Comments for Jeff Longland http://jeff.edublogs.org instructional technology and occasional ramblings Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:15:46 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 Comment on Blackboard’s Next Acquisition Predictions by ez http://jeff.edublogs.org/2009/07/13/blackboards-next-acquisition-predictions/comment-page-1/#comment-136 ez Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:15:46 +0000 http://jeff.edublogs.org/?p=135#comment-136 Love it when I am right. Chasen just ann announced a <a href="http://www.blackboard.com/Support/Extensions/Extension-Details.aspx?ExtensionID=23022" rel="nofollow">Blackboard Building Block™ for e-Readers</a>. This is why they revamped the extensions web site. Lots of people looking at them. :) Love it when I am right. Chasen just ann announced a Blackboard Building Block™ for e-Readers. This is why they revamped the extensions web site. Lots of people looking at them. :)

]]> Comment on Blackboard’s Next Acquisition Predictions by ez http://jeff.edublogs.org/2009/07/13/blackboards-next-acquisition-predictions/comment-page-1/#comment-135 ez Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:48:18 +0000 http://jeff.edublogs.org/?p=135#comment-135 Remember Kroner is developer, so I would hope he would be excited about a new in-house developed product like he was about Sync. Remember Kroner is developer, so I would hope he would be excited about a new in-house developed product like he was about Sync.

]]> Comment on Thoughts on Blackboard’s NG SDK by ez http://jeff.edublogs.org/2008/09/24/thoughts-on-blackboards-ng-sdk/comment-page-1/#comment-134 ez Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:45:07 +0000 http://jeff.edublogs.org/?p=123#comment-134 Prior to Bbworld, Bb9 was something we might glance at using eventually. I wasn't concerned. The conference made me realize: 1) Vista is dead. Was dead months prior. 2) The only way to survive as a project is to look at Bb9 ASAP and start the migration when we can. If that means waiting for BbX, then so be it. My project is 8 months into an 18 month migration project to Vista 4.x (4.3 aka 8). That doesn't include the first attempt abandoned after hitting a major performance issue and efforts learning about 4.x in the year after that. So all this sweat to roll out a dead product. :) Prior to Bbworld, Bb9 was something we might glance at using eventually. I wasn’t concerned. The conference made me realize:
1) Vista is dead. Was dead months prior.
2) The only way to survive as a project is to look at Bb9 ASAP and start the migration when we can. If that means waiting for BbX, then so be it.

My project is 8 months into an 18 month migration project to Vista 4.x (4.3 aka 8). That doesn’t include the first attempt abandoned after hitting a major performance issue and efforts learning about 4.x in the year after that. So all this sweat to roll out a dead product.
:)

]]> Comment on Where in the world is Jeffrey Sandiego? by ez http://jeff.edublogs.org/2008/04/07/where-in-the-world-is-jeffrey-sandiego/comment-page-1/#comment-133 ez Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:32:16 +0000 http://jeff.edublogs.org/2008/04/07/where-in-the-world-is-jeffrey-sandiego/#comment-133 Welcome back. Bloggy bowel movements are <strong>so past wrong</a> it is not funny. :) Welcome back. Bloggy bowel movements are so past wrong it is not funny. :)

]]> Comment on While Searching Something Else by RT http://jeff.edublogs.org/2007/11/26/while-searching-something-else/comment-page-1/#comment-132 RT Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:10:46 +0000 http://jeff.edublogs.org/2007/11/26/while-searching-something-else/#comment-132 I should qualify this with the fact that I don't really know what I'm talking about, and you probably know much more about this than me. That said, at least I'm contributing! If you want meaningful data, shouldn't you be appending locally anyway? AFAIK, if SocketAppender loses its connection, you lose all events until reconnection. "Coming along from the network standpoint," isn't it preferable to 'pull' when you need, rather than 'push' all the time? Does SocketAppender encrypt the serialized object, so as not to "fall by the security wayside"? Annnnnnnd I've lost my mind. I should qualify this with the fact that I don’t really know what I’m talking about, and you probably know much more about this than me. That said, at least I’m contributing!

If you want meaningful data, shouldn’t you be appending locally anyway? AFAIK, if SocketAppender loses its connection, you lose all events until reconnection.

“Coming along from the network standpoint,” isn’t it preferable to ‘pull’ when you need, rather than ‘push’ all the time? Does SocketAppender encrypt the serialized object, so as not to “fall by the security wayside”? Annnnnnnd I’ve lost my mind.

]]> Comment on Netbeans (J)Ruby Support by Jeff http://jeff.edublogs.org/2007/03/05/netbeans-jruby-support/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Jeff Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:33:20 +0000 http://jeff.edublogs.org/2007/03/05/netbeans-jruby-support/#comment-131 Give Netbeans a little more time - they're steadily making progress with Ruby. Story in Slashdot recently about this: http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/29/0111227 Have started working with Ruby on some Second Life RegAPI stuff, but just poking around thus far. And what do you mean "nasty ass SQL" ??? SQL is beautiful! I love it - so structured. Give Netbeans a little more time – they’re steadily making progress with Ruby. Story in Slashdot recently about this: http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/29/0111227

Have started working with Ruby on some Second Life RegAPI stuff, but just poking around thus far.

