Monday, January 20, 2014

BlueJeans Videoconferencing

There is a new kid on the block for videoconferencing, one that looked quite promising, called bluejeans, at bluejeans.com.  Easy, flexible, fully featured, and


You're currently using Mac OS 10.5.8, which is quite old.
Try one of these:
Mac OS X Mountain Lion
Windows 7



Sigh.  My system, which works quite well for everything I do otherwise, is no good for this.   So for 80% of my students, they will have to upgrade for me to use this?

What are these people thinking when they develop these things? 

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Teaching, Writing, Consulting - AND Keynoting...

Another paid gig one gets when one is an "expert" in a field is a "keynote" address, for which organizations pay very well.  My guess is "keynote" is shorthand for content, the speaker who has something to say, as opposed to the group housekeeping and awards announcements that make up meetings otherwise.  I've been doing several of these in the last year, but this one came with ribbons!