Category: People

Help Desk, People

ITS welcomes Christina Webster to the Client Services team

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The next time you call or visit the help desk, you may be greeted by a friendly new person. On October 22nd, Christina Webster joined the Client Services team in ITS. Christina is already making a positive impact with her enthusiasm and willingness share her knowledge. She comes to the Swarthmore community by way of Haverford College, where she worked in a similar role. Christina’s skills are not limited to technology. She is also an instructor for the Montgomery County Fire Academy, where she focuses on firefighting skills. We are thrilled that she has joined our team with an inviting … Continue reading ITS welcomes Christina Webster to the Client Services team

Academic Technology, Computer Classrooms, Faculty/Staff, Media Center, People, Public Computing, Workshops and Training

ITS Welcomes new Media Center Coordinator Tayarisha Poe

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Academic Technology is pleased to welcome new Media Center Coordinator and recent Swarthmore College graduate Tayarisha Poe ’12 to the Information Technology Services team. Tayarisha brings a wealth of knowledge about video production, digital photography, printing and the Adobe CS suite along with her lively and welcoming personality to the Media Center.  She has particular interests in multimedia storytelling, digital cinematography and DSLR video production, and we look forward to a series of instructional workshops she’ll be hosting through the academic year on these and other media related topics. Continue reading ITS Welcomes new Media Center Coordinator Tayarisha Poe

People, Security

Think you’re not being stalked on the Internet?

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Do you accept a lack of privacy as the price for being on the Internet? For being connected to everything, everywhere? Think you have a good idea of what sites are tracking your browsing behavior? You might want to check out the recent TED talk by Gary Kovacs, CEO of Mozilla (developers of Firefox).  The video is only six minutes long and Gary succinctly describes the privacy infringements we all face daily. Continue reading Think you’re not being stalked on the Internet?

Design Thinking, People

Results from the First ITS “FedEx/Innovation Time Off” Day

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Google is famous for the “Innovation Time Off” program in which employees are encouraged to spend 20% of their time working on projects that interest them. Software developer Atlassian created “FedEx Days” as a “hack day, a one-day creative burst of brainstorming, prototyping and presenting” where employees work on potential enhancements to its products. ITS’ first FedEx Day was held from noon to noon, March 8 – 9. The following are brief notes regarding the projects and technologies our staff members took on: Michael P: using a 3D video camera Don and Glenn: EC2 and S3 from Amazon Web Services exploring how … Continue reading Results from the First ITS “FedEx/Innovation Time Off” Day

Faculty/Staff, Help Desk, People, Software, Tips

1/16 – Meeting Maker Upgrade 8.7.1

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On Friday, January 16, 2009 Meeting Maker will be unavailable from approximately 5:00 AM until 9:00 AM for an upgrade. After the Meeting Maker server is upgraded, the client software that you use to access it will also need to be upgraded. For Windows users, this process will be initiated automatically when you attempt to log once the server is back online. Macintosh users can proceed with upgrading their clients manually. Links to documentation are available on the ITS website to walk you through these processes. It covers both Windows and Macintosh as well as Palm installations. If you have … Continue reading 1/16 – Meeting Maker Upgrade 8.7.1