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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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“Trends and concepts in the software industry” WS 2008/2009
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“Trends and concepts in the software industry” WS 2008/2009
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“Trends and concepts in the software industry” WS 2008/2009
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the seminar “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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Among other HPI students I got the chance to try out the iPod within the framework of the iPod4Education program. The experience was great partly because of the broad selection of educational podcasts to choose from, partly because of the enjoyability of use of the device itself. The idea to use purposefully the time, which is otherwise is just wasted (like timespans while waiting in the queues or travelling with public transport), is what makes the whole thing work awesome. I was so happy to able to fill this “wasted” time with some meaninfull activity and the realization that you are actually studying while waiting at the busstop for the next bus makes you feel great.
Being the foreign student studying in Germany I still have making advances in German language as one of my greatest concerns. That is why the podcasts, which I subscribed to, were from Deutsche Welle (dw-world.de) for people learning German language. These include - Stichwort (short, at foremost couple-minutes-long recordings of professional actor reading out various expressions with one specific word, which illustrate difference in meaning, use of collocations, literal and figural meanings, etc) and Top-Thema mit Vocabeln (short texts on current world affairs, which are aimed at illustrating the use of some specific vocabulary, really good for people interested in aquiring the “feeling” of how German language works). I really enjoyed those podcasts, the only drawback that I can see in using IPod for learning somenew language is that sometimes, when it gets a bit noisy outside or in transport it gets hard to listen for new words 
also it would be great if I could edit my podcasts playlists and reorganize them without iTunes, directly on the iPod.
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Dr. Alexander Zeier
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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Do you know what Design Thinking is all about? Take a look on this video report about a one-week workshop organized by two gurus of Design Thinking Terry Winograd and Hasso Plattner.
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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Ich habe mir auch für ein paar Wochen einen iPod am Lehrstuhl für „Enterprise Platform and Integration Concepts” ausgeliehen, um zu schauen, wie gut sich die mobilen Videofunktionen nutzen lassen.
Das Bedienungskonzept des iPods fordert keine lange Eingewöhnungzeit. Während meiner “Test-Zeit” habe ich einige Video-Podcast ausprobiert und angesehen; die meisten dieser Podcasts findet man ohne große Umwege direkt über iTunes - so gibt es durchaus einige unterhaltsame Comedy-Serien, die so manche Wartezeit oder S-Bahn-Fahrt verkürzen können.
Der CCC-Podcast
Einen hohen Unterhaltungswert für Computerinteressierte bieten mit Sicherheit die Podcasts des ChaosComputerClub http://chaosradio.ccc.de/ - dort ist unter anderem das Dossier Chaotique zu empfehlen, wo seit 1984 TV-Ausschnitte zu Computern und Hackern gesammelt werden. Neben diesem Einblick in die Geschichte finden sich auch aktuelle Beiträge und Radiosendungen, die sich mit Themen wie “Web-Browser - dein neues Betriebssystem?” beschäftigen.
Tele-Task
Selbstverständlich habe ich auch das Tele-Task-Angebot des HPI getestet und muss sagen, dass es sich definitiv lohnt, sich Vorlesungen noch einmal anzuhören - zum Beispiel beim Sport. Das geht oft auch ohne, dass man die ganze Zeit auf das Display schaut. Es lohnt sich auch, mal in andere Vorlesungen hineinzuschauen, die man noch garnicht belegt hat - sei es aus reinem Interesse oder um sich zu entscheiden, ob man sie denn später belegen wird oder nicht.
Kritikpunkte
Auch bei einem iPod gibt es Dinge, über die man sich manchmal ein wenig ärgert 
So ist es zum Beispiel nicht ohne weiteres Möglich, Musik von verschiedenen Rechnern auf den iPod zu kopieren. Die “Partnerschaft” muss fest mit einem Rechner hergestellt werden. An anderen Rechnern ist es dann nichtmal möglich, aktuelle Ausgaben von Podcasts auf das Gerät zu kopieren. Dieses Problem hat man allerdings nicht nur, wenn man mehrere Rechner benutzt, sondern auch, wenn man mit verschiedenen Betriebssystemen arbeitet. Abhilfe an dieser Stelle schafft Linux (z.B. Rockbox) auf dem iPod. Mit Linux ist es dann auch ohne Probleme möglich, ogg-Dateien abzuspielen. Leider büßt man damit die bequeme Synchronisierungsfunktion für Podcasts und die einfache Videowiedergabe ein.
