Comments on: Digital Campus #17 - Can You Hear Me Now? http://www.dancohen.org/2007/12/14/digital-campus-17-can-you-hear-me-now/ Covering the intersection of digital technology and research, teaching, and learning in the humanities, including search, data mining, website development and design, and programming. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:08:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Ian Clifton http://www.dancohen.org/2007/12/14/digital-campus-17-can-you-hear-me-now/#comment-1392 Ian Clifton Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:06:19 +0000 http://www.dancohen.org/2007/12/14/digital-campus-17-can-you-hear-me-now/#comment-1392 The answer to your first question is certainly yes; it is merely a question of how. Cellphones are quickly becoming portable information devices with Internet access faster than what was common for desktops not too many years ago. I'm not sure how universities will take advantage of the platform, but having dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other references a touch away will be very helpful (and I hope at some point the data plans aren't so ridiculously overpriced so that I will be willing to pay for one, haha). BTW, reading through your posts about creating custom blog software was very interesting. I'm right on the edge of deciding whether I am going to do that as I've been displeased with WordPress on more than one occasion. I made a list of requirements, niceties, and things to think about, so I've realized that the project will be a large one. Looking for additional perspectives on the issue led me to your blog. The answer to your first question is certainly yes; it is merely a question of how. Cellphones are quickly becoming portable information devices with Internet access faster than what was common for desktops not too many years ago. I’m not sure how universities will take advantage of the platform, but having dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other references a touch away will be very helpful (and I hope at some point the data plans aren’t so ridiculously overpriced so that I will be willing to pay for one, haha).

BTW, reading through your posts about creating custom blog software was very interesting. I’m right on the edge of deciding whether I am going to do that as I’ve been displeased with WordPress on more than one occasion. I made a list of requirements, niceties, and things to think about, so I’ve realized that the project will be a large one. Looking for additional perspectives on the issue led me to your blog.

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