And what do you mean “nasty ass SQL” ??? SQL is beautiful! I love it – so structured.

]]> Comment on People… A Facebook Pondering by Jeff http://jeff.edublogs.org/2007/04/05/people-a-facebook-pondering/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Jeff Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:26:54 +0000 http://jeff.edublogs.org/2007/04/05/people-a-facebook-pondering/#comment-130 Well.. Still haven't joined. RT: Who makes up the community? You said it - people. What do they do? They're people being people: chatting, flirting, gossiping, scheming. I don't think it needs to be a restrained to a particular user type. They have a tool that allows people to connect - fine by me. Which is my interest: whether there are applications in teaching and learning. That said.. I obviously don't think too highly of it if I haven't joined yet. I dunno. Hyopcrit I guess. Well.. Still haven’t joined.

RT: Who makes up the community? You said it – people. What do they do? They’re people being people: chatting, flirting, gossiping, scheming. I don’t think it needs to be a restrained to a particular user type. They have a tool that allows people to connect – fine by me. Which is my interest: whether there are applications in teaching and learning.

That said.. I obviously don’t think too highly of it if I haven’t joined yet. I dunno. Hyopcrit I guess.

]]> Comment on People… A Facebook Pondering by LauraG http://jeff.edublogs.org/2007/04/05/people-a-facebook-pondering/comment-page-1/#comment-129 LauraG Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:06:33 +0000 http://jeff.edublogs.org/2007/04/05/people-a-facebook-pondering/#comment-129 Jeff, If this doesn't scare you off Facebook, nothing will: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMWz3G_gPhU PS. But if you decide to join, look me up... Laura Jeff,

If this doesn’t scare you off Facebook, nothing will:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMWz3G_gPhU

PS. But if you decide to join, look me up…

Laura

]]> Comment on Resourceful Wikis by Free Software Downloads http://jeff.edublogs.org/2007/03/14/resourceful-wikis/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Free Software Downloads Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:39:23 +0000 http://jeff.edublogs.org/2007/03/14/resourceful-wikis/#comment-128 <strong>Free Software Downloads...</strong> I couldn't understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting... Free Software Downloads…

I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting…

]]> Comment on Netbeans (J)Ruby Support by RT http://jeff.edublogs.org/2007/03/05/netbeans-jruby-support/comment-page-1/#comment-127 RT Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:03:34 +0000 http://jeff.edublogs.org/2007/03/05/netbeans-jruby-support/#comment-127 As a Ruby on Rails user/enthusiast myself, I have some thoughts if you want to learn it. - First, learn Ruby. It's an awesome language in it's own right, and you may use it for a lot of other things. You'll want to read Why's Poignant Guide to Ruby (poignantguide.net/ruby/), complete with cartoons and narration. TryRuby (tryruby.hobix.com/) offers a basic tutorial, complete with an interactive ruby console in your browser for immediate satisfaction. - Next, learn Rails. Pretty much everyone recommends "Agile Web Development with Rails" 2nd ed. as the best source for this. I've read it and still refer to it. There's also a comprehensive wiki. - Try Ruby natively, rather than JRuby. Say goodbye to the ugliness of java tracebacks. InstantRails provides Ruby, Rails, Apache, and MySQL in one (instantrails.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl) -The Rails core team all use TextMate (rather than Netbeans), as well as the majority of Rails developers do. You'll produce code quickly. - I realize it was more a Netbeans demo, but Roumen missed out on some things which make Rails elegant. For instance, you should generate migrations for table creation. RoR is database agnostic, so you should never have to see nasty ass SQL, like the stuff he pasted. As a Ruby on Rails user/enthusiast myself, I have some thoughts if you want to learn it.

- First, learn Ruby. It’s an awesome language in it’s own right, and you may use it for a lot of other things. You’ll want to read Why’s Poignant Guide to Ruby (poignantguide.net/ruby/), complete with cartoons and narration. TryRuby (tryruby.hobix.com/) offers a basic tutorial, complete with an interactive ruby console in your browser for immediate satisfaction.

- Next, learn Rails. Pretty much everyone recommends “Agile Web Development with Rails” 2nd ed. as the best source for this. I’ve read it and still refer to it. There’s also a comprehensive wiki.

- Try Ruby natively, rather than JRuby. Say goodbye to the ugliness of java tracebacks. InstantRails provides Ruby, Rails, Apache, and MySQL in one (instantrails.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl)

-The Rails core team all use TextMate (rather than Netbeans), as well as the majority of Rails developers do. You’ll produce code quickly.

- I realize it was more a Netbeans demo, but Roumen missed out on some things which make Rails elegant. For instance, you should generate migrations for table creation. RoR is database agnostic, so you should never have to see nasty ass SQL, like the stuff he pasted.

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