52Frames

I completed the sixth challenge for the 52Frames Photo Challenge.

Super Bowl Sunday

This was mostly a lazy day. I did a bunch of web updating, application updating, website backups (remember to create your backups), and a little bit of reading (Adam Grant’s Hidden Potential).

The game wasn’t all that great. The one thing that did strike me though was that the Lions have looked like they belong in the top tier of teams. This is the first time in my life that I’ve actually been able to say that.

Jokes

I set up a new Moodle Course. The main purpose right now (there will be other uses coming) was to create a Random Glossary Block of Jokes. I’d like to do something similar in WordPress, but I’ll need to figure out how. Moodle was simple.

Grocery shopping

I did the grocery shopping this week as D1 was over. It still amazes me how one gets used to the way that a particular place is laid out to navigate. Our local grocery store is still closed because of the flooding on December 15th. The store that I shopped at has a very different layout. I’ve been there before, but I’m still getting used to the layout.

This reminds me just how important the visual look and feel of a web resource is. I’m hoping to do a bit of revamping of my website soon. I’ll need to remember to make navigation as easy as possible. I also want to add some features, so I need to make those easy to use as well.

Google Appointment Slots

I worked with a fellow employee who wanted to add an application to the work calendar. The application has refused to sign the student data privacy agreements that we now require. So, I asked what the person was trying to accomplish. That person explained. I opened Google Appointment Slots and walked them through the process. “WOW, this does the same thing. How is xxx going to stay in business?”

Moving From One Island to Another

Some of the Tech Integrators I follow on a list serve were complaining about Quizlet. Apparently, there are student data issues and cost issues. Lots of posts were about moving to another provider with similar concerns:

  • Knowt
  • Kahoot
  • PearDeck
  • Quizizz
    My observation is that many are going to move from one island to another. The island looks good until you realize that you are captured. Incredibly, instead of asking about an island where you aren’t “captured”, many are moving to another island owned by a venture capitalist who is going to want/need to make money from you soon.

I shared Study State which was created as an open source project by a high school senior. This is a project that scratches the itch of an individual. Thus, the concern is if that individual moves on.

Randy Rainbow

We went to see Randy Rainbow this week as well. Good show. Very much what was expected. It was a fun night.

I was a bit surprised that not many people I chatted with the next day know who Randy Rainbow is.

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That’s it for now.