{"id":2383,"date":"2015-11-30T05:00:23","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T13:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teachinginhighered.com\/?p=2383"},"modified":"2015-11-30T05:00:23","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T13:00:23","slug":"someday-maybe-technology-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teachinginhighered.com\/2015\/11\/30\/someday-maybe-technology-list\/","title":{"rendered":"My 2015 someday\/maybe technology list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.coachingforleaders.com\/cb:ztCJ~31fd5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/teachinginhighered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/someday-maybe-technology-list.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=1931656683  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2384\" src=\"https:\/\/images.coachingforleaders.com\/cb:ztCJ~31fd5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/teachinginhighered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/someday-maybe-technology-list.jpg\" alt=\"someday\/maybe technology list\" width=\"700\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.coachingforleaders.com\/cb:ztCJ~31fd5\/w:700\/h:465\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/teachinginhighered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/someday-maybe-technology-list.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.coachingforleaders.com\/cb:ztCJ~31fd5\/w:300\/h:199\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/teachinginhighered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/someday-maybe-technology-list.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.coachingforleaders.com\/cb:ztCJ~31fd5\/w:600\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/teachinginhighered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/someday-maybe-technology-list.jpg 600w, https:\/\/images.coachingforleaders.com\/cb:ztCJ~31fd5\/w:700\/h:465\/q:mauto\/f:best\/ig:avif\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/teachinginhighered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/someday-maybe-technology-list.jpg 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I've talked on the podcast many times before about my approach to exploring new technology that I hear about during the semester. When I discover an educational technology or productivity tool that seems like it might be a good fit for me, I attempt to resist the temptation to dive in right then.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, I place the item on the technology section of my <a href=\"https:\/\/hamberg.no\/gtd\/#the-some-daymaybe-list\" target=\"_blank\">someday\/maybe list<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">David Allen <\/a>prescribes the use of someday\/maybe lists in his GTD (<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1RdyDhh\" target=\"_blank\">Getting Things Done<\/a>) system, as follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Activating and maintaining your Someday\/Maybe category unleashes the flow of your creative thinking &#8211; you have permission to imagine cool things to do without having to commit to doing anything about them yet. &#8211; David Allen in Getting Things Done<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Someday\/maybe technology list<\/h2>\n<p>Here's what's on my someday \/ maybe list under the technology section, to check out during our 2015 holiday break:<\/p>\n<h3>Doceri<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Evaluate <a href=\"https:\/\/doceri.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Doceri<\/a> as a possible pencasting replacement, due to <a href=\"http:\/\/store.livescribe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">LiveScribe's<\/a> reliance on a proprietary PDF format or app for playing pencasts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Backdraft<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itap.purdue.edu\/studio\/backdraft\/\" target=\"_blank\">Backdraft<\/a> for pre-populating Tweets for a live presentation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Markdown Field Guide<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Review \/ re-read <a href=\"http:\/\/macsparky.com\/markdown\/\" target=\"_blank\">David Spark's Markdown field guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Ulysses<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Consider switching to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulyssesapp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ulysses<\/a> for podcast interview notes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Mac &#8220;Vacuuming&#8221; Mail Optimizer<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Implement Brett Terpstra's <a href=\"http:\/\/brettterpstra.com\/2015\/10\/27\/vacuuming-mail-dot-app-on-el-capitan\/\" target=\"_blank\">vacumming mail script<\/a> to optimize mail (Mac-specific)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Stanford's Online and Blended Courses<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Consider taking <a href=\"https:\/\/lagunita.stanford.edu\/courses\/StanfordOnline\/O.P.E.N.\/CourseDesign\/about\" target=\"_blank\">Stanford's Online and Blended Courses class<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>FileMaker Pro<\/h3>\n<p>Evaluate using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filemaker.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">FileMaker Pro<\/a> for tracking Teaching in Higher Ed guest recommendations<\/p>\n<h3>IFTTT<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Explore ways to better leverage <a href=\"https:\/\/ifttt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">IFTTT<\/a>\u00a0(especially the <a href=\"https:\/\/ifttt.com\/products\/do\/button\" target=\"_blank\">new &#8220;do&#8221; button<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Learn OmniFocus webinars and videos<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Browse <a href=\"http:\/\/learnomnifocus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Learn OmniFocus' webinars and videos<\/a> for unwatched ones of interest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Linky 5.0<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn about <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/linky-share-webpage-links\/id438090426?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\">Linky 5.0<\/a> and evaluate it's use for social media sharing (not quite sure what it does over <a href=\"http:\/\/bufferapp.com\" target=\"_blank\">BufferApp<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[reminder]What's on your someday\/maybe technology list that you'll be checking out as the year ends? 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