Leo Laporte

12 Must Have Plugins for WordPress [Infographic]

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I’ve talked before about my blogging journey and how I finally got to this current blog called “Tech the Plunge.” But making a long story short, I was like any educator interested in learning how to blog. I experimented with Posterous, Blogger, Amplify, WordPress.com and many others. They are all great solutions and I’ve found [...]

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National Tech Expert View on Facebook for Students

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One of the great things about taking a trip is that I can hook up the iPod to the car radio and catch up on The Tech Guy podcast from Leo Laporte. I have mentioned Leo’s podcasts before and think that all educators would get great value by listening to them. These podcasts are not [...]

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The Jazzy Rise of WordPress [Infographic]

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When I first started with websites and blogs, I went through the usual newbie steps.  I tried out Google Sites, Posterous, Blogger, etc.  With each of them I eventually met some limitations.  As many of you know, I am a frequent listener of Leo Laporte’s The Tech Guy and his many other podcasts.  He would always get a question [...]

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The Tech Guy-Episodes 709 & 710

October 30, 2010

Leo Laporte is back with his condensed video version of each weekend’s 6 hours of  ”The Tech Guy.” Condensed down to a little over an hour of highlights from the show, “The Tech Guy” is a great resource to learn about tech in an easy to understand fashion! Topics:  Latest smartphones, video streaming, eBay issues, [...]

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The Tech Guy–Episodes 707 & 708

October 29, 2010

Leo Laporte returns with a condensed version of his weekend “The Tech Guy” show.  Each weekend, Leo’s show runs 3 hours each on Saturday and Sunday.  After cutting out commercials, etc. content is 2 hours each day.  That’s still 4 hours each weekend.  Leo is nice enough to condense this into a more manageable size [...]

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Leo Laporte – The Tech Guy-Video Episodes 701 & 702

October 7, 2010

Leo Laporte is back at it again in these two condensed versions of “The Tech Guy.”  Leo takes four hours of his weekend show and produces condensed videos of the highlights of his show. Leo produces 40 hours per week of podcasts for his TWIT network–it’s a great source of tech information, whether you’re a beginner [...]

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iPad Today–Fitness Apps

October 5, 2010

Leo Laporte and Sarah Lane of the TWIT network talk about Fitness apps for the iPad Featured apps are iFitness HD, Fitness HD, Whitenoise Pro, WebMD, WiScale, MyNetDiary and PocketYoga iPad Today: Fitness Apps–Video <  BlipSnips If you don’t have time to watch the full video (approx 19 minutes) feel free to use the [...]

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iPad Today-Physics, Classroom Project & More

September 27, 2010

Leo Laporte and Sarah Lane return with the September 24, 2010 edition of iPad Today. The topics include some cool physics apps and an interview with Fraser Speirs of Connected Flow about the world’s 1st iPad classroom project. iPad Today-September 24, 2010 Related articles by Zemanta SecureSheet™ Now Supports The iPad (prweb.com) iPads in the [...]

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TWIT Network–Latest Podcasts

September 17, 2010

It always amazes me how much content Leo Laporte can create each week.  Some of the podcasts below cover the week before, but Leo puts out 40 hours per week of podcasts.  If you think that’s a lot to listen to, imagine how much effort goes into creating it! Pick out something from the podcasts [...]

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“Discover” a Whole New Wikipedia on your iPad for Free

September 2, 2010

I have written before about Cooliris and how I love their presentation of media.  Now, they have entered the iPad arena with Discover. Take a look as Leo LaPorte and Sarah Lane review this new app from Cooliris. Direct Link to Video In addition, here is the Cooliris explanation for Discover: Direct Link to Video [...]

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Why You Need Your Own Site/Blog

August 31, 2010

Image by insidetwit via Flickr Leo Laporte does a great job of explaining why you need your own site/blog in addition to Twitter/Facebook/Buzz etc.  Since Leo is the most prolific tech podcaster out there, this segment generated a lot of buzz. (No pun intended!)  Anybody who has followed my tweets knows that I think Twitter [...]

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This Week in Google 54: Wave Bye Bye

August 5, 2010

Join Leo Laporte for this week’s episode of “This Week in Google.” Sweet spreading Froyo, app overload, false sense of security, cookie scare, end of Wave, and more. Download or subscribe to this show at twit.tv/twig. We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes. Friendfeed links for this episode. Hosts: Leo [...]

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The Tech Guy Video for July 17 & 18, 2010 – Shows 683 & 684

July 21, 2010

Here is the most recent Tech Guy Video version–Shows 683 & 684.  The show is fairly long but worth all the great information to enhance your tech IQ.  The video versions have been edited to show the best parts of the shows.  In additon, Leo has show notes (see link below) so that you can [...]

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