8.24.2010
8.22.2010
Will it be still nessisary to buy MathType?
In typical Microsoft fashion they have released a MS Office Word/OneNote add-in called Microsoft Mathematics without fanfare. Microsoft Mathematics appears to fill the gap many Whitman faculty are looking to fill in regards to including mathematical equations complete with symbols and graphing in MS Word documents.
PR overview of Microsoft Mathematics:
With the Microsoft Mathematics Add-in for Word and OneNote, you can perform mathematical calculations and plot graphs in your Word documents and OneNote notebooks. The add-in also provides an extensive collection of mathematical symbols and structures to display clearly formatted mathematical expressions. You can also quickly insert commonly used expressions and math structures by using the Equation gallery. The Microsoft Mathematics Add-in can help you with the following tasks:
• Compute standard mathematical functions, such as roots and logarithms
• Compute trigonometric functions, such as sine and cosine
• Find derivatives and integrals, limits, and sums and products of series
• Perform matrix operations, such as inverses, addition, and multiplication
• Perform operations on complex numbers
• Plot 2-D graphs in Cartesian and polar coordinates
• Plot 3-D graphs in Cartesian, cylindrical, and spherical coordinates
• Solve equations and inequalities
• Calculate statistical functions, such as mode and variance, on lists of numbers
• Factor polynomials or integers
• Simplify or expand algebraic expressions
Whitman Faculty who would like to see the add-in in action can stop by suite 114 for a demo. Anyone looking to test on their own can click here: Direct Download Link, Microsoft Mathematics FAQ. At this time the add-in is only compatible with MS Word 2007/2010 and OneNote 2010.
PR overview of Microsoft Mathematics:
With the Microsoft Mathematics Add-in for Word and OneNote, you can perform mathematical calculations and plot graphs in your Word documents and OneNote notebooks. The add-in also provides an extensive collection of mathematical symbols and structures to display clearly formatted mathematical expressions. You can also quickly insert commonly used expressions and math structures by using the Equation gallery. The Microsoft Mathematics Add-in can help you with the following tasks:
• Compute standard mathematical functions, such as roots and logarithms
• Compute trigonometric functions, such as sine and cosine
• Find derivatives and integrals, limits, and sums and products of series
• Perform matrix operations, such as inverses, addition, and multiplication
• Perform operations on complex numbers
• Plot 2-D graphs in Cartesian and polar coordinates
• Plot 3-D graphs in Cartesian, cylindrical, and spherical coordinates
• Solve equations and inequalities
• Calculate statistical functions, such as mode and variance, on lists of numbers
• Factor polynomials or integers
• Simplify or expand algebraic expressions
Whitman Faculty who would like to see the add-in in action can stop by suite 114 for a demo. Anyone looking to test on their own can click here: Direct Download Link, Microsoft Mathematics FAQ. At this time the add-in is only compatible with MS Word 2007/2010 and OneNote 2010.
8.11.2010
Free Microsoft Office WebApps!
If you have a Windows Live account, you can take advantage of the Office 2010 WebApps for free. Take a look!
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/web-apps/
Glenn
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/web-apps/
Glenn
7.20.2010
Dell Streak
Dell is going into the PDA/Cell phone business. Take a look at the Dell Streak. Its supposed to be released sometime in July.
Glenn
Glenn
7.12.2010
HTML5 & Video
As we all know the web is constantly evolving. New and innovative websites are being produced daily and they are expanding the boundaries of HTML is several directions. Unfortunately the HTML4 standard has been around for nearly 10 years and web designers want new functionality and techniques, but they held back by the constraints of the HTML4 (and browsers).
The Next Major Version of HTML = HTML5
To give authors more flexibility and interoperability while enabling more interactive and exciting websites and applications, HTML5 introduces a wide range of features including form controls, APIs, multimedia, structure and semantics.
HTML5 + Video
Anyone who has spent some time online in the past couple years understand that video can be embedded into a webpage with little effort. But before HTML5, there was not a standards-based way to do this. Pretty much all the video you’ve ever viewed “on the web” has been delivered through a third-party plug-in like Flash. Luckily the plug-ins can integrate with your browser of choice (most of the time). And that is the issue, there still are platforms that do not support third-party plug-ins and there is no standard way to do it.
