Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Legality of Recording Meetings
http://www.citmedialaw.org/legal-guide/recording-phone-calls-and-conversations
http://www.rcfp.org/taping/
I've recently downloaded "Recorder" for my iPhone and was happy that I could shelve yet another electronic gadget: my digital voice recorder.
I'm often so busy in meetings trying to understand some of the high-level topics, that it's difficult to take notes on all the details. Using a voice recorder was great in this regard. To be honest, I would just turn it on during meetings and review my recordings later to see what I missed.
I'm not really sure what got me thinking about the ethics and legality of doing so, but there's a lot out there that really put the breaks on for me. There are a lot of issues out there that need some careful thought and the plethora of digital options only makes the waters murkier.
What about recording sessions with Adobe Connect?
What about recording meetings with a Pulse Pen?
I'm going to think twice before I hit the red record button the next time. And I'm going to go through and delete any of the recordings I had made previously.
http://www.rcfp.org/taping/
I've recently downloaded "Recorder" for my iPhone and was happy that I could shelve yet another electronic gadget: my digital voice recorder.
I'm often so busy in meetings trying to understand some of the high-level topics, that it's difficult to take notes on all the details. Using a voice recorder was great in this regard. To be honest, I would just turn it on during meetings and review my recordings later to see what I missed.
I'm not really sure what got me thinking about the ethics and legality of doing so, but there's a lot out there that really put the breaks on for me. There are a lot of issues out there that need some careful thought and the plethora of digital options only makes the waters murkier.
What about recording sessions with Adobe Connect?
What about recording meetings with a Pulse Pen?
I'm going to think twice before I hit the red record button the next time. And I'm going to go through and delete any of the recordings I had made previously.
LionShare
I just found out that PSU has P2P capabilities and IM. I should really go through and try and catalog all of these technological resources.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Sending video to my Tivo
Hyunjoo and I need to catch up on episodes of Heroes, but I am getting sick of having to plug my laptop into the back of out Samsung HDTV to watch things. I don't want to have to buy a "network media player"... I don't have the cash.
Thankfully there are others whom have asked and have answers to my very same question:
Thankfully there are others whom have asked and have answers to my very same question:
- http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=278385
- http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=264363&highlight=winavi&page=2
- http://dealdatabase.com/forum/showthread.php?t=58447
- http://forums.oztivo.net/showthread.php?t=973
- http://www.tivoblog.com/archives/2007/12/13/how-to-enable-tivogoback-functionality-using-visualhub/
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
VNC Servers and Clients
This particular post is primarily focussed on Windows options, however I can't help but mention Mac ones as well since there will almost always be a Mac involved in the equation if I have anything to say about it.
Windows
- Tight VNC - free; other software allows one to broadcast their screen to a network of computers
- RealVNC - free and paid options available for premium-level support
- UltraVNC - free with lots of plug-in options available
Mac
- just use Screen Sharing
- useful hints for using Screen Sharing
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Mac's Rule the Day (yet again)
Well, maybe it should be... Vista blows yet another day!
I hope I don't get fired for this, but apparently there's a VPN problem here at PSU that relates to 64-bit systems:
I hope I don't get fired for this, but apparently there's a VPN problem here at PSU that relates to 64-bit systems:
Currently, there is no Cisco VPN client (a type of software that creates a secure connection over the Internet) available for these 64-bit operating systems.All I can say is, glad I have a Mac.
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
PSU@UP VPN config
I have to admit that I'm not exactly sure why I need a VPN, but I think it has something to do with UP's new wireless security here at the Outreach Building. I have the notion that we're just catching up with other networks on main campus.
I had some problems connecting initially. I realized that I was having troubles since I didn't have WiFi active. Once that was on and I was connected to "pennstate", everything went well.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
So many options
I don't even know what we want to do any more, what we can do. There are so many options for sharing media across all the platforms in your house. One really has to be careful about what you choose, because there could be something out there that does it better. Internet research is so important now days.
I'm going to have to answer these questions for myself soon because I'm going to want to play vob's I have on our HDTV without hooking up a lot of extra AV units. All we really have hooked up is our TiVo, Wii, and PS2. There's so much more we can do! But I really can't spend any more money on anything for like five years!
I'm going to have to answer these questions for myself soon because I'm going to want to play vob's I have on our HDTV without hooking up a lot of extra AV units. All we really have hooked up is our TiVo, Wii, and PS2. There's so much more we can do! But I really can't spend any more money on anything for like five years!
phpESP
One of the best things about running your own server is the flexibility to add tools that you would otherwise have to pay money for.
I've been experimenting with phpESP, a survey tool that I hope we can use here at CE@UP to handle our own surveys without having to go to Marketing Research. They are fantastic there and are great for large-scale surveys. But, I wanted to have a tool that we could use here as well.
After I was able to install it the first time, I lost access to the account because of a bad password, or something like that. I'm giving it another try. I use a different set of install instructions and I hope I got it right this time.
The server seems to be holding so far. The survey site is available here. Now I just have to populate it with a basic survey.