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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Cuttings from the keynote speech to the topics of business vs. technology, portals ans work centers.
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Keynote Hasso Plattner, Saphire Orlando, May 2008, full version
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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HPI weekly podcast - Statements from the lecture “Trends and concepts in the software industry”. Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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Bisher wusste ich mit einem iPod nicht viel anzufangen. Ich bin nie ein großer Freund des mobilen Musikgenusses gewesen und auch meine Mitfahrer in der S-Bahn, die mit ihren weißen Ohrhörern zur Musik von Tokio Hotel ihren Kopf hin und her wippten, waren mir immer ein wenig suspekt. Doch der vierwöchige iPod-Test, den mir der Lehrstuhl „Enterprise Platform and Integration Concepts” des Hasso-Plattner-Instituts Potsdam ermöglichte, hat meine Meinung zu diesem Thema grundlegend verändert: Ich bin zu einem richtigen Fan mobiler Videospieler geworden – und das, obwohl sich während der Testzeit kein einziger Song auf meinen iPod verirrt hat. Vielmehr sind es die Podcasts, die es mir angetan haben. Mit diesen informativen Audio- und Videobeiträgen aus dem Internet ist der iPod für mich zum ständigen Begleiter geworden. Egal ob in der S-Bahn oder im Wartezimmer beim Arzt – überall habe ich meinen iPod ausgepackt und mir mit Podcasts aller Art die lästige und langweilige Wartezeit verkürzt. Das Angebot ist dabei enorm: Ob aktuelle Nachrichten, Computernews oder Sportberichte – zu fast jedem erdenklichen Thema hält das Internet mindestens einen Podcast bereit. Da fällt der Überblick natürlich schwer. Deswegen möchte ich im Folgenden meine persönlichen Podcast-Favoriten vorstellen, die während des Testzeitraumes mein besonderes Interesse gefunden haben.
Die Podcasts
Seit einigen Jahren bietet das ZDF seine beiden Hauptnachrichtenformate „Heute” und „Heute-Journal” parallel zur Ausstrahlung im Fernsehen auch als Podcast zum Download im Internet an und macht die aktuellen News so zu einem ständigen Begleiter in der Hosentasche. Egal ob Zuhause, im Bus oder der Bahn – die Heute-Nachrichten informieren kompetent über das Geschehen in Deutschland und der Welt. Trotz der guten Qualität gibt es aber auch einen Kritikpunkt am Angebot: Da das ZDF nur die 19-Uhr-Heute-Nachrichten sowie das abendliche Heute-Journal zum Download zur Verfügung stellen, kann es sein, dass man am späten Nachmittag in der S-Bahn auf dem Weg nach Berlin noch mit den Nachrichten vom Vorabend auf seinen iPod vorlieb nehmen muss – in der schnelllebigen Welt heutzutage ist das eigentlich unakzeptabel. Warum das ZDF hier nicht die vielen anderen Nachrichtenformate, die über den Tag verteilt im TV ausgestrahlt werden, in das Podcast-Angebot aufnimmt oder gar einen eigenen Nachrichten-Podcast anbietet, der immer die aktuelle Nachrichtensendung auf den iPod liefert, ist mir ein Rätsel. Auf meine diesbezügliche Anfrage beim Sender teilte man mir nur mit, dass das ZDF derzeit nicht plane, das Podcast-Angebot auszuweiten. Schade! Aber vielleicht überlegt man sich das in Mainz nochmal! Neben dem ZDF haben auch viele andere Fernsehsender das Internet und speziell das Medium Podcast für sich entdeckt. Insbesondere der WDR sticht mit einem umfangreichen Video-Angebot hervor. Sehr empfehlenswert ist zum Beispiel der Podcast zur Sendung Quarks & Co. Jede Woche liefert hier der Moderator Ranga Yogeshwar interessante Einblicke in das vielfältige Gebiet der Wissenschaften. Dabei lernt man zum Beispiel, warum die nach oben offene Richterskala zur Bestimmung von Erdbebenstärken eben nicht nach oben offen ist oder warum es schöne Menschen im Leben leichter haben (sollen). Reinschauen lohnt sich immer!Auch die Wochenzeitung „Die Zeit” hat den Sprung vom gedruckten zum gesprochenen Wort geschafft. Pünktlich zum Erscheinen der gedruckten Ausgabe bietet der Verlag jeden Donnerstag auch ca. 15 