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  • saltybeagle
    covering Google App Engine, Amazon S3. Benefits of easy setup and easy shutoff.
  • edames says
    I'm here too.
  • saltybeagle
    he's talking about Flickr APIs, two in the audience using Flickr Pro for their institution
  • saltybeagle
    covering a few examples of using flickr apis with apps, DF Gallery, Audioslides & RSS. Campus photo tours, interactive galleries
  • saltybeagle
    integrating campus maps with photos, news releases with flickr photos, easy for writers to submit photos - saves storage and bandwidth.
  • edames says
    Google App Engine really is still in beta. The presenter is really stressing beta. :-)
  • saltybeagle
    hehe, most google apps are in beta, but this one reallly is BETA.
  • edames says
    Started to learn some Python. Wish I knew more.
  • saltybeagle
    eduRank compares university sites to competitors, runs on google apps.
  • saltybeagle says
    that app sounded interesting, but I missed it
  • saltybeagle says
    now on to Amazon S3, costs continue to go down
  • edames says
    that is right! I hate GoDaddy.
  • saltybeagle says
    use Amazon S3 and other cloud computing services to remove the server admins and ease of server setup.
  • edames says
    btw, for those who are not in here, the presenter just recommended to stay away from GoDaddy.
  • saltybeagle says
    S3 buckets = folders for storage, remote archiving, many startups that just exist using S3
  • saltybeagle says
    EC2 gives you virtual machine space, high availability and bandwidth
  • edames says
    ahh sweet, Panda Streaming
  • saltybeagle says
    Panda Streaming, integrates with S3 and EC2 for video streaming, admin dashboard for managing videos
  • smeranda says
    ooo, sounds cool. iTunes U videos?
  • saltybeagle says
    now talking about twitter, uses in highed, blogging integration, quick announcements SMS notification network
  • daugustine says
    lets talk about plurk
  • edames says
    Twitter was having some huge problems earlier this year.
  • saltybeagle says
    (just noticed standing room only in here again)
  • edames says
    I had a website with a twitter feed that one day loaded someone else's twitter feed. Some guy in Germany.
  • saltybeagle says
    Missouri SMT using twitter for emergency communications
  • edames says
    that and they had huge downtimes
  • saltybeagle says
    YouTube, non-profit channel page. You are at the mercy of them to approve you.
  • saltybeagle says
    about 6 in the audience have a non-profit channel page for google
  • daugustine says
    sounds like you wouldn't want to use it for emergency communications
  • edames says
    yikes for Missouri.
  • saltybeagle says
    Mizzou Engineering pulling youtube vids ad playing in their own site.
  • edames says
    the presenter's web site
  • saltybeagle says
    Q: Liability to the University participating in these services..?
  • saltybeagle says
    A: some a leery of a subscription service when they aren't in control of the hardware, work through personnel and make sure it works for you
  • saltybeagle says
    Q: If you upload vids to youtube, are you handing over copyrights to them? A: no.
  • saltybeagle says
    Q: S3, what about FIRPA for putting student data up there?
  • saltybeagle says
    A: you're at their mercy again, but speaker isn't sure, will check.
  • saltybeagle says
    Q: SIS integration with Google Apps, what's possible?
  • saltybeagle says
    A: it has to live on it's own domain/subdomain, not too secure transferiing data between ec2 machines
  • saltybeagle says
    Q: any concerns putting our data up there, and the company changes their TOS? is anyone worried?
  • saltybeagle says
    A: THere is some risk. Keep in mind it is in their interest to keep their services alive, but there's usually a bailout clause in the TOS.

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