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Did you l-o-v-e the Cookies from Tricia White?

Tricia White  -  If you liked the cookies, here are the recipes- Andria’s Chocolate Chip Cookies - http://tinyurl.com/acccookies Nannie’s Oatmeal Cookies (one change – use cherry flavored craisins for raisins) - http://tinyurl.com/3ahkldq  

Twitter Handles

For those of you that “discovered” twitter, or now have a renewed interest, here are the twitter handles for organizers and speakers…and don’t forget to follow @TechDayCamp! Reiko Beach  @reikob Tom Beach @thatbeach Lisa Morrissey  @lidocg Some of the Speakers: Andersen, Eric @eric_andersen Baker, Shea  @sheabaker Bensley, Skip  @skipbensley Caolo, Dave  @davidcaolo Carlton, Bobbie  @BobbieC [...]

Tech Day Camp Testamonial - Skip Bensely

Skip Bensley Created This Video At Tech Day Camp

Here is a video that Skip Bensley created during his workshop, Video Basics – Producing your own video with Skip Bensley. Using simple lighting and editing with Final Cut Pro  Skip was able to produce this video during his session at Tech Day Camp and have it uploaded to YouTube.  Participants from his Tech Day [...]

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Eric Anderson Featured on SlideShare

Congratulations to Eric Anderson!  His presentation The ABC’s of LBS – An Introduction to Location-Based Applications that he gave at Tech Day Camp is a featured presentation on SlideShare today.  So far it has 187 views. SlideShare is to PowerPoint (windows) or Keynote (Mac) that youtube is to video.  This is a great way to [...]

Tech Chronicles

John Hayden Presenting at Tech Day Camp 2011

Inaugural Tech Day Camp!

October 22, 2011 The Toolbox’ first Tech Day Camp, held at Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, was a smashing success! In the halls we heard: “This is fabulous!” “Thank you so much for today!” “The first session I attended alone was worth the price of admission.” Stay tuned for more quotes and testimonials. . .

United States vs. Microsoft - Monopoly for IE by Microsoft. Image courtesy of learnersonline.com

United States vs. Microsoft

October 20, 1997 US accuses Microsoft of violating pact forcing IE browser on computers. US vs Microsoft was a set of civil actions filed against Microsoft Corporation pursuant to the Sherman Act 1890 Section 1 and 2. The plaintiffs alleged that Microsoft abused monopoly power on Intel-based personal computers in its handling of operating system [...]

Edison's Optical Phonograph, Creator of the First Movie.  Photo courtesy of technicacommunications.com.

Patent for First Movie a Hit

October 17, 1888 Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph, the first movie, with images only 1/32 inches wide. Edison’s claim is that it will ‘do for the eye what the phonograph does for the ear.’ We should all go out this evening for dinner and a movie to commemorate!