The new Mac OS X Leopard gets a try out and Lafayette's network upgrade continues during the 11/2 edition of the ITS Coffee Break podcast. In ITS News, hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley review what they like and don't like about Mac OS 10.5 and remind folks that there will be planned outages around campus through Nov. 14 as the network upgrade continues. In Tech News, they review the Twitter microblogging platform and check out some innovative ways its being used to spread emergency news and announcements, take a look at the Drupal-powered National Novel Writing Month, and look at a web application that correlates Wikipedia edits to a map of the world. Help News sees a review of text editors for Macs and Windows computers, as well as a rundown of upcoming workshops.
Getting the Podcast
There are several ways to get the podcast:
- Download the MP3 directly
- Subscribe to the Soapbox podcast rss feed using an aggregator (you only need to do this once; subsequent shows should download automatically)
- Subscribe to the Soapbox feed via iTunes
Show Notes
ITS News
- Mac OS X Leopard Demo Install in Skillman Library
- Ken isn't the only one who hates the Leopard UI.
- Upcoming network outages in academic and administrative buildings
- Network outages are ongoing through Wednesday, November 14 as ITS staff replace network equipment in all academic and administrative buildings.
- View the schedule.
Tech News
- Twitter
- SMS to Twitter during California Wild Fires.
- The web site: http://www.twitter.com
- Mac client: Twitterific
- Windows client: Tweetr
- National Novel Writing Month
- Write 50,000 words in 30 days. It's underway, and quite a few people in the Lehigh Valley are participating.
- Powered by Drupal!
- http://www.nanowrimo.org
- WikipediaVision
- Mapping changes in Wikipedia to Google Maps in real-time.
- http://www.lkozma.net/wpv/index.html
Help News
- Free Text Editors
- Upcoming Workshops
- Web and Video Conferencing: Integrating Teaching with Technology, 4:10 p.m.-5 p.m., Mon., Nov 5
- Photoshop II: Getting Creative, 10:00 a.m.-Noon, Tue., Nov 6
- Moodle Quickstart, 3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m., Thu., Nov 8
- Register online.
- Questions, comments and suggestions can be sent to itsblog@lafayette.edu.