Artikel als Podcast zum Download auf www.zeit.de/audio an. Die Zeitartikel werden von professionellen Sprechern/innen mit sehr angenehmer Stimme vorgelesen und liefern tiefgehende Hintergrundinformationen zum Weltgeschehen. Als einziges der hier vorgestellten Podcasts ist das Angebot der Zeit allerdings nicht kostenlos – mit 9 Euro pro Monat ist es sogar vergleichsweise teuer. Glücklich kann sich nur schätzen, wer bereits die gedruckte Ausgabe der Zeit abonniert hat. Dann gibt es die Podcasts nämlich kostenlos dazu. Ein kleines „Schmankerl” hält die amerikanische Raumfahrtbehörde NASA bereit. Unter dem Titel „NASACast: Space Shuttle and Space Station Video” veröffentlicht sie in regelmäßigen Abständen atemberaubende Aufnahmen aus der bemannten Raumfahrt. Ob Spaceshuttle-Landungen oder komplizierte Andockungsmanöver an die ISS – hier wird alles in voller Länge und ohne nervige Nachrichtenkommentare gezeigt. Meist kann man dabei auch noch den Originalfunksprüchen zwischen Space-Shuttle-Besatzung und Mission Control lauschen.
Der iPod als Professor
Auch ins Studium lässt sich der iPod prima einbinden, denn das HPI bietet über die Webseite www.tele-task.de eine Vielzahl von Vorlesungen als Podcast zum kostenlosen Download an. Natürlich habe ich auch diesen Service getestet: Da ich im nächsten Semester die Vorlesung „Internet- und WWW-Technologien” bei Prof. Dr. Christoph Meinel besuchen werde, habe ich mir auf der Zugfahrt nach Hannover zur CeBit schon einmal angeschaut, welche Themen mich in dieser Veranstaltung erwarten werden. Genauso kann man den tele-TASK-Dienst auch nutzen, um komplexe Sachverhalte aus vergangenen Vorlesungen noch einmal zu Hause in aller Ruhe aufzuarbeiten. Den Professor ersetzen kann der iPod dabei allerdings nicht. Es macht schon einen großen Unterschied, ob man voll konzentriert im Hörsaal den Ausführungen des Dozenten lauscht und gegebenenfalls auch Fragen stellen kann oder ob man irgendwo im ICE bei 250 Stundenkilometern auf ein 2,5-Zoll-Display starrt. Im Hörsaal bleibt einfach mehr Wissen hängen, zumal das Display des iPods leider auch zu klein ist, so dass sich die Vorlesungsfolien teilweise nicht mehr lesen lassen. Eine sinnvolle Ergänzung zum Studium ist der iPod aber auf jeden Fall!
Licht und Schatten
Zum Schluss noch ein paar Worte zum Player selber: Der iPod ist wirklich ein tolles Gerät. Er liegt gut in der Hand und macht mit seinem stabilen Metallrücken einen sehr hochwertigen Eindruck. Insbesondere das eingravierte HPI-Logo auf der Rückseite gefällt mir sehr gut, aber das gehört wohl nicht zur Standartausstattung! Auch das Display ist top und lässt sich selbst unter direktem Sonnenlicht ohne Probleme ablesen. Ebenso gelungen ist Apple das Bedienungskonzept: Der iPod ist mit dem Touchpad-ähnlichen „Click Wheel” einfach und intuitiv zu steuern. Auch ohne Bedienungsanleitung findet sich hier jeder schnell zurecht. Der Spaß hört allerdings auf, wenn man das Gerät an den PC stöpselt und die sperrige iTunes-Software, die für die Synchronisation zwingend erforderlich ist, startet. Überhaupt ist der Synchronisationsprozess überaus unflexibel, da man den iPod fest mit einer iTunes-Library verbinden muss. Das ist insbesondere hinderlich für längere Zugfahrten: Wenn ich meine Tante in München besuche, dann habe ich vorher zu Hause in NRW für die Zugfahrt meinen iPod mit Podcasts vollgeladen. Wenn ich mir die dann alle auf der Hinfahrt angeschaut habe, gibt es keine praktikable Möglichkeit, den iPod am PC meiner Tante wieder mit neuem Material zu betanken. iTunes gibt mir hier nur die Möglichkeit, den iPod komplett zu löschen – meine liebevoll gepflegte Podcast-Liste ist dann natürlich auch futsch. Hier sollten die angesehen Apfelbaumgärtner aus California unbedingt nachbessern und den Synchronisationsprozess flexibler gestalten. Wünschenswert wäre es zum Beispiel, dass iTunes beim Anstöpseln des iPods an einen beliebigen Rechner erkennt, welche Podcasts auf diesem iPod abonniert sind und diese dann entsprechend herunterlädt, ohne dass der iPod mit der iTunes-Library selber verbunden sein muss. Das wäre mal wirklich innovativ!
