I have started using Google forms to do quick surveys and project registrations. You can publish the form and then subscribe to the RSS feed to keep up with the entered information, but the feeds are not formatted and it is not quickly scannable information.
Now, Google has a new gadget that can be added to [...]

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My dad is a Mr. FixIT guy. It would make him nuts when I would grab whatever tool was handy and use it as a hammer or to pry something open. He is a firm believer in having (and using) the correct tool for the job at hand. We need to remember this as professionals [...]

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Rusty has been so generous with his time providing Weather With Rusty sessions to our students. We have enjoyed working with him so much. We joke with him that we must keep our “on air talent” happy so that our students will get quality programming! Today, we spent some time refining some of the supportive [...]

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I know that many of you who read this blog also use Google Docs to support vc projects. We are in the beginning phases of testing Google Forms. (Yes, that means that we will play with it for a couple of days and then start using it with projects!)
Some issues that we have run into [...]

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