Our 2006-07 student technology survey indicates that 90% of Wabash students use Facebook and 35% use MySpace. While these and similar social networks are great ways to keep up with friends and […]
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Last Friday we closed our 2006-07 student technology survey. We received responses from 631 students (nearly 75% of the student body), which is a new record for our survey. My thanks to […]
We close our 2006-07 student technology survey in a little more than 24 hours from now — 5pm this Friday, December 8. We appear to be on target to reach our goal […]
Yesterday we released our 2006-07 student technology survey. This annual survey is one of our best tools for measuring how well we are meeting our student’s technology needs and expectations. The survey […]
Yesterday we learned of the tragic death of Mike Bachner, long-time manager of the Wabash College bookstore. Mike was a great colleague, and I’ll miss him a lot. A few weeks ago […]
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IT Services Help Desk Specialist Monica Brainard met with a local Brownies troop this week to talk about computers and Internet safety. Below is Monica’s report from the troop meeting. Monica Brainard […]
As we approach the holiday season, many people will turn to the Internet for online shopping. The Internet is a great resource for gathering product information, reading product reviews, and comparison shopping. […]
Jeana Rogers, Media Support Specialist — Ever wish you could capture just part of the screen on your Mac? Whether you are producing documentation and want to include some screen shots or testing […]
When we were evaluating personal calendar solutions to replace our Netscape Calendar server, one of the products we considered was 30 Boxes. The most distinctive feature of that program is that instead […]
Lance Armstrong’s got nothing on Wabash mathematics professor Peter Thompson and me: last week we successfully defended our intramural chess crown for the faculty/staff team, claiming our fifth straight championship. Peter and […]
In my previous two blog posts, I’ve taken a look at Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer 7, looking at some of the new features each browser has to offer. Today I highlight […]
I’ve used Internet Explorer less and less over the past few months, with Firefox now my browser of choice. Thus I was less interested in the release of IE 7 than I […]
