SimplyMap

I've just discovered a great new mapping tool: SimplyMap, and here's some clear instructions on how to use it: SimplyMap Quick Reference. Also, I found a site with several tutorials on SimplyMap, including videos.


This tool looks especially useful to academics and students, as well as the business world. But hey, maybe I can figure out a use for it too!
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Geeks on Tour

We're starting to plan our 2011 road trip,and have just bought the most recent Streets & Trips. This year, I think, we'll save the locations from our itinerary points from Streets and Trips to our GPS. So, I searched around to find out how to do it. What I discovered was a video by the "Geeks on Tour".

Here's their video about connecting the Garmin Nuvi 255W to Streets and Trips. Check it out! Now, it's back to work for me...
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Use Case 1 Submitted

Here is a slideshow on Use Case #1 as presented (with revisions):



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Use Case 1

Our team has completed Task #3, and presented Use Case #1 for COIN 71 at Foothill College. Unfortunately, all the work I did was scrapped. Nevertheless, I will present the slideshow I prepared for what I thought was a group process. As it turns out, the "team" became a one-man show. Even if that one student is "the best" of us, it makes me sad to realize that the rest of us are relegated to the sidelines. In fact, I am dismayed by much of what passes for education these days. The courses are designed for separating the cream from the whey, rather than making a wholesome drink for all.


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MySQL to PhP to JSON

OK, this is the last of today's video tutorials. Our class project involves using all of these tools - MySQL, PhP, and JSON. I might as well get more familiar with them!


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JSON - PhP y JavaScript

Now HERE's an interesting video - watching it, you can learn how to use JSON with Php and JavaScript - AND, practice your Spanish too! It's really amazing how many videos are in foreign (to me) languages. I once downloaded an XML video in German, which I don't speak at all, but I still found it interesting! This video, spoken in a foreign language I "know", and teaching a computer language I'm learning - well, it's "icing on the cake"! Enjoy!


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JSON, Ajax, and PhP

Here's a pretty good video on the combined uses of JSON, Ajax, and PhP. The video shows hoe to stringify JSON, and how to decode it. It's over my head right now, but when I return to view the video in a few months, I hope to have this stuff all figured out!


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