This week on the Coffee Break, hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley discuss ITS's recommendations regarding using Windows Vista at Lafayette, discover how some librarians are learning all about Web 2.0, look at the Mashtracker web site for following cutting edge web technology news, and talk about faculty new computer options. They round out the show with announcements about three new ITS Brown Bags covering the virtual world Second Life, the open source course management software Moodle, and the latest developments on the World Wide Web.
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
- ITS Recommendation Regarding Windows Vista
- ITS has been testing Microsoft's Vista operating system since its release and has discovered several incompatibility issues with Vista and key network, academic, and administrative applications used on campus. For this reason, ITS continues to recommend Windows XP Professional as the operating system for all campus computers.
- Read the recommendation on the ITS Web site.
Tech News
- Public Library Geeks Take Web 2.0 to the Stacks
- A public library develops a nine-week program designed to teach librarians and staff about Web 2.0 applications, including blogging, photo services, RSS, wikis, and online productivity tools.
- Visit 23 Learning 2.0 Things.
- Read the story on Wired.
- Google 411
- Google's new local information service
- http://labs.google.com/goog411/
- Mashtracker
- Web site for tracking Web 2.0 developments.
- http://mashtracker.mashable.com
Help News
- Faculty Desktop Program FAQ
- Upcoming Brownbags
- Second Life Field Trip, Tuesday, April 17, 2007
- We Moodle. Will you?, Tuesday, April 24, 2007
- Web 2.0, Tuesday, May 1, 2007
- All will be held from noon-1 p.m. in Skillman 004. Lunch will be provided.
Contacting the Podcast
- Questions, comments and suggestions can be sent to itsblog@lafayette.edu.