I’m very impressed by the contact and calendar sync available through Google for the IPhone and IPod Touch. I spent the weekend setting it for my Dad in celebration of his birthday. It allows him to add a contact on his IPhone or his IPad and the contact immediately syncs online with his GMail account [...]

I’ve been working on an online testing program with California State Standards sample questions called the CST Showdown for the students at my school.  Anyone can login as a guest.  You can find the website at http://www.lincolntigers.org/showdown.

I’ve resurrected an old student programming project from one of my students four years ago to create an online CAHSEE practice test in English and math.  I am posting 25 questions per week and students compete against teachers (not literally) online in a Jeopardy game format.  Questions come from your standard CAHSEE practice book, but [...]

Microsoft provides a free 25 GB through Skydrive.  Skydrive Explorer is a nice addition allowing you to copy files directly to your online storage through My Computer.   Microsoft has been one of the better providers of the ability to sync and share files across multiple computers through the cloud.  I have used LiveMesh exclusively, [...]

According to this post, WordPress now has a plug-in, or if you use WordPress.com (it’s automatic), that allows real-time posting of stories to the web (link).  Once you post, your update shoots out to readers as opposed to waiting (up to an hour) before anyone knows your post exists (a server issue).  I am surprised [...]