Besides reviews, I also write for MacDirectory Magazine. I recently posted an article supporting the U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) mobile units and their dangerous mission eradicating IEDs in Afghanistan.  Last October 2010 to March 2011, EODMU-3 was filmed in Afghanistan dealing with IEDs and terrorist bombs.

Here’s the article:  It’s A Blast Using Macs! Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan.  Thanks, watch the show and consider supporting the Wounded EOD Warrior Foundation.

Subject Matter: Acme Made Trixy Laptop bag. It’s not black!

Most laptop and computer bags come in black, black and…black. Boring. Acme Made has some very stylish, yet sturdy laptop bags for ladies of all ages. Observe the red Acme Made Trixy Laptop bag. It’s good looking, the Trixy comes in three different colors, yet sturdy for a very fashionable bag. Continue reading…

Learning Without Frontiers is a new education blog that will offer a “valuable destination for friends and colleagues who share a passion and interest about the future of learning where we host media, resources, discussions and the opportunity for people to network.”

Proposed Headline Speakers on the site will feature:

Legendary game designer, Jesse Schell, President of LEGO Education, Jacob Kragh and Scratch creator, Mitch Resnick from MIT Media Lab Continue reading…

Subject Matter: Learning addition, subtraction, division and multiplication with bubbles

Grades: Preschool to elementary

Bubble Up the Math Equations
Pop goes the math equation. Players can start easy to learn, or review basic math equations (2+2=). Several answers float around and pop!, guess the right one and receive a heart. Continue reading…

Subject Matter:Online MLA, ALA and Chicago style citation information inserted into essays and professional papers

Grades: Middle, High school, college, government, academia, medical

This site is great. How many times have you had to drag out your MLA, APA, or Chicago style cite page, or scrounge around a website to remember how to cite some article, book, website, online source, etc?

Try www.easybib.com. Kudos to my son for showing me this site. It works great!

Subject Matter: Building mobile applications across multiple platforms using Adobe’s CS 5.5 Master Collection

Grades: High school, college, marketing, education mobile applications, mobile application designers

Mobile Development for Android, BlackBerry Tablet OS and iOS
Adobe’s CS 5.5 Master Collection focuses on enabling mobile application developers to build applications once and deploy to multiple platforms – Apple iOS, Android, and Blackberry. CS 5.5 Master Collection helps streamline the development process and for low budget  and education development, this could be the difference between success and failure.    CS 5.5 also marks the beginning of annual improvements to Adobe’s CS product suite and additional purchase options. Continue reading…

Subject Matter: Autodesk 3D computer aided design software for Mac computers

Grades: High school to college, engineers, architects, design, computer aided design

AutoCad Comes to Mac
With AutoCad 2011, Autodesk has extended their popular 3D computer aided design to the Mac platform. This illustrates AutoDesk’s expanding support for Mac users. Recently, Autodesk released AutoCad 2012 with support for the new Lion operating system. We expect AutoCad 2012 will add further enhancements to an already great product. Continue reading…