I've been experimenting with phpESP, a survey tool that I hope we can use here at CE@UP to handle our own surveys without having to go to Marketing Research. They are fantastic there and are great for large-scale surveys. But, I wanted to have a tool that we could use here as well.
After I was able to install it the first time, I lost access to the account because of a bad password, or something like that. I'm giving it another try. I use a different set of install instructions and I hope I got it right this time.
The server seems to be holding so far. The survey site is available here. Now I just have to populate it with a basic survey.
Buffalo LinkStation Live
I've been trying to solve this problem of how I can share all our documents, music, photos, installers, etc. across our network and when I'm at the office.
Previously, I had to use my MacBook as a file server. Given it's relatively small drive, I had to hook up my two external hard drives to it directly. It ceased to be portable. I couldn't use my G4 PowerMac or PowerBook, so that left me with my MacBook.
I took the plunge for a NAS last week and it's up and running. It looks like a great system that can serve up our files and provide backup options if I hook up an external drive to it.
My biggest problem right now is getting our files on to it. I've got over 350GB of files and transferring them via ethernet is going to take a while. If it were only that, I could wait. In fact, we'd probably be finished now. The real problem is that my Mac isn't copying all of the files. I'll leave it and then return to find that the copying process has halted and I don't really know what has and what hasn't been copied.
I should probably write the MacCast and find out what they have to say, because this is really frustrating.
Previously, I had to use my MacBook as a file server. Given it's relatively small drive, I had to hook up my two external hard drives to it directly. It ceased to be portable. I couldn't use my G4 PowerMac or PowerBook, so that left me with my MacBook.
I took the plunge for a NAS last week and it's up and running. It looks like a great system that can serve up our files and provide backup options if I hook up an external drive to it.My biggest problem right now is getting our files on to it. I've got over 350GB of files and transferring them via ethernet is going to take a while. If it were only that, I could wait. In fact, we'd probably be finished now. The real problem is that my Mac isn't copying all of the files. I'll leave it and then return to find that the copying process has halted and I don't really know what has and what hasn't been copied.
I should probably write the MacCast and find out what they have to say, because this is really frustrating.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Seesmic
Larry just stopped by and introduced me to this site. It's a videoblogging site that emphasizes threaded discussions. Looks like it's Flash-based and free. Could be an interesting tool for online and blended courses.
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Oracle to iPhone
There isn't much out there, but I did find this pretty cool way that will potentially allow me to at least pull my Oracle calendar into Apple's iCal so that I can sync events that way. I found this article from a different UIC webpage on general Oracle use.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Smartpens
It's been a while, but I've got a cool one to pick up on: smartpen technology.
One of the most common are the Fly Fusion pens, but I wanted to start off with the Pulse by Livescribe. Very cool. I'm jazzed that it'll record audio sync'd with your notes. That'll be useful for meetings. They say we'll be able to print our own sheets of paper as well, but that's not going to be available until the end of 2008. It doesn't do text capture yet, but again that's something that's supposedly coming by the end of the year. Big downsides for me are that it won't run on a Mac, even when using Parallels. I'll have to whip up a Windows partition now. The 2GB version also goes for $200. Ouch. I'm also concerned about the battery in these things. I hope we can at least send them back to the company if we need to get a new battery.
One of the most common are the Fly Fusion pens, but I wanted to start off with the Pulse by Livescribe. Very cool. I'm jazzed that it'll record audio sync'd with your notes. That'll be useful for meetings. They say we'll be able to print our own sheets of paper as well, but that's not going to be available until the end of 2008. It doesn't do text capture yet, but again that's something that's supposedly coming by the end of the year. Big downsides for me are that it won't run on a Mac, even when using Parallels. I'll have to whip up a Windows partition now. The 2GB version also goes for $200. Ouch. I'm also concerned about the battery in these things. I hope we can at least send them back to the company if we need to get a new battery.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Monday, May 26, 2008
White Box iPhone Bug
Two days ago, I went to sync my iPhone and was a little surprised that the one photo I remember taking wasn't appearing when I launched iPhoto. It wasn't a super-important image, so I let it slide.
Then yesterday, Hyunjoo and I went for a hike on Mt. Nittany and tried to take images there. That's when I discovered that the camera wasn't taking pictures. I was almost certain that it was a software issue.
I just hopped on the internet and lo-and-behold... it's a pretty well documented bug.
I used the Method #2, but maybe should have waited to read further down to the "f1b43d3b3ecf259a3626c13a8b0cebd8ba513117.mdbackup" solution. That's OK, I'm beginning with a new slate.
Then yesterday, Hyunjoo and I went for a hike on Mt. Nittany and tried to take images there. That's when I discovered that the camera wasn't taking pictures. I was almost certain that it was a software issue.
I just hopped on the internet and lo-and-behold... it's a pretty well documented bug.
I used the Method #2, but maybe should have waited to read further down to the "f1b43d3b3ecf259a3626c13a8b0cebd8ba513117.mdbackup" solution. That's OK, I'm beginning with a new slate.
