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Talking to My Television
I can now control my Pioneer PDP-5080 plasma television by using my voice. How cool is that! Using Visual Studio 2008 Express, I was able to create a C# application that utilizes the .NET System.IO.Ports.SerialPort class and System.Speech.Recognition namespace to...
Posted in Gregory Szorc's blog on November 10, 2007 06:51 PM
Case Students Portal Savvy
In the ITS Freshmen Survey, I found this quote: More than half the students are customizing their MyCase experience (which is very high and suggests a degree of tech savvy that is well above national averages for portal technology. I...
Posted in Gregory Szorc's blog on October 25, 2006 05:42 PM
What Does Tellme Do?
A few people have been asking what products my current employer, Tellme Networks, has. Their current main market segment is advanced voice-driven applications. One of the earliest is their portal. Make a toll-free call to 1-800-555-TELL. Tellme does all of...
Posted in Gregory Szorc's blog on June 16, 2006 02:49 PM
More People Talking about Computer Help Documentation
I have mentioned [[Category:Computer Help|computer help documentation]] in my blog before. With a new help documentation site accessible through the [[portal]] looming on the horizon, people are concerned that the solution is not ideal. I have to agree with them....
Posted in Gregory Szorc's blog on June 13, 2006 02:15 PM
start.case.edu Re-plugged
start.case.edu, a Case portal, has a few more widgets: Gmail Case News Case Point Case Classifieds World News US News ESPN News More features coming soon. Stay tuned!...
Posted in Gregory Szorc's blog on March 8, 2006 12:46 PM
The Current State of the Information Portal
The subject of portals has been brought up in many of my previous posts. Once again, portals are at the forefront of my thoughts. The recent additions and growing popularity of publishing services on campus, including Blog@Case, the [[Main Page|Case...
Posted in Gregory Szorc's blog on February 27, 2006 02:22 AM
Basic Expectations of Enterprise Software
In a few of my previous posts, I vented some steam about my disappointment with so-called "enterprise" software. To prove that I am not just a pathological complainer, I am going to back up those posts with a list of...
Posted in Gregory Szorc's blog on February 24, 2006 06:46 PM
The EECS Department and Horde are Providing What Oracle Can't
I have known about Horde for a while now. For those not in the know, Horde is an application framework and suite of applications. I first played around with Horde on my own probably two years ago and was turned...
Posted in Gregory Szorc's blog on February 24, 2006 01:20 AM
Case Wiki Hits 1000 Users
I just noticed that the [[Main Page|Case Wiki]] has hit the 1000 users mark! Since the wiki can log you in automatically if you are logged in to CAS, I thought these numbers might be a little deceiving, so I...
Posted in Gregory Szorc's blog on February 20, 2006 01:24 AM
Single Sign-On Eases Headaches, Especially on February 15
Hopefully by now you are acquainted with the university's single sign-on service, [[CAS]]. You appreciate how much easier it makes your day. You get to work in the morning, sign on, and don't worry about specifying your password again and...
Posted in Gregory Szorc's blog on January 27, 2006 12:31 PM
The Beauty of XML and Middleware
Earlier today, I realized what happens when you don't provide others a way to easily access your information; people invent the wheel again. I was in a [[USG]] tech meeting and we were talking about calendars, something that has been...
Posted in Gregory Szorc's blog on November 30, 2005 09:35 PM
Disappointed with OSTN
I am horribly disappointed that [[IPTV]] at Case is streaming over Windows Media. In order to view the content, not only do you have to be logged in to the [[Portal]], but you need the most recent version of Windows...
Posted in Gregory Szorc's blog on November 21, 2005 07:36 PM
Too Many Newsletters
The case-foo e-mail lists are bad. Today, I received an e-mail from the Observer addressed to case-undergrads@case.edu . The e-mail only contained two events... hardly an informative e-mail at all. Did this newsletter provide me an option to unsubscribe? No....
Posted in Gregory Szorc's blog on November 16, 2005 11:31 AM
Iowa State University Wiki
Rofflehaus, a wiki for Iowa State University and surrounding areas is the most developed university-centered wiki I have seen to date. They appear to be using it as a portal for information, posting sports schedules and scores, recent and upcoming...
Posted in Gregory Szorc's blog on October 27, 2005 09:17 PM
News Travels Faster With Blogs
I was excited to hear the news yesterday about [[OneCleveland]]. Like most things nowadays, I was notified of the announcement through a Planet Case syndicated feed. The Blog@Case system allowed this news to be published quickly and the world was...
Posted in Gregory Szorc's blog on August 20, 2005 10:38 AM
Evaluating Single Sign-On Alternatives
In a previous post, I raised the need for a replacement single sign-on service for the university and investigated the usage of Oracle's single sign-on product as a viable replacement. The results were discouraging. Therefore, a separate single sign-on product...
Posted in Gregory Szorc's blog on August 9, 2005 11:09 AM
Evaluating Oracle Single Sign-On
Many of you know about login.case.edu. It makes your lives much easier because now you only have to enter your password once for numerous web services. However, there is a problem with the service: it is too complicated. It is...
Posted in Gregory Szorc's blog on August 9, 2005 10:46 AM
my.case.edu Versus Open Content
The Case Portal (my.case.edu) is always a hot topic for discussion. It has previously been mentioned on Blog@Case for [[IPTV]] and it made appearances in many people's top (and bottom) 10 lists of IT at Case. Today, I question our...
Posted in Gregory Szorc's blog on August 3, 2005 11:36 AM
Caving In: IT Lists
Everyone else is doing it, so here it goes......
Posted in Gregory Szorc's blog on June 28, 2005 09:39 AM
Centralized Information Repository @ Case
Are you ever left scratching your head after trying to find information on the university network? Do you ever set off to do something that you are sure has been done before, only to be left trying to figure it...
Posted in Gregory Szorc's blog on May 24, 2005 11:43 PM