Communication and Collaboration, 2008-Style

I woke up this morning and thought that I really needed to experiment with MT4, and here I am. But after reading the FAQ quickly, I said: just jump in. After a few minutes, I said: wow, my desktop is certainly different than it was in January 2007. Notable changes are probably familiar to lots of other Penn Staters.

1. Vista
2. Office 2007
3. Some quick glimpses of ANGEL 7.2
4. CS3

I forgot to mention that I took an Access 2007 last week, so I'm almost dangerous in that space, too.

I'm musing about the technologies that I'm using daily, but as ITS pursue its strategic planning effort, I wonder what our desktops will look like in 2014. What will be the common elements for faculty (both in teaching and research roles)? staff? students? How accurate will the technology and social predictions be?

Last week's news? Microsoft and Yahoo. The more interesting news -- much less public -- is what is happening in the inCommon space. I'd encourage everyone interested in IT to see what unfolds in that space. It's far more interesting than the division of advertising income among the large search engine companies.