Fazit
Schweren Herzens habe ich meinen iPod nach vier Wochen wieder abgeben müssen und obwohl ich während der Testzeit nie einen Song auf den MP3-Player geladen habe, bin ich von dem Konzept des Gerätes restlos begeistert. Die Bedienung ist kinderleicht und Podcasts sind einfach eine geniale Erfindung! Sie versüßen einem die Wartezeit, verkürzen Zugfahrten und können sogar eine Ergänzung zum Studium sein. Nur das unflexible Synchronisationsverhalten trübt das ansonsten positive Bild des iPods ein wenig. Trotzdem steht für mich fest: Nach meinem iPod-Experiment steht ein mobiler Videoplayer ganz oben auf meiner „must have”-Liste – dann aber am liebsten gleich mit eingebautem Handy, umfangreichen Kalenderfunktionen, UMTS und GPS…
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Like many others before, I participated in the “iPod4Education” program of Prof. Plattner’ s chair. During the 4 weeks I looked for educational audio and video podcast. Now I would like to recommend some interesting content in the context of mobile teaching.
But first I want to introduce a nice extension for the iPod. If you have iPod mini, 3G or 4G, it is possible to install a dump of the Wikipedia encyclopedia.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_iPod#Wikipedia_auf_dem_iPod
http://encyclopodia.sourceforge.net/de/index.html
The dump is available in German, English and Italian. It is realized over a second operating system on Linux basis. The startup routine offers a choice between Wikipedia and the native iPod system. No change of the firmware is necessary. This compact encyclopedia is very useful. Especially on travelling you need sometimes information about a country, city or sight, but there is no possibility to get internet access.
A recommendable Podcast is the “Software Engineering Radio” – Podcast. The team of this podcast discusses one part of software development in each episode. They invent an external expert and talk with him approximately between a half and one hour about software components or Web services for example. Most of their topics are relevant in the context of a computer science study. So this podcast can be a brief introduction to a new issue or keeps you up-to-date.
Furthermore the podcasts produced by GEO and National Geographic provide extensive stuff for mobile teaching.
Summarizing mobile teaching with the combination of iPod and Podcasts is helpful. Within the iTunes-store a large choice of podcast are available and their topics are manifold. While browsing through the podcasts you often find new interesting productions, which helps to avoid boring bus or train rides.
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Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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Speaker: Prof. Hasso Plattner
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Context-aware applications extend the reach of mobile users. The availability of current traffic information helps to avoid harmful to life-threatening situations. Convenient support for planning and enjoying sightseeing tours makes sharing impressions easy and fun.
The students from the bachelor project from the chair of Software Architecture documented their work in form of a podcast. Further information can be obtained from the project homepage.
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Kontextsensitive Applikationen erweitern die Möglichkeiten von Mobilen Nutzern. Die Verfügbarkeit von Verkehrsinformationen hilft bedrohliche und lebensgefährliche Situationen zu vermeiden. Bequeme Unterstützung bei der Planung von Besichtigungstouren macht das Teilen der Eindrücke einfach und zu einem Vergnügen.
Studenten des Bachelorprojekts am Lehrstuhl für Softwarearchitektur haben ihre Arbeit in einem Podcast vorgestellt. Weitere Informationen sind auf der Webseite des Projekts verfügbar.
