Ήρθε και η Παρασκευή πριν αρχίσουν τα μαθήματα! Η αλήθεια είναι πως από την μία τρέχω στα φουλ να αρχίσει το τρίμηνο και να δω παλιά πρόσωπα, να μάθω κάτι καινούργιο και να ξαναμπώ στον «ρυθμό» του φοιτητή. Από την άλλη όμως

IT has always been an enabler, in my mind, however in looking at the 'real world', post MBA/MSIT, I get to see what professors warned us about. Some wise souls told us that IT should be an enabler for the firm, and not a gatekeeper. However, as we see in this Slate article, IT has assumed the role of the gatekeeper instead of sticking to that of the enabler.I've decided to pull a few quotes of interest

I was reading an article that I had started in my google reader last week called "What are we assessing". This reminds me a lot of my undergraduate days as a learner of the German Language (and any language that I had taken for that matter). The name of the game was learn enough grammar and vocabulary necessary to pass the test and the test after that, until the semester ends. This of course got

Αυτο το άρθρο το είδα στις γλωσσοφραφίες, και είναι μια αναδημοσιεύση από ον κυριακάτικο Πολίτη της 30ης Αυγούστου 2009.Μου άρεσε αρκετά αυτό το άρθρο, και αν είστε ενδιαφερόμενοι με την γλωσσολογία ρίχτε μια ματιάΝα δύο απόσπάσματα

Another promo video for Maemo 5.Now we know that there is a certain truthiness in advertising, so your milage may vary when using Maemo 5, but the video sure looks impressive!

Over the weekend I was reading this article on Inside Higher Ed (maybe I should be posting over at multiliterratus, but oh well...)In any case, the author of this post talks about how how Wired's "The good enough revolution" pertains to academia. Personally I agree that some of what the author writes are quite valid arguments - but I would like to play devil's advocate for a moment from an IT management

While my iPhone IIIgs camera is theoretically the same spec as my old N80's camera (wow! what does THAT say about my camera?) there are a number of things that I really miss from my N80's camera.Flash:The lack of flash is a tad bit annoying. While I don't often take low-light shots, it is nice to have the option to take a photo with flash enabled for those few times that I really wanted to take a

I was reading a post on eLearningTech recently and this quote caught my attention:The Institute didn't include any courses from suppliers such as Learning Tree, but was rich with resources from Books24x7, TechChek (a web-based technical skills assessment tool), internal company communities and knowledge sharing wikis. A ning site, podcasts, video learning resources, RSS feeds from the large technology

The new mac ad rocks!OK, so the boy genius thinks that the Mac vs. PC ads have jumped the shark, but this new Mac Ad is quite funny.While watching the ad I was thinking to myself "Is this Puddy? No! It can't be! Well it really looks like him!"...Well lo and behold it is indeed Patrick Warburton (the guy who plays Puddy, and the Tick)Personally I think the ad is great, but it doesn't address the cost

Man! This is major drool territory here! (Yes more so than the N97!)I was really not sure about Maemo as a phone (even though I've been wishing for PIM functionality for ages!), but these promo shots are actually quite convincing. I am sure that the lack of applications on Maemo (yes I know there are apps, but not as many as I can have on my iPhone) will rectify itself soon. I do wonder if there