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this blog is going to try to chronicle how I use technology in an effort to teach and write more effectively. A couple of initial caveats: 1. This blog is decidedly biased towards the humanities. Both because that is where I work, and because it seems to me that is where the greatest resistance to technology has been. 2. This blog is also markedly Mac biased. While many of the hints and tricks I have developed work across a range of platforms or are web based, most of my work is done on a Mac. While there are certainly reasons to choose to run a PC over a Mac I find that for my needs, and I would argue for many in the humanities (the sciences can be a different matter) a Mac is a better choice. 3. I am by no means an expert. This is meant as a place to begin a discussion, I hope that others can contribute their experiences, hints and tips as well.

A list of articles that explain how to turn an inexpensive laptop into a Mac - a Hackintosh

I'm seeing more and more of these at conferences. This is a list of sites that explain how to do it. How to turn a cheap netbook into a Mac.

Tom Daccord recomments using this screencapture program for the mac, it is free. He says by far it is the best for Mac.

This very cool Mac app, Popclip, lets you highlight and send text on a page just about anywhere (including evernote.) I wish I had this for sending quotes to buffer, etc.

Create and study with flash cards and multiple-choice tests on your Mac.

Solution for not being able to play Youtube videos inside of Facebook on a Power PC chip Mac computer. It is so easy and it works.

Science Leadership academy is moving to Dell Chromebooks and cloud tools and is trading in their Macs in a move that surprised many.

Some work done by students taught by Mike Skocko - Adobe Education Leader & Valhalla High School Teacher, CA. These graphics are amazing. This is his gallerly of his all time best mac lab posters. Cool. I just wish I could do something like this. I'm following his work in Adobe's ed exchange to learn more.

KeyCastr is a Mac OS X application that displays your keystrokes in a small floating window. It is intended to be used for screencasts or overhead projection, to emphasize what keystrokes need to be pressed when performing an action within an application.

Great Hack for getting this HP Color Laser Printer to work on a Mac running Leopard and using alternative printer drivers.

mindmapping software for mac and linux

Microsoft One Note on the Mac Store. It is free.

Article on picking the best camcorder for a Mac. Thought it was worth sharing.

Atmosphir is a free video game / creation tool for Mac & PC. Design mode lets you create enormous 3D platforming levels filled with fun gameplay elements like power-ups and fireballs, while Play mode lets you explore through the thousands of diverse user-created challenges being uploaded every day.

Mac users, I've heard this is a great tool.

opensource materials for Mac

Tutorial of how to screencast with Quicktime X. Been hearing a lot of people on twitter going crazy over Quicktime X.

Mac and Google Docs users should take a look at this. Search through Google Docs from Spotlight. Free app. VERY NICE!

Great little App for Mac users with Google Docs account. Search through Google Docs from Spotlight