So while I like my university, their IT really is inadequate. (They've lost *all* emails for two faculty during a migration.) And since I'm the resident tech guy for my department, I took it upon myself to "fix" the problem. What I ended up doing is getting a domain and using Google Apps to host the department's email server, as well as a department calendar and a department homepage.
And I've been pretty impressed with the product. The more I play around with it, the better I can wrap my head around how these applications can solve problems that I haven't even fully recognized yet.
Oh--and it's free. Two thumbs up.
/Update: I've updated two of the staff's machines--and they've already discovered the "chat" feature. And it's cool when the stuff is designed such that the peoples figure it out on their own (rather than you having to walk them through stuff). Two enthusiastic thumbs up.
And I've been pretty impressed with the product. The more I play around with it, the better I can wrap my head around how these applications can solve problems that I haven't even fully recognized yet.
Oh--and it's free. Two thumbs up.
/Update: I've updated two of the staff's machines--and they've already discovered the "chat" feature. And it's cool when the stuff is designed such that the peoples figure it out on their own (rather than you having to walk them through stuff). Two enthusiastic thumbs up.
posted by Greg | 9:09 PM
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So I followed the link to your department and looked you up under faculty. Quite an odd experience actually seeing the title "Dr." before your name.
To be honest--it still feels odd for me too; and that's gotten me into some easily avoidable situations. I still feel like that goofy guy that prefers cutting up over doing *real* work. And this latter is problematic in the classroom environment.
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