HTML5 defines a standard way to embed video into a web page, using the video element. While the video element is not fully supported, we decided to experiment with HTML5. Why? HTML5 helps web publishers like Whitman harness open standards to deliver video content to popular consumer devices, such as the Apple iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.
Unfortunately, some organizations attempting to deliver HTML5 video experiences are struggling with knowledge gaps, technical limitations, and additional development costs that can make it prohibitive to deliver HTML5 video experiences in parallel with other approaches. We decided to experiment a bit and find out for ourselves. Here are some uses of the video element and a variety of output formats.
Auto-Detect Example View Now
Depending on your browser and, you should see either an HTML5 or a Flash Video compatible player/codec. http://whit-webman.ad.syr.edu/whitmanvideo_v2/html5/autodetect.htm
Browser & Platform Example View Now
Depending on your browser and platform, you should see video examples and the appropriate code. http://whit-webman.ad.syr.edu/whitmanvideo_v2/html5/browser.htm
Compatibility (Browser --- Format)
Firefox 3.5+ --- OGG, FLV
Safari (Mac) --- MP4/h.264 Codec, FLV
Safari (iPad, iPhone, iTouch) --- MP4/h.264 Codec
Internet Explorer --- MP4/h.264 Codec, FLV
THE FORMAT WARS HAVE BEGUN!!!
The Next Major Version of HTML = HTML5
To give authors more flexibility and interoperability while enabling more interactive and exciting websites and applications, HTML5 introduces a wide range of features including form controls, APIs, multimedia, structure and semantics.
HTML5 + Video
Anyone who has spent some time online in the past couple years understand that video can be embedded into a webpage with little effort. But before HTML5, there was not a standards-based way to do this. Pretty much all the video you’ve ever viewed “on the web” has been delivered through a third-party plug-in like Flash. Luckily the plug-ins can integrate with your browser of choice (most of the time). And that is the issue, there still are platforms that do not support third-party plug-ins and there is no standard way to do it.
HTML5 defines a standard way to embed video into a web page, using the video element. While the video element is not fully supported, we decided to experiment with HTML5. Why? HTML5 helps web publishers like Whitman harness open standards to deliver video content to popular consumer devices, such as the Apple iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.
Unfortunately, some organizations attempting to deliver HTML5 video experiences are struggling with knowledge gaps, technical limitations, and additional development costs that can make it prohibitive to deliver HTML5 video experiences in parallel with other approaches. We decided to experiment a bit and find out for ourselves. Here are some uses of the video element and a variety of output formats.
Auto-Detect Example View Now
Depending on your browser and, you should see either an HTML5 or a Flash Video compatible player/codec. http://whit-webman.ad.syr.edu/whitmanvideo_v2/html5/autodetect.htm
Browser & Platform Example View Now
Depending on your browser and platform, you should see video examples and the appropriate code. http://whit-webman.ad.syr.edu/whitmanvideo_v2/html5/browser.htm
Compatibility (Browser --- Format)
Firefox 3.5+ --- OGG, FLV
Safari (Mac) --- MP4/h.264 Codec, FLV
Safari (iPad, iPhone, iTouch) --- MP4/h.264 Codec
Internet Explorer --- MP4/h.264 Codec, FLV
THE FORMAT WARS HAVE BEGUN!!!
6.29.2010
6.27.2010
Blogging at 30,000 Feet
Technology is great, isn't it? I'm sitting at my seat on Delta Airlines flight #$%@ to Denver and writing this blog entry. Yes its inflight Internet and its pretty much standard now on all Delta Flights. In fact, most airlines are offering it now on their domestic flights. The cost for my session was 9.99 for the duration of the flight. My flight is a little over 2 hours, but if it was 5 hours, it would still be the same price. Not bad for a couple hours entertainment. Whats even cooler is the fact the I'm logged onto Ustream.com right now and broadcasting video of myself live. :) 2 people have already emailed me to say that the video and sound is pretty decent quality. WOW... who would of thought. Internet on a plane. I love it. Go here for more info:
Glenn
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