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Learning on the Periphery

July 16, 2010 | In: teaching

I've been like a remora this week. I've been cruising in the slipstream of a Great White, waiting for the tasty bits that have been filtered behind. Two major educational conferences BLC10 and CMK10 are wrapping up this week. While I (and my school) did...

Printing on the iPad

May 23, 2010 | In: hardware, software

I have been putting the iPad through its paces. I am turning to it more often to access information like email, rss feeds, and other media. One of the iPad's unrefined areas is document management and printing. Luckily there is an app for that (sorry I...

Hmmm

May 12, 2010 | In: Uncategorized

The test post from ye old iPhone. Posted via web from mattcronin's posterous ...

I like to think of myself as a cautious early adopter. I purchased the first iPhone on the day it was released. I eschewed the 3G and 3GS models in favor of the 1st generation model; the same model I still use. I enjoy how it brings together many of the...

Tryin’ Street

February 16, 2010 | In: website

Just changed my theme to "Street." I like the large headings and the color scheme reminds me a little of Copyblogger's bold, clear style. Now the fun part...playing around with da CSS.

Pardon the Appearance

August 2, 2009 | In: Uncategorized

Please excuse the mess around here. I'm using this blog to test some themes and other plugins. I expect a few things to get broken while I play around. Hopefully my new project, fuelforstudents.com, doesn't distract me too...

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ScratchDay @ MIT

May 18, 2009 | In: Uncategorized

I attended ScratchDay 2009 @ MIT on Saturday May 16th. I've been an advocate of Scratch for about a year and a half. I love the low barrier of entry, programming / science_single skills, and sandbox-type environment. We got play around around a little bit...

When my hard drive bit the dust, my immediate worry for was my data. I knew how difficulty and expense of data recovery. With this in mind, I approached my Apple Genius Bar with little hope. After talking with Carl the Genius, I had two options: data...

Last week I heard a violent clicking noise coming from my laptop. When I rebooted and saw folder with question mark emblazoned on it, I immediately knew my hard drive was screwed. I powered down my MacBook Pro hoping in my heart that the next restart...