Author Archives: Ken Newquist

ITS Coffee Break #64: Moodle Hack/Doc Fest, Diaspora, iPad revisited, Steam

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On this edition of the ITS Coffee Break hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley take a look at NITLE Camp and Moodle Hack/Doc Fest, both occurring at DePauw University in June and then let new students know when they can expect to receive their Network IDs.

In Tech News they offer a hands-on report about the department’s new iPad, take a look at the anti-Facebook Diaspora project, and speculate on the arrival of the Steam game download service for Macs. Finally in Help News they explain how to get your newly-minted WordPress site linked to from the larger Lafayette web presence, and rundown a list of summer workshops.

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ITS Coffee Break #63: nextWeb, Following Twitter, WordPress, iPad

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On this week’s episode of the ITS Coffee Break, hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley discuss the Lafayette College web site redesign and give an update on the college’s WordPress migration. In Tech News they suggest some education-related accounts you may want to follow on Twitter, delve into Facebook’s big privacy changes, talk about Northern Arizona University’s plan to use proximity ID readers to check attendance, and take a look at Apple’s new iPad tablet.

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ITS Coffee Break: WordCamp, Mars Rover Blog, Twitter Lists

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On this episode of the ITS Coffee Break, hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley discuss upcoming virtual Moodle brown bags being hosted by CLAMP and take a look at WordCamp NYU.

They then delve into Tech News with headlines about the Unofficial Mars Rover Diary, Twitter’s introduction of a list tool, the social-network measuring tool Klout, Shazam‘s decision to charge for its music-identifying iPhone app, and a unique problem with the Droid smartphone’s autofocus feature.

In Help News, they take a look at the NextGEN photo gallery plugin for WordPress, and announce the ITS workshop schedule for December. Continue reading →