{"id":892,"date":"2010-06-18T18:26:41","date_gmt":"2010-06-18T23:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.froginawell.net\/japan\/?p=892"},"modified":"2014-08-30T13:59:11","modified_gmt":"2014-08-30T13:59:11","slug":"blogging-and-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/froginawell.net\/frog\/2010\/06\/blogging-and-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogging and Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am in Portland, at <a href=\"http:\/\/asia.oia.pdx.edu\/ASPAC_2010.php\">ASPAC 2010<\/a>, and having my usual conference fun. It&#8217;s a pretty full schedule, so I&#8217;m not going to try to blog during, but I&#8217;ll get some blogging in after, and mostly here because I&#8217;m mostly doing Japan panels this year. However, I am experimenting with using laptop and iPad as notetaking devices<sup id=\"rf1-892\"><a href=\"#fn1-892\" title=\" I haven&#8217;t decided which one I like better. I&#8217;m more used to the laptop, of course, but the iPad has a huge advantage in portability and battery life. The fact that it&#8217;s slightly harder to use, both in terms of typing and multitasking, seems to make the iPad a bit better for concentrating on what&#8217;s happening, oddly enough. I&#8217;m going to keep switching between them as the conference goes on, to see if I come to any firmer conclusions, and also to get more practice on the iPad, which is a new tool\/toy. \" rel=\"footnote\">1<\/a><\/sup> &#8212; I&#8217;ve always used paper before &#8212; and PSU has good wireless service, so I&#8217;m also <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#search?q=%23ASPAC2010\">posting notes on twitter<\/a> as time and attention allow. If you&#8217;re on twitter and have a question about anything I&#8217;ve tweeted, feel free to contact me that way.<\/p>\n<p>Also, I&#8217;ll be hosting the July <a href=\"http:\/\/historycarnival.org\/\">History Carnival<\/a> at my <a href=\"http:\/\/dresnerworld.edublogs.org\/\">World History teaching blog<\/a> (have to give it something to do over the summer!), so send me history-related posts via comment here, via email (jonathan@froginawell.net), through the History Carnival submission page, or via twitter (through <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jondresner\">@jondresner<\/a> or using the #hc89 tag). <\/p>\n<hr class=\"footnotes\"><ol class=\"footnotes\" style=\"list-style-type:decimal\"><li id=\"fn1-892\"><p > I haven&#8217;t decided which one I like better. I&#8217;m more used to the laptop, of course, but the iPad has a huge advantage in portability and battery life. The fact that it&#8217;s slightly harder to use, both in terms of typing and multitasking, seems to make the iPad a bit better for concentrating on what&#8217;s happening, oddly enough. I&#8217;m going to keep switching between them as the conference goes on, to see if I come to any firmer conclusions, and also to get more practice on the iPad, which is a new tool\/toy. &nbsp;<a href=\"#rf1-892\" class=\"backlink\" title=\"Return to footnote 1.\">&#8617;<\/a><\/p><\/li><\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am in Portland, at ASPAC 2010, and having my usual conference fun. It&#8217;s a pretty full schedule, so I&#8217;m not going to try to blog during, but I&#8217;ll get some blogging in after, and mostly here because I&#8217;m mostly doing Japan panels this year. 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