Doc Ott’s Life Hack Blog

I have started sewing again (Thanx Candice!) and have gotten back inshape making hats, scarves, and bags. Now, I can move up to collapsible canvas bag.

When going through this 11 top new web apps of 2007 post over at lifehack.org and found Bubbl.us, a cool online mind map app that is ridicoulously simple to use, you can save, share and even export to a image file.

Some really good stuff here. I wish my students would take advantage of what is out there to help them be more successful.
Ten online tools for college students

I sometime tutor online and an online whiteboard is rather important. I used Imagination Cubed for a while, but this one is more robust and has some cool features.
Create instant shareable whiteboards

So I am doing long runs and I like to listen to talking instead of music when running for 2+ hours. I have been hoping for some school to come up with good lectures I can download. It MIGHT be UC- Berkeley. I subscribed to the Undergrad colloquim on Political Science which might be cool. […]

PowerPoint for use in chemistry lectures
I found this little article in the most recent edition of Using Computers in Chemical Education. It describes the wonderful uses of PowerPoint in chemistry lectures in terms of impact, usefulness and educational value. I read over it pretty quick and found some way cool stuff.

So a long time ago I found a program called Camtasia which allows you to ‘record’ what is on your computer screen. A window, a defined area, or even the entire screen. You can lay down an audio track at the same time if you wish. Its pretty neat because you can film yourself doing […]