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Professor Meinel Aussage über die Zusammenarbeit zwischen HPI und der Onlinewache Brandenburg.
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Im Zuge der inhaltlichen Nach- und Aufbereitung des IT-Gipfels wurde der Wunsch an das Hasso-Plattner-Institut herangetragen, die auf dem Gipfel beschlossenen Maßnahmenpakete, die Handlungsempfehlungen, sowie die Diskussionspunkte der Arbeitsgruppen der breiten interessierten Öffentlichkeit zugänglich zu machen. Wir diskutieren aus diesem Grunde momentan über verschiedene Optionen dies zeitgemäss und dem Zweck angemessen zu tun. Eine dieser Möglichkeiten haben wir in der Realisierung eines moderierten und halb-öffentlichen Weblogs gefunden. Um eine möglichst breite Akzeptanz in der potentiellen Zielgruppe bzgl. der Struktur, der Inhalte, sowie deren Moderation für das geplante Blog zu finden, wären wir Ihnen allen sehr dankbar, wenn Sie das HPI durch die Teilnahme an unserer Online-Umfrage (http://blog-umfrage.hpi-web.de/) dabei unterstützen könnten.
Mit nur 10 Minuten Ihrer Zeit wäre uns in dieser Sache bereits sehr geholfen. Für Rückfragen stehe ich Ihnen selbstverständlich gerne zur Verfügung.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Justus Broß
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The following describes my experiences with the iPod in the context of
the “iPod4Education” program of Prof. Plattner’s chair at the HPI. The
program aims to increase the quality of education by providing iPods for
mobile learning.
Several other testers have already written about the intuitive handling
of the iPod and the well-designed GUI. As an Apple newbie, I was
impressed by the simplicity of the user interface and found it quite
easy to operate the iPod. Nevertheless, I experienced problems while
carrying the iPod in my trousers. As one of the previous testers has
written, it is sometimes really annoying not to be able to adjust the
volume without taking the iPod out of your pocket. However, the main
drawback of an iPod is the focus on iTunes. It is a major restriction
that I was not able to simply copy mp3s and videos on the player out of
the box (workarounds like rockbox have already been discussed by other
testers).
To answer the question, whether podcasts are a reasonable way to supply
information, I downloaded a wide range of different types of podcasts.
On the one hand, I watched short news reports, for instance the daily
podcasts published by Tagesschau and podcasts offered by HPI. On the
other hand, I searched the web for video podcasts showing interesting
university lectures. As a result, I subscribed to the podcast of a
lecture about the theory of algorithms
(http://ad.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/blogs/podcastAT0607/). This
lecture has been given by Prof. Th. Ottmann at the
Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg in the last winter term and mainly
deals with advanced algorithm concepts, for instance randomized
algorithms or fast fourier transform algorithms.
While the short news reports can be watched with an iPod in a
comfortable way, a video lecture needs getting used to. Depending on the
manner in which the lecturer explains a certain topic, these lectures
can be a little bit long-winded. Addressing this issue, some videos of
the above mentioned podcast have also been published in 1,2x and 1,4x
speed. Another aspect is the readability of slides and hand-written
notes. In the video podcasts I tested, the text was often very small.
Although I could read the whole text, it was very exhausting in the long
run.
Consequently, I would recommend the iPod especially for short reports.
Videos up to 20 minutes presenting content in a compact way could be a
good way to support the teaching at university. Thus, these videos
should contain only summaries and not whole lectures. Nevertheless, I
would not recommend providing podcasts of extensive discussions of
complex issues in lectures, as it is hard to concentrate on the small
display for more than half an hour. Another possible field of
application could be the presentation of research projects, which can
often be done in up to 20 minutes. The presentation of one bachelor
project team at the HPI already showed, how such a presentation could
look like.
By Matthias Weidlich | Posted in HPI - Blog | No Comments »
As other testers already wrote, the handling of the iPod is very good, especially the intuitively operated GUI. The image quality of the videos is great, though regrettably too small for viewing lectures (for example for recognizing notices on the blackboard or on the Powerpoint sheets of the Tele-Task lectures of Prof. Meinel.) I could watch very well small podcasts like news or reports about the international IT convention at the HPI. Viewing them has considerably shortened the felt duration of the morning’s running time to Berlin for my bachelor project.
