November 30, 2011

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Programming Modern Social Web Experiences for Your Users

Or… Building the next Facebook, Twitter, YouTube This tutorial was a popular ‘capstone’ lesson from my CSCI 3000 Web Programming course in Fall 2011, and I thought I’d share it as a post. It’s heavily programmer-focused, but it has all the source files to enable just about anyone with a web site to engage users […]

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October 7, 2011

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Hypermiling your iPhone: Tips for ultimate battery life

A good friend of mine, and and fellow iPhone 4 owner, patient recently asked me if my iPhone “died by lunchtime” – his battery was dead, again, before the work day was over. When I told him I usually get three days between charges, he asked me to show him how to “hypermile” his iPhone. […]

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September 30, 2011

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Charity Water Birthday Results!

We raised over $1,500 and gave fresh, clean water to 75 people for life in a developing nation! I’m so grateful to my family and friends for the generous support of my birthday wish to donate to charity:water (https://charitywater.org) in lieu of gifts this year, and together we’ve changed the lives of 75 people forever. […]

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August 30, 2011

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What’s New in IT for Fall 2011

North Georgia College & State University (where I work as CIO and as an Associate Professor of Computer Science) has seen a lot of growth and change in the past few years. We’re coming up on completion of over $260 Million in construction and renovations, we’ve added six new buildings in the past three years, […]

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July 30, 2011

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Donating my birthday to Charity Water

I was deeply moved recently by the story of a child who donated her birthday to Charity Water by asking her friends to give her age in dollars to bring clean drinking water to poor communities around the world. This September, I’m turning 40, and I’d like to ask my friends, colleagues, students, and family […]

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July 16, 2011

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It’s a great time to be at North Georgia

The North Georgia Alumni Council gave colleague Jeff Davis, associate VP for facilities, and me a graciously warm reception today as we updated the Council on some of the exciting changes to North Georgia’s facilities and IT infrastructure. Here are a couple of bullet points from our presentations to the Alumni Council: $250 Million in […]

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July 15, 2011

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Science, tech jobs pay more, lead in growth

Blue Gene/P Super Computer

Jobs in science, viagra technology, check engineering and math (STEM) fields pay an average of 26% more than other occupations and grew three times faster the past decade, according to a Commerce Department study released yesterday and reported by USA Today. From 2000 to 2010, STEM jobs grew at three times the rate of other […]

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July 14, 2011

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NGN Fiber Update at Dawson County Chamber of Commerce

I had a great time speaking today at the Dawson County Chamber of Commerce about the North Georgia Network’s progress deploying a new fiber optic network through 12 north Georgia counties! NGN has deployed over 155 miles of fiber to date, and will complete the 260-mile “core” fiber route by November 2011. (more…)

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