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On this episode of the ITS Coffee Break hosts Courtney Bentley and Ken Newquist discuss Lafayette’s WordPress MU project, take a look at Bates College’s new WordPress-powered home page, discuss the Google Wave web application, debate the merits of Amazon’s Kindle vs. Barnes & Nobles’ new Nook ebook reader, and talk about an upcoming copyright webinar. Continue reading
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Hosts Courtney Bentley and Ken Newquist talk about how Lafayette’s WordPress pilot is going, discuss their upcoming collaboration project that coordinates Moodle usability testing at six colleges, check out Shibboleth at Brown University and install the ink-saving EcoFont. In Help News, they talk about a new plugin for Firefox that makes copying and manipulating HTML tables a snap and announce upcoming hands-on workshops for Office 2007. Continue reading
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Co-hosts Ken Newquist and Courtney Bentley talk about a bunch of new projects underway for the spring semester, including Moodle usability testing, a WordPress MU pilot, the official launch of Spaces for intercollegiate collaboration.
In Tech News they look at Mars through Google Earth, check out the 2.7 version of WordPress, and discuss the FCC’s decision to push back the Digital TV transition to June. Finally, in help news they review the slate of upcoming workshops to help you get acclimated to the new Zimbra email server. Continue reading