Same old ways

Same old ways

Is Old Music Killing New Music? I learned the danger of excessive caution long ago, when I consulted for huge Fortune 500 companies. The single biggest problem I encountered—shared by virtually every large company I analyzed—was investing too much of their time and money into defending old ways of doing business, rather than building new…

👨‍🏫 Google’s Jamboard is gone, teen’s overload of notifications, ChatGPT, and more – Of bits and bytes for October 2, 2023

👨‍🏫 Google’s Jamboard is gone, teen’s overload of notifications, ChatGPT, and more – Of bits and bytes for October 2, 2023

Internet Travels Of bits and bytes is my weekly round up of interesting links and ideas I discovered on the internet. It is published on Mondays for the previous week. Learn21 is a proud sponsor of Eduk8me and the Of Bits and Bytes newsletter. Read more about their mission at Learn21.org. Apps I want to be surprised that Google…

⌨️ Typing practice, schools & ChatGPT, 2023 Ig Nobel Awards, and more – Of bits and bytes for September 25, 2023

⌨️ Typing practice, schools & ChatGPT, 2023 Ig Nobel Awards, and more – Of bits and bytes for September 25, 2023

Internet Travels Of bits and bytes is my weekly round up of interesting links and ideas I discovered on the internet. It is published on Mondays for the previous week Apps Want a neat little game to practice typing? Try ZType. At it’s core, it’s a space shooter, but to shoot the other spaceships you…

🎨 Figjam whiteboards, scheduling meetings in Gmail, AI detectors not working, and more – Of bits and bytes for September 18, 2023

🎨 Figjam whiteboards, scheduling meetings in Gmail, AI detectors not working, and more – Of bits and bytes for September 18, 2023

Internet Travels Of bits and bytes is my weekly round up of interesting links and ideas I discovered on the internet. It is published on Mondays for the previous week Apps Figma is a $2 billion dollar company and is the latest to offer it’s products free for education. One of those products is their…

🔊 Audacity in the browser, changes in high school English, a bunch of AI, and more – Of bits and bytes for September 11, 2023

🔊 Audacity in the browser, changes in high school English, a bunch of AI, and more – Of bits and bytes for September 11, 2023

Internet Travels Of bits and bytes is my weekly round up of interesting links and ideas I discovered on the internet. It is published on Mondays for the previous week Apps It’s not the flashiest app in existence, but Audacity has been the go to audio editor for many. Unfortunately, it wasn’t possible to use…

📖 Chrome’s reading mode, repealing ChatGPT bands, the downside of screen time, and more – Of bits and bytes for September 5, 2023

📖 Chrome’s reading mode, repealing ChatGPT bands, the downside of screen time, and more – Of bits and bytes for September 5, 2023

Internet Travels Of bits and bytes is my weekly round up of interesting links and ideas I discovered on the internet. It is published on Mondays for the previous week Well, this week has be a whirlwind of trying to keep up at work and flying to Los Angelos over the weekend for the Ryan…

😏 Remembering names, cursive writing, motivation, and more – Of bits and bytes for August 28, 2023

😏 Remembering names, cursive writing, motivation, and more – Of bits and bytes for August 28, 2023

Internet Travels Of bits and bytes is my weekly round up of interesting links and ideas I discovered on the internet. It is published on Mondays for the previous week Apps Name Shark is an iPhone and iPad app designed to help you learn names. To get started, you enter the names and pictures of…

🤖 Generative AI and search, failure of edtech, celebrating the 25th birthday of the iMac, and more – Of bits and bytes for August 21, 2023

🤖 Generative AI and search, failure of edtech, celebrating the 25th birthday of the iMac, and more – Of bits and bytes for August 21, 2023

Internet Travels Of bits and bytes is my weekly round up of interesting links and ideas I discovered on the internet. It is published on Mondays for the previous week Apps Google is experimenting with adding AI to searching and browsing. One feature gives you definitions of words while the other feature (under Android and…

🎉 Chrome updates, using ChatGPT, dissecting privacy policies, and more – Of bits and bytes for August 14, 2023

🎉 Chrome updates, using ChatGPT, dissecting privacy policies, and more – Of bits and bytes for August 14, 2023

The August feels Ah, August. The month of anticipation, anxiety, and angst. If you are already back with students, congratulations, the hardest part of the month is over. In my district we have another week and a half to finish up PD for new programs, creating accounts for new students & staff, assigning equipment to…

🎉 Google Chrome updates, explaining how ChatGPT works, banning cellphones, and more – Of bits and bytes for August 7, 2023

🎉 Google Chrome updates, explaining how ChatGPT works, banning cellphones, and more – Of bits and bytes for August 7, 2023

Internet Travels Of bits and bytes is my weekly round up of interesting links and ideas I discovered on the internet. It is published on Mondays for the previous week Apps Google Chromebooks us a special version of the Chrome browser, which is why the Chrome browser on Chromebooks may get delayed in receiving updates….