One caution - if you want to run a monitor like this at 2560x1440, double-check your graphics card, especially if you're using a laptop. Many cards won't being able to drive that resolution...
Love this monitor. It gives you the space to do side-by-side work without taking up extra desk space as well as expand one window when needed (like in an eclipse debugging session with a smaller Android emulator on the side.)
I agree that 30" is just too big - gotta turn my head a bunch if it's on a normal-sized desk
NOTE: This monitor is on sale for $649 today - use code RDSVHG$9FHDJ44
My favorite example of this came out accidentally when I was teaching layouts in Java. I showed a button that said "Bye" and said "Suppose you translate it into German as "Auf Weidersehen". I drew a box the same size as the "Bye" box and it happened to just show "Weider". There was a german speaker in the class who laughed, and told me that the "Bye" button now said "Again". Layout managers FTW.
I've been recording and posting my lectures at JHU using Camtasia for many years...
I whiteboard using a graphics tablet (Wacom Bamboo fun, drawing ink notes on Evernote). I write code examples on the fly in Eclipse (and if Android apps, run them in an emulator or use droid@screen to mirror). I surf to websites. When I rarely have slides, I show them. Everything I say (using a headset mic) and do is recorded using Camtasia. After class I do some minor edits and post the videos and example code from the class on the course website after class.
Much less expensive than a smartboard (even moreso if you use alternate recording software), and the students love it (almost everyone comments on it in the evals)
* They can review the entire lecture easily
* They can focus on what I'm currently saying, rather than on writing down what I just said (some still take notes, but they're much more top-level outline than all the details). This has greatly increased the flow of the class.
* If a student cannot come to class, they can still see everything that I did
* It allows me to review what I've said in previous terms
I'm a little surprised that the students still come to class... I suspect it's because they like being able to ask questions and interact with the other students.
Actually, the Java compiler will automatically convert that code into a StringBuilder, and the above code is much easier to read...
(If the code concats strings in a loop, the compiler usually cannot optimize it)
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Up for 3737 days... 3698 of which were running malware injected through an unpatched vulnerability... Longest. Malware. Uptime. Ever.
I've had stones before too... They're not painful in the kidney; only in the ureter (the tube between the kidneys and bladder).
Reminds me of all the times my daughter would sit in the backseat of my car with a friend and they'd be texting each other... wtf?
One caution - if you want to run a monitor like this at 2560x1440, double-check your graphics card, especially if you're using a laptop. Many cards won't being able to drive that resolution...
Love this monitor. It gives you the space to do side-by-side work without taking up extra desk space as well as expand one window when needed (like in an eclipse debugging session with a smaller Android emulator on the side.)
I agree that 30" is just too big - gotta turn my head a bunch if it's on a normal-sized desk
NOTE: This monitor is on sale for $649 today - use code RDSVHG$9FHDJ44
My favorite example of this came out accidentally when I was teaching layouts in Java. I showed a button that said "Bye" and said "Suppose you translate it into German as "Auf Weidersehen". I drew a box the same size as the "Bye" box and it happened to just show "Weider". There was a german speaker in the class who laughed, and told me that the "Bye" button now said "Again". Layout managers FTW.
I've been recording and posting my lectures at JHU using Camtasia for many years...
I whiteboard using a graphics tablet (Wacom Bamboo fun, drawing ink notes on Evernote). I write code examples on the fly in Eclipse (and if Android apps, run them in an emulator or use droid@screen to mirror). I surf to websites. When I rarely have slides, I show them. Everything I say (using a headset mic) and do is recorded using Camtasia. After class I do some minor edits and post the videos and example code from the class on the course website after class.
Much less expensive than a smartboard (even moreso if you use alternate recording software), and the students love it (almost everyone comments on it in the evals)
I'm a little surprised that the students still come to class... I suspect it's because they like being able to ask questions and interact with the other students.
What about feeding the sandwich to the dog early on? Forget to do that and much later he eats your microscopic space fleet...
Actually, the Java compiler will automatically convert that code into a StringBuilder, and the above code is much easier to read... (If the code concats strings in a loop, the compiler usually cannot optimize it)