Jacob Christensen

Well, almost:

Here is the advice given to Henry Farrell who thought Apple gave computers away. They don’t, but he’s stuck.

And here is a list of Mac apps for academic tasks.

Bonus story: I always make a mess out of connecting my battered 2005 PowerBook, DVA to VGA adapter included, to the projector in the classroom in order to run Keynote presentations (usually, the PB just gives me a blue screen until I restart the thing). Last Tuesday this led one of my students to ask:

Isn’t that a lot of trouble for using a creative computer?

Well…

In case you’re not already subscribing to the Thinking Allowed podcast, hurry over to the BBC and listen to Laurie Taylor’s interview with Antje Bednarek about the elusive species Young Scottish Conservatives and how to study them.

Podcast (programmes are unfortunately only available for one week after the original broadcast)

Also: In Our Time with Melwyn Bragg.