{"id":2209,"date":"2012-05-26T18:44:36","date_gmt":"2012-05-27T00:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=2209"},"modified":"2014-09-12T11:50:45","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T17:50:45","slug":"where-ive-been-weekly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/05\/26\/where-ive-been-weekly\/","title":{"rendered":"Where I&#8217;ve Been (weekly: May 20-26)"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><h4>~ A record of places on the web I want to remember ~<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"diigo-linkroll\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2012\/05\/26\/how-to-pick-a-tablet-platform-for-your-app\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Venturebeat+%28VentureBeat%29\">iOS, Android, HTML5? How to pick a tablet platform for your app | VentureBeat<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">You\u2019re building a tablet app, and you need to make decisions on what platforms to support. Here\u2019s how to pick the tablet platform that\u2019s right for you \u2026 and will result in the most sales of your app.<\/p>\n<p>The choices are well-known:<\/p>\n<p>iOS<br \/>\nThe acknowledged market leader for scale and monetization<br \/>\nAndroid<br \/>\nThe strong contender for second place, but with fragmentation concerns<br \/>\nKindle Fire<br \/>\nAndroid under the skin, but walled off by Amazon, with its own app store<br \/>\nWindows 8<br \/>\nThe dark horse: an intriguing option, but scale and penetration are open questions<br \/>\nBlackBerry<br \/>\nThe dead horse?<br \/>\nHTML5<br \/>\nThe one ring to rule them all \u2026 but perhaps a little lost in a deep cave in the Misty Mountains<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\"><span>tags:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/ios\">ios<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/android\">android<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/html\">html<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/tablet\">tablet<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/platform\">platform<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/app\">app<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hccweb2.org\/web2\/\">Connect-Collaborate-Create with Web 2 Tools<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">Connect Collaborate Create<\/p>\n<p>Click on one of the icons above to be taken to a list of Web 2 Tools<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\"><span>tags:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/web\">web<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/web tools\">web tools<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.udemy.com\">Online Courses from World&#8217;s Experts | Udemy<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">Exchange site for online courses<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\"><span>tags:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/e-learning\">e-learning<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/education\">education<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/online learning\">online learning<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/web2.0\">web2.0<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/udemy\">udemy<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/elearning\">elearning<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/collaboration\">collaboration<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scalablegamedesign.cs.colorado.edu\/wiki\/Scalable_Game_Design_wiki\">Scalable Game Design wiki &#8211; Gamewiki<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">Mission: Reinventing computer science in public schools by motivating &amp; educating all students including women and underrepresented communities to learn about computer science through game design starting at the middle school level. More&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Results: The project aimed at instructing 1200 students in 3 years but exceeded expectations by instructing over 8,000 students; 45% of the students were girls, 64% of the girls want to continue! more on initial research&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\"><span>tags:<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/gaming\">gaming<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/youth\">youth<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/web2.0\">web2.0<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/education\">education<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"diigo-ps\">Posted from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\">Diigo<\/a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-2209'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(2209);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(2209);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(2209);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>~ A record of places on the web I want to remember ~ &nbsp; iOS, Android, HTML5? 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