Apr 19, 2010 Posted by Bruce

Lessons Learned: Craftsmen and artists of all types have a lot in common

I spent last Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Festival of Faith and Writing which is a conference for authors, playwrights, publishers, readers, teachers, etc.  I’ve been going to the conference since 1996, which was three years after I wrote my last/only book, but was right in the middle of the nine years I was writing monthly articles on technology in education.  So if it has been four... read more

Apr 12, 2010 Posted by Bruce

Why I make a fuss over the release of Visual Studio 2010

It is no secret that most of my friends and family are non-programmers.  When a group of us get together “in real life” and I do find someone to talk technology with, we usually get the look of “oh they’ve gone off into the fantasy world of acronyms again, give them some space.”  I even slipped with my kids this weekend and mentioned something like “oooh, this week Visual Studio 2010 and... read more

Apr 5, 2010 Posted by Bruce

iPad Hands-On Impressions

I headed over to the Apple Store over lunch to see the new iPad, and I was really happy they had about 12 of them out for people to try out.  I did not become an iPad owner, though it would be very tempting if I didn’t have to pay off my surgery (could actually buy one for the entire family for that deductible) – the point is, it is a very nice device.  For Apple to further be able to put all... read more