One downside of the iPod is that one has to use iTunes in order to download data to it. I could not play-back directly downloaded data. But data downloaded with iTunes would not copy to other media. It was impossible to create structured files for music or to compile playlists.
In order to by-pass such difficulties I had installed an alternative operating system called Rockbox that avoids these handicaps. (For more informations see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockbox). The GUI is less good and the handling is somewhat unfamiliar in view of the original operating system but Rockbox solves all the above problems. Due to the shortness of the use I was unable to field test it satisfactory. Although I did not succeed in viewing videos up to now, I am convinced that that will be possible because I especially selected the software version for iPod Video. Maybe that that feature is not already included as up to today, because there only exists the beta version of the software. Although there were no system crashes until now. The software seems to run soundly.
—–Edited on 25th on February 2007—–
Additional comment to my field test with the iPod:
I’ve tested the iPod for 4 more weeks. Therefore, it’s possible for me to write some more detailed information about using the Rockbox operating system (OS) instead of the original firmware.
After I bypassed the first difficulties with the unknown controls, the Rockbox OS was as easy to handle as the original firmware. As I wrote in the main article a huge advantage of Rockbox OS is that you don’t have to use some special software like iTunes to download songs on the iPod. With Rockbox you’re able to use the iPod just as a hard disk when adding or deleting songs or videos to or from the iPod. So, you’ve got your songs in their own folders on your iPod as mp3 or wav files however you want to. But it’s also no problem to use your song collection which you had downloaded with iTunes before Rockbox was installed. Therefore Rockbox supports a function “import iTunes database” with which you can create a database file that is understandable for Rockbox OS. Unfortunately it takes always a few seconds to find the next random song in this database file, so there is a break from one song to the next one. Alternatively you can load the database file into the RAM of the iPod on start-up, which helps to minimize the waiting time, but sadly that makes booting of Rockbox much more power consuming.
A huge disadvantage of the current version of Rockbox for “iPod video” is that the user is not able to play videos on his or her iPod. Surely that is only a short-time problem, because the first version of Rockbox for “iPod video” exists only for 1.5 month and therefore there is only a daily build (not a release one). This is a barricade for changing your operating system to Rockbox at this time. Fortunately, there is a workaround for this problem. The installation of Rockbox comes with a boot loader, which allows for choosing the operating system on start-up. Therefore, if you want to watch a video on your iPod, boot with the original firmware and everything will be as if Rockbox wasn’t even installed.
Recapitulating, Rockbox is a real alternative for the original firmware. But everyone has to trade off the advantages and the disadvantages of changing the operating system for his own. My recommendation is: Try Rockbox! The installation and un-installation are quite simple so that you don’t have to spend much time to make your own experiences with Rockbox.
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In the context of the “iPod4Education” program Prof. Plattners chair is offering iPods on a rental base. The iPod shall increase quality of education and mobility of teaching. This report describes the experiences, I made in one month mobile teaching.
Usability and design are two Apple’s major concerns. These concepts are perfectly applied on the iPod. It is nice designed and the user interface provides a wide range of innovative ideas. After a few experiments and a few minutes of confusion, one had learnt to use the iPod perfectly. Only two issues are disturbing the outstanding user interface. On the one hand the “spinning wheel”, used for selecting items, could be a little more precise. Sometimes the selection bar flips in the last moment to the next line and you are selecting the wrong item. The second issue is the lack of trouser pocket usability. It is de-facto impossible to control the iPod when you use it as mp3 player in your pocket. If you want to skip to the next track, you have to get the iPod out of your pocket, switch the hold button, skip to the next track, switch the hold button again, and put the iPod back into your pocket. The buttons of other mp3 players can be accessed within the pocket of your trouser.
Okay, now you have your iPod. But how can you put your music, videos or what ever on it? Sure, you can load it up with your usual shell (for instance Windows Explorer). But in this case, you can not hear your music or view your videos. Apple invented a really weired system of folders and files which sense I could not completely determine. They created folders with unreadable names and scramble your files. Copying files to your iPod only is an appropriate way to store raw data on it. But if you want to hear mp3s, you must use an iPod management software. The most popular one is iTunes. iTunes allows users to upload (but not to download) and manage your media files on an iPod. Other management tools can be found in the web. iTunes itself deals with most formats but does allow you to upload just a particular one. On http://www.any-dvd-converter.com/ you can find a converter for almost all video types.
