software

24 Dec

Code? Not so much.

Posted by Dennis G. Jerz in coding, humanities, liberal arts, software, writing

The world does not need an army of humanities students who can code a payroll program in C++, but if those students think of themselves as competent learners of new technology, who can Google for tutorials and user forums and expert technical advice, and they create and share their own content on the Internet, then they are part of the new media knowledge economy.Dennis Jerz

13 Jun

How NOT to Use Powerpoint By Comedian Don McMillan

Posted by Dennis G. Jerz in compostition, design, funny, media, powerpoint, rhetoric, software

A stand-up comic routine that features a horribly-designed slide show.

I once gave a job talk using the same basic principle -- though not as funny. After about 8 or 10 awful slides that used the kind of dot-com hype that was at that time common online, I put up another one that read, "What have I done wrong so far?" and the students (who had been staring in shock) suddenly perked up and started contributing.

(I got the job.)

05 Jan

Free Software for Starving Students

Posted by Matt Barton in foss, free, software, students

One of my colleagues just pointed out this website: Software for Starving Students. It's a free (as in cost) CD that includes a huge assortment of software that the group has deemed essential for students: GIMP, OpenOffice, FileZilla, uTorrernt, PDFCreator, VLC, GAIM, etc. (there are many more). Controversially, the CD contains some proprietary apps as well, and while there is a version for Windows and OS X, GNU/Linux users are out of luck. Why? Well, if you're using GNU/Linux, you ought to be smart enough to find all this free software on your own!

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