Last week, at the suggestion of Tim Paek, I installed Microsoft FolderShare. The web-based service synchronizes the contents of folders on multiple computers. I find this to be useful in two ways. First, it allows me to share files with a Tim. He and I can both create folders on our machines, and instruct FolderShare …
Category Archive: Web
Apr
15
Microsoft Live Search Maps: Really cool features
OK, I really like MS Live Search Maps. I tested it out at the suggestion of Tim Paek, with whom I’ve been talking about in-car navigation devices. The topic of web-based navigation came up because Tim and I are interested in comparing the driving performance of drivers who use printed directions with the performance of …
Mar
04
Facebook Talk
Last Wednesday, 2/27/08, i gave a tech talk on Microsoft’s Facebook SDK. The Facebook SDK allows developers use and .Net language to create Desktop apps, Web apps, and also embed them within Facebook. Why has Microsoft done this? Here are some statistics on Facebook… Facebook has become the 2nd largest social networking app It is …
Feb
28
IEEE, please fix Xplore search!
IEEE’s Xplore service is an important source of papers for electrical and computer engineers. However, its search feature is frustratingly poor. Here is an example of how poorly the search works. In advanced search, I initiated a query for “speech analysis by homomorphic prediction” and I specified that I want the query to look at …
Nov
04
Using del.icio.us
del.icio.us (pronounced delicious) is a web service that allows you to store your favorite links online. In addition, you can tag your links so that they’re easy to search and easy to share. You can create networks with friends and colleagues. You can also explore what other people with similar interests are tagging (a cool conference …
Oct
24
Save the Internet
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Oct
12
Jim Miller Talk
On Tuesday October 9th, Jim Miller from Microsft came to speak at UNH. Jim joined Microsoft in 1998, leading the program management team for the kernel of the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR). His responsibility included garbage collection, metadata definition and file formats, intermediate language (IL) definition, IL-to-native code compilation, and remote objects. The talk …
Aug
19
Science-Oriented Video Website
Skimming Slashdot today, I stumbled across a Youtube-esque site for the science community. It’s called SciVee and is operated by the Public Library of Science (PLoS), the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC). According to their about page, SciVee provides a place for scientists to attach video content to papers …