Redirecting IP traffic to a web cache
For ages, KY CIOs have been dealing with a state regulation relation to web filtering and caching and I’ve been on both sides of the fence at different times as …
Willful Destruction of Technology
This is my latest pet peeve. I’ve had several conversations in recent months with CIOs and technicians about this topic. It doesn’t happen everywhere, but willful destruction of technology seems …
Technology Planning
This is a hot topic with school districts and it’s a burdensome one to say the least. At some point, perhaps I’ll address the larger debate of what a strong …
SimScience
A tweet led me to this site. SimScience is a product of a National Science Federation project between departments at Cornell and Syracuse (and perhaps others). It isn’t a particularly …
A few points about "in line" filters
Our region has been talking about Internet filtering/monitoring quite a bit recently. Some vendors have proposed hardware solutions that are “in line”, essentially forcing all traffic through the hardware appliance. …
Cell phones in school – forming an opinion
Seeing recent blog posts and tweets about this topic has placed it on my mind (again). In my mind, I’ve been mulling around the topic of cell phones in school. …
More broadband talk…
I blogged months ago about the $7.2B in ARRA ‘stimulus’ funding to expand broadband connectivity around the country. I wanted to touch on another recent development. The FCC is asking …
"To Fee or Not To Fee" – What Should Be Free?
Granted, the title of this post isn’t well thought out. I’m sure that’s why I’m blogging and not publishing a novel. I did want to briefly touch on a coming …