User:Daniel K. Schneider

Here is an official pompous blurb about me:

Daniel K. Schneider is senior lecturer and researcher at TECFA, a research and teaching unit in the faculty of psychology and education, University of Geneva. Holding a PhD in political science, he has been working in educational technology since 1988 and participated in various innovative pedagogical and technological projects. He has been a prime mover towards the introduction of creative pedagogical strategies and ICT technologies. His current R&D interests focus on modular, flexible and open Internet architectures supporting rich and effective educational designs. Within TECFA's "blended" master program in educational technology, he teaches educational information & communication systems, virtual environments and research methodology.

• My E-mail: Daniel.Schneider at unige.ch (If you have questions about the why and what of this Wiki)
• See my good old HTML Home Page
• I am coordinating work in this wiki.

Pages I am working on: most :)

• Category:Under construction
• Special:Wantedpages
• Category:Incomplete
• Category:Stubs
• Category:Templates

Need a new desktop laptop (spring 2010). It should be 3D enabled (both CAD and gaming 3D). Alternatives I consider:

• Alienware M17x (too heavy, good gaming 3D, good screen)
• Asus G73 series, e.g. G73JW (cheap, only hdtv 1080p, quite heavy, ok screen)
• Acer Aspire Ethos (cheap, slim, slow 3D, bad screen)
• Apple MacBook Pro (slim, don't trust win drivers, slow on 3D)
• Dell Precision M6500 (good CAD 3D, good screen, very expensive in a top config, bad sound)

None has what I would call a decent screen resolution. The actual trend is in fact towards less (i.e. HDTV 1900x1080 or 1900x900). So far, I don't think that any is really worth it (still got a XPS 1730 running).