The University of Richmond is retiring a traditional NAS/SAN storage solution and introducing Box: a hosted cloud storage (and collaboration) solution. In this episode of UR Tech Savvy, Scott and I talk about all things Box. We begin with a history of the company with some background into Box’s business model and structure. We finish talking about how we see faculty and staff using Box here on campus. Hope you enjoy listening!
This week Scott and I discuss the future of transportation. Some argue the greatest technological disruption in the near future will occur in the transportation sector. How will be get from point A to point B? Will computers take over driving responsibilities? What will the culture, social, and ethical repercussions be? How will this drastically altered transportation model effect the education system. We cover all these awesome questions PLUS introduce our new colleague in the CTLT, Ryan Brazell. I gotta be honest, this is a great podcast. Hope you enjoy!
Additional Information
Medium.com Self Driving Trucks
telegraph.co.uk Ten ways that driverless cars will change the world
Music is something that Scott and I love. It’s also an interesting topic because it touches on so many of the issues we love to talk about here in the CTLT: technology, culture, and innovation. The way that society has consumed music has drastically shifted in the last century, particularly in the last 25 years. We have gone from buying physical tapes/CDs to renting access to online streaming music. We are in the midst of a new shift in the culture and technology surrounding music. Streaming music, having (legal) access to tens of millions of song at the push of a button, is changing the way we interact and even think about music. Scott and I talk about these shifts in light of the recently released Apple Music and how they impact us and the education technology landscape. Hope you enjoy the episode!
Links
Thought piece: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-anxious-ease-of-apple-music
Apple Music Review: http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/8/8911731/apple-music-review
Is your desktop a cluttered mess? Do you have a little voice in your head that says maybe I should backup my files once and a while? This installment of UR Tech Savvy, Scott and I talk about solutions for folder organization and backups. It’s an exciting time in storage news as more and more companies are offering (nearly) free and (nearly) unlimited cloud storage. Hope you enjoy!
Scott and I took a 10 minute trip down the road to VCU’s AltLab for the first Altfest a few weeks ago. Altfest was a festival of ideas about educational technology and learning. We both really enjoyed it and thought it would make for a great podcast episode.
For our 5th (do the 5th anniversary dance) episode, Scott and I talk about the Altfest experience. Some specific topics we discuss are the need for Makerspaces on campus, the benefits of quality wordpress installations in the classroom, and much more! Hope you enjoy!
