Author Archives: Andy Rush

Breaking Wind

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Andy Rush

cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo shared by tedreese A little over 5 years ago I wrote two posts titled “Winds of change” (I and II). The first post highlighted a video from Kodak titled “Winds of … Continue reading →

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Feelin’ Very Blue

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Andy Rush

So it took me a while to do this, but I finally took advantage of the Warner Bros. offer to “upgrade” (still love that term!) my HD-DVDs to Blu-ray discs. Just in case anyone forgets the story. When “High Definition” … Continue reading →

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Bringing up a Memory

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Andy Rush

Thanks to my good buddy and DTLT’s “big toe” Jim Groom, I finally found a long lost video that has been haunting me for about 22 years. You see back in the late 80′s I used to work at a … Continue reading →

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The iPad IS Revolutionary…

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Andy Rush

… WE are just not done with it yet. I like my iPad (v2), and as of Monday I’ve been challenged to see how much I REALLY like it. You may know by now that I lost my beloved MacBook … Continue reading →

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Psycho macguffin

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Andy Rush

Originally uploaded by rushaw. First Hitchcock macguffin?

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Bullit Macguffin

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Andy Rush

Bullit Macguffin Originally uploaded by rushaw. A contribution to DS106

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There’s Nothing I Like More Than Experimenting

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Andy Rush

Right. So I am experimenting with Storify. What is here is great. I can add tweets from my friends (my timeline), tweets that I posted (my tweets), my favorite tweets (Fav) of from a specific user or list (User/list). Cool. … Continue reading →

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Blog Publishing with Storify Part Deux

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Andy Rush

Let me make this clearer So Alan was very helpful with comments and even a post about how to directly publish using Storify. Tweet Like Phillips Seafood – CogDogBlog Just to prove to Andy Rush that you can publish from … Continue reading →

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Blog Publishing with Storify

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Andy Rush

Learning about Storify and making the stories permanent on the blog. So our newest, bestest Instructional Technology Specialist, Tim Owens (aka @timmmmyboy) came back into the office talking about Storify.  Over the summer, I saw Storify for the first time. … Continue reading →

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Canvas comes to UMW

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Andy Rush

I can now happily report that UMW is going to be using Instructure Canvas for our Course Management System. Here is a little video that typical students might have if they bumped into each other on the streets of Fredericksburg.

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