Most of the people on the list are going to look familiar, as they’ve been commenting on Beyond the Rhetoric for some time now. And so, we now take a look at who were the top thinkers for the month of March 2012, diving into some of the posts and content from their own respective sites. This is just my little way of saying thank you.
We start off with Ray Ebersole, who once again tops the charts. He’s been very busy with his new job and new addition to the family, but he still finds time to comment here. That’s awesome. Some time back, he wrote a post on the term boffinry as used by the Register. The neologism probably refers to the antics performed by boffins, which is roughly the British equivalent to “geeks” or “nerds.”
Next up is Zagorath, who has a blog on where music meets tech. In a recent post, he talks about what he believes to be the greatest invention of all-time. While some people may turn to the personal computer, the refrigerator, or the Internet, Zagorath chooses the printing press. This invention allowed mass availability of information for the first time in human history.
Interestingly enough, Joanne comes in third. She does not appear have a personal blog, but rather she has been commenting on my post on Ufile as a representative of the company that developed the income tax software. I’m glad that the post has attracted enough attention that it has become a post-hoc support forum for users.
Chang Guohua, who you may know better simply as AOA, is next on the list. He has a series of blog posts designed to help you learn something new. One post was about the word “serendipitous,” which actually has its origins in Sri Lanka of all places. The heroes of one tale “were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of.”
And finally, we have Used Tires. While tires are clearly an example of “wear” items on your car, that does not mean that you should ignore the used market altogether. You just have to be more mindful of your purchase, how you drive in the rain, and how well you maintain both the tread and tire pressure.
Thanks Michael. You can add broken down car ro the list of things taking up my time. I am currently at ballet with Camille because I have my Mom’s car and My wife can’t drive it.
We just jumped into the biggest time of the school year too with all the FCAT, end of course testing online instead of paper. Add to that the Classroom of Tommorrow touch screen computers that I am lead tech on and time has just flown by.
Lastly, today I was asked to be the lead tech for our conversion to Win7 at all schools in the district. I am honored by their asking me, just have to put on the big boy pants and the high water boots to get me through.
But, in the end I will always be watching and commenting.
They’re only converting to Win7 now? Windows 8 is right around the corner!
Yep, just now going to Win7. We won’t do Win8 for 3 years at the least. We have a lot if programs that just finished updating ro IE8 too. I have been using a Win7 laptop for a while in our testing phase. I am also setting up new computers, the classroom of tomorrow as Win7.
My school has still not 100% switched to Win7, with the majority being switched over only last September. When I first went to this school in 2007, they hadn’t even switched to Windows XP yet!
Ray, do you think that it’s likely your school district will not switch to Windows 8 at all, if the following version of Windows comes as quickly as Win8 has after 7?
Hehe, I also switched over to Win7 as recent as last month only, after using WinXP for 11 years. I think Win8 is more geared toward mobile devices and will only be ‘ported’ to desktop.
-Jean
Yes Jean, Win8 is tailored to a mobile device. It has a Win7 like desktop underneath but it isn’t as easy to get to and use. I have been using it in a virtual machine sine the dev release. The consumer release is just a little more advanced but it is still not a consumer version.
It will work better on a tablet and in a business setting as a Kiosk OS.
Wow Ray you really do have your hands full. But its admirable that you are doing so much and getting it all done and are still able to take your daughter to ballet. You show it can be done!
Congrats to the others I will check out the articles that were highlighted here.