Going Green with Da-Lite

Da-Lite Screen Company is offering a new service to customers who purchase a screen from them. Started on January 1st, 2008 Da-lite will now recycle your current screen for just the cost of shipping.


Here's how it works:
Give us a call or order your screen online at Matrixingenuity.com

Let us know what size and model screen you need recycled

Da-lite will send all of the packaging materials

Package up the screen and send it back to Da-lite in Indiana

• Not a bad deal.
• Let me know what you think!
  

Macworld - The GOOD part!

There were several cool products at the Expo.

Interwrite Learining was there with the bluetooth wireless tablet, whiteboard and personal response system (PRS). It was a busy booth and there was a lot of interest in the PRS, both as a testing device and as a method to collect homework.

NEC had some new products including a wrap around wide screen display. It is not a flat screen as you can see but a rear projection. Neat concept, yet sad, as I do not have space on my desk for it....Yet!

Canon was there with their large format printers 44" wide and up to 75' long. The images were sharp and while I was at their booth they were printing this beautiful banner! They also displayed there consumer and professional video cameras, HD is out there and its stunning. I am looking for a new video camera for podcasting and I think Canon may be it.

Continuing along the lines of video Pod casting, I saw two excellent software programs from Vara Software. http://www.varasoftware.com/ The videocue 2 allows you to enter your script and read it like a teleprompter as you look into your video camera. They were using the built-in camera in the top of the screen and it worked like a dream. The other product they had was a software based live broadcast studio. It has a robust feature set and you can do some neat things.

This next picture is of Software Bisque's booth. http://www.bisque.com/ They have a series of astronomy software products that are comprehensive to say the least. For both the beginner and the expert they have a solution for you.

I suppose that since I am writing about Macworld Expo, I should say a few things about Apple's offerings. They had the whole line-up there, Ipod, IPhone, and the rest. They were showing of the Macbook Air, a super thin notebook. It was slick and there are going to be a lot of happy travelers, when they get their hands on this beaut.

Overall, the show broke even, not too many breakthrough items, but a lot of solid products that address various niche markets.

What did you think?

What was your expectation?

What cool things did you find?

Macworld Expo 2008

I went to my first Macworld Expo today. It wasn't what I expected and I am sure that the biggest buzz will be about the lines to get badges.

This is the line to get into the EXPO, Cool huh! Now, if you were to look down the street to the right you would see another crowd this size waiting to get in. It was a mess.

Another Picture of the line, this time inside:

Well, it has been a long, long day and although the Expo started off slow, there was some cool stuff there and I will share that later.

Tell me what you thought of Macworld.

Macworld Expo

I have a GREAT job. One of the benefits of this great jobs is that I can attend trade shows and various training and then I can share what I learned with all of you!

Tomorrow, is the opening day of the Expo and I will be in attendance. Several of our partners will be there, Interwrite Learning, and NEC are two that I am looking forward to visiting with. I am also excited to see all of the audio and video editing equipment plus all of the new gadgets. (What can I say, I am a Geek)

I will be taking some pictures and I will share them and what I have learned when I get back.



Let me know if you were there too and I look forward to hearing what you thought was the "Latest Greatest."


Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - ), "Profiles of The Future", 1961 (Clarke's third law)

New Year's Resolutions

Well, it’s the 3rd week of January, how many of you have broken at least one of your New Year’s Resolutions? I haven’t, I am not bragging but you have to make Resolutions to keep them. Several years ago, I gave up resolutions for good. Oh sure I have goals for the year, but resolutions, never again. Why? Too much pressure, too easy to quit, too, well, you name it and I’ll find an excuse.
I am a firm believer in continuous improvement.
Yes, it is very business sounding, however if you think about it, why create obstacles for yourself. If you start out the year with the resolution to exercise at least 3 times a week for 30 minutes and you don’t do it, you fail. Also, why the New Year, when most of us need corrections throughout the year.
Here is how it works for me! One of my goals is to exercise more, I would like to work out 3-4 days a week and I can tell you I am not currently doing so. I am however working out 1-2 days a week and that is more then I was a month ago and next month I will try to work in another day or work out longer each time. So when I look back I see improvement and not failure.

The solutions Matrix Ingenuity offer are the same, they are always in the process of continuous improvement.
Our training and support http://www.matrixingenuity.com/Training-sp10.html is always being modified and perfected to provide you with the highest quality and the most enjoyable experience MI can offer.
Interwrite Learning is an excellent example of the continuous improvement system. Their Interwrite Workspace software is being enriched everyday, they take user feedback and any issues that arise and improve the software, and they provide the upgrades for free.
Matrix Ingenuity’s website http://www.matrixingenuity.com/ is also under continuous improvement. Changes are being made every day sometimes they work and sometimes we need to make changes, but we are striving to improve.
This blog http://www.matrixingenuity.blogspot.com/ too is a new endeavor and if I haven’t bored you to tears yet, I have improved since last week. (I didn’t even blog)

Remember the addage:
"Good, Better, Best, Never Rest. Till good is better and better, best"

How can you work continuous improvement? I look forward to your response.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - ), "Profiles of The Future", 1961 (Clarke's third law)

Welcome to Matrix Ingenuity's blog

We are starting the new year with exciting news! We have opened an e-commerce site to assist our existing clients in purchasing products and services.

Our main goal of the blog is to discuss our favorite topics related to classroom technologies and products With so much many choices of technology offered we wanted to have a way to comment and provide our thoughts and experiences.