The Tightwad Tech http://www.thetightwadtech.com Doing More with Less Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:36:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Episode 11 – Spiceworks http://www.thetightwadtech.com/2010/09/01/episode-11-spiceworks/ http://www.thetightwadtech.com/2010/09/01/episode-11-spiceworks/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:36:17 +0000 The Tightwad http://www.thetightwadtech.com/?p=157 Synopsis:

    In this episode Mark and Shawn are joined by Tabrez Syed and Cole Lakes of Spiceworks to discuss their suite of enterprise IT tools.  Mark and Shawn also answer some listener feedback by giving a rundown of some of their favorite podcasts.   Visit our Podcast page to give it a listen and be sure to come back here and leave some feedback in the comments. 

 

Links:

www.spiceworks.com

TIPS:

Tech Tip of the Week –  DVDFlick – a simple, yet powerful DVD authoring tool

Teacher Tip of the Week –  Scuptris – a free 3D Sculpting Software that uses "digital clay."

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    In this episode Mark and Shawn give a review of the Android 2.2 mobile operating and discuss the current state of mobile computing in general.   Visit our Podcast page to give it a listen and be sure to come back here and leave some feedback in the comments. 

 

TIPS:

Tech Tip of the Week – CDBurnerXP – Really simple, free CD burner (despite the name it works with Vista and 7)

Teacher Tip of the Week –  Classroom 2.0 – Website for people interested in Web 2.0 and social media in education.

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    In this episode Mark and Shawn ask for feedback from the audience on a couple of issues related to The Tightwad Tech community.   Visit our Podcast page to give it a listen and be sure to come back here and leave some feedback in the comments. 

 

TIPS:

Tech Tip of the Week – Locknote

Teacher Tip of the Week – Soocial

]]> http://www.thetightwadtech.com/2010/08/04/143/feed/ 5 Episode 8 – Starving Artists http://www.thetightwadtech.com/2010/07/23/episode-8-starving-artists/ http://www.thetightwadtech.com/2010/07/23/episode-8-starving-artists/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:48:06 +0000 The Tightwad http://www.thetightwadtech.com/?p=137 Synopsis:

    In this episode Mark and Shawn discuss various tools and online resources for creating and editing digital artwork.   Visit our Podcast page to give it a listen and be sure to come back here and leave some feedback in the comments. 

Links:

The GIMP – A full-featured, cross-platform digital image editor

Aviary.com – A suite of online tools for the creating of digital artwork

Picasa – A free photo editing and organization tool

DrawIt Lite – A Mac-based vector drawing tool

Picnik – An online photo editing tool

 

TIPS:

Tech Tip of the Week – Password Control

Teacher Tip of the Week – Open Clip Art Gallery

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    In this episode Mark and Shawn discuss what they've been up to in recent weeks, as well as what's coming in the future.  They also mention a couple of great tips sent in by listeners and add a bit of their own opinion on the subject of Internet content filtering.  Visit our Podcast page to give it a listen and be sure to come back here and leave some feedback in the comments.

Links:

OpenDNS

Untangle

Texas Computer Education Association

Alesis MultiMix 8 USB 2.0

]]> http://www.thetightwadtech.com/2010/07/09/episode-7-out-of-pocket/feed/ 4 Episode 6 – Off With His Head! http://www.thetightwadtech.com/2010/06/24/episode-6-off-with-his-head/ http://www.thetightwadtech.com/2010/06/24/episode-6-off-with-his-head/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:08:08 +0000 The Tightwad http://www.thetightwadtech.com/?p=116 In this episode Mark and Shawn interview Dr. Doug Green regarding his recent blog post entitled, "Should We Get Rid of Technology Directors"?  This post set off a firestorm of debate on numerous blogs and mail lists.  We set the record straight in a thought provoking discussion with Dr. Green.  Visit our Podcast page to give it a listen and be sure to come back here and leave some feedback in the comments.

You can read the original blog post made on the Dangerously Irrelevant website here: Should We Get Rid of Technology Directors?

Also visit, http://www.drdouggreen.com/ , for more information on Dr. Green.  He also has a number of book summaries posted on his site.

Tech Tip of the Week: Active User Manager

Teacher Tip of the Week: SMPlayer

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]]> http://www.thetightwadtech.com/2010/06/17/episode-5-5-inconceivable-irony/feed/ 1 http://www.thetightwadtech.com/2010/02/15/hello-world/ http://www.thetightwadtech.com/2010/02/15/hello-world/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:43:48 +0000 The Tightwad http://www.thetightwadtech.com/?p=1 The Tightwad Tech is a podcast by and for those in the education field who face ever-growing demands and ever-shrinking budgets. We discuss the strategic implementation of free and open source software as well as the creative deployment of hardware.

Thanks to Oursvince for the Creative Commons license which allows us to use "Spanish Samba" as our bump music.

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    In this episode Mark and Shawn are joined by Jeremy Fluhmann to discuss the readiness of Desktop Linux for the educational environment.  Is it ready?  Does it suck?  Does it matter?  Next they go through some tips and feedback provided by listeners.   Visit our Podcast page to give it a listen and be sure to come back here and leave some feedback in the comments. 

Links:

iTALC - Remote monitoring and support utility

OpenAudit – "quickly audit individual workstations and servers, and provides a ready to print report."

ScriptStart - "Power user profile management that enables profiles to be managed independent of Windows"

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    In this episode Mark and Shawn are joined by Chuck Syperski and Jian Zhang to discuss FOG, a free and open source hard drive imaging and remote administration suite.   Visit our Podcast page to give it a listen and be sure to come back here and leave some feedback in the comments. 

Links:

FogProject.org

InstallRite – An application packaging utility


TIPS:

Tech Tip of the Week – WinAudit

Teacher Tip of the Week – LiveMocha.com

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