

This is potentially some EXCELLENT news from the folks at Diigo. You may remember that a while back Kevin Jarrett and a few of us met online to experiment with the teacher-student roles in Diigo to really explore it. In that experiment Kevin discovered that students were able to see some of the groups that non-teachers had created, and some of those groups were less than appropriate for school. Teen love, etc.Since that time both Kevin and I have been in contact with Maggie Tsai and her team of programmers there at Diigo as they worked to create a solution to this issue. Well, I'm very happy to announce that I just received an email from one of the programmers who stated that the issue is now resolved, and that students are only able to see other groups that had been created by teachers.YES!!!Now,...

Read more »

Interview with Brandon Conrad from Matchware Inc.

I had the opportunity last week to interview Brandon Conrad, Sales Manager for Matchware the developers of MindView 3 Business Edition to get his insights about their new release and the visual mapping field. It was great having the opportunity to speak with Brandon to find out about Mindview 3 Business Edition and how it is positioned in the visual mapping marketplace.Brian S. Friedlander: Tell us about the Matchware organization and the products?Brandon Conrad:MatchWare is a leading provider of multimedia, screen recording and visual thinking software that enhances individuals' ability to create, visualize, manage and distribute information....

Read more »

Posted in: Brandon Conrad,Matchware,mind mapping,MindView 3,MindView 3 BE

Post weekly (weekly)

kmlfactbook.orgkmlfactbook.org can use either Google Maps or the Google Earth browser plugin to preview the KML files that you create. To switch between the two modes press the 2D Map and 3D Map buttons to the right in the screen.The Preview in Map button will show the selected data-set in the Google Maps or Earth plugin preview window.The Download KML file button will download the same file to be saved locally on your disk or opened in the standalone Google Earth application. tags: maps, googleearth, visualization, FactbookWolfram|Alpha Blog : What We’ve Been Doing This SummerWhat's new at Wolfram Alpha. Can it get even better?tags: wolframalpha, searchTop 7 Places to Watch Great Minds in Actionbelow is a list of the top 7 places to watch great minds in action. What makes these conferences...

Read more »

Romeo And Juliet

Romeo and Juliet is a great story about love struggle. The Actor and the actress is very talented. Claire Danes stars as Juliet to Leonardo DiCaprio's Romeo in this modern day remake of Shakespeare's tragic love story.Some of the scene take place in Verona Beach, Mexico. I like the background and creative way make this film become modern.This Story is more about a love tragedy....So Sad Ending...

Read more »

Posted in: Entertaintment

Shakespeare In Love

This is great love sto...

Read more »

Posted in: Entertaintment