Due to the fact, the iPod has a storage capacity of 30 GB, it is possible to save many lectures and personal stuff (for instance papers or presentations) on it. So the iPod is not only a “big mp3- player” but an external hard disk. One of the most interesting possibilities, the iPod offers, is to increase mobility with out-of-the-box startable programs, like miranda. You can take your whole instant messaging client with you. Just plug it on a computer and start messaging.
iTunes offers you a wide range of lectures as Podcasts available on the web. In general, there are two different kinds of them. Those with slides and those without slides. Lectures without slides behave like recorded speeches. You can make notes while hearing them so they are good for studying at home (if you have no Internet access). The other type of lectures comes with slides which are showed simultaneously. The slides are flipped automatically when the speaker progresses. Obviously, the iPod offers less space for these slides because they are shown just in thumbnail size. So it is impossible to even read the words on the slide. The iPod is optimal for hearing a lecture a second time on your way home from university but can not replace to visit the lecture in the first place.
At last it follows a selection of cool Podcasts which can be found in iTunes…
In conclusion, it has to be said that the iPod is well designed product. At most the enormous storage capacity increases mobility. The iPod is an additional help for the study but it will surely not empty class rooms. Additionally, it may extend ones interests besides the study with the broad variety of available Podcasts. One good example may be language courses.
By Marco Helmich | Posted in HPI - Blog | No Comments »
In the context of the program “iPod4Education” at the chair “Enterprise Platforms & Integration Concepts” of Mr. Professor Dr. Plattner, an iPod was placed at my disposal. The task was to figure out up to which degree the iPod is applicable for mobile learning. In addition to that the possibility was provided to download special events such as lectures, presentations and interviews in order to watch them whenever wanted.
My first experiences with the iPod are connected with the unpacking and the installation. Surprised by the efficiency, not only of the packaging, but also of the user interface I assumed the already heard general opinions about equipment by Apple to be true. Often I searched vainly for submenus or additional option dialogues. On the one hand usability is facilitated but on the other hand a bit of flexibility is lost. Furthermore one has to deal with proprietary constraints of the package iPod and iTunes. For example it is not possible to copy files directly to the iPod and use them there (such as music or video files) without using iTunes. Moreover the existing folder structures on the hard disk are not taken over when the files are copied to the iPod. Fortunately there are alternative software solutions available such as WinAmp that can circumvent those restrictions. Once there is data on the iPod there is enough entertainment due to the big hard disk capacity even if the trip takes longer than usual.
Besides the podcasts that are provided by the HPI there are also a lot of interesting, free of charge video podcasts in the iTunes Store. Not only that there are also whole lectures from other universities (for example the University of Osnabrück), there are also a lot of science broadcasting (e.g. Quarks and Co.) and economic magazines (e.g. ZDF Wiso) available. These podcasts provide the possibility for students like me, who do not have a television, to look beyond one’s own studies in an enjoyable way. Nevertheless it is relatively exhausting to watch lectures on the iPod. Usually I write down notes and questions during a lecture. Moreover there is often the possibility at the end of the lecture to discuss those questions with the professor. If one is watching the lecture on a computer these option are not given. In addition watching a lecture on the iPod when you are on tour hardly allows taking notes. However the possibilities offered by the iPod can be used to repeat facts that one has already heard. If one has to prepare for examinations or to script the next university exercise it is possible to download the according lecture and watch it as often as wanted and you can pause or rewind it. Nonetheless there is still one drawback. The iPod has only a small display. To watch lecture slides or to even read them is hardly possible, but certainly uncomfortable. In this case it is better to use the according lecture slides. Unfortunately you have to print them out, if you want to stay mobile.
All in all the iPod is an amazing product with many innovative ideas. Due to the rapidly increasing offer of video podcasts on iTunes and in the internet, the iPod video becomes more and more attractive. However for mobile learning it is only suitable to a limited extent for the above mentioned reasons.
By Martin Wolf | Posted in HPI - Blog | No Comments »
