Jigar Patel

Sign Into Your Google Account on Public Computers Without Typing Anything

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:52:00 PST

If you ever want to log into your Google account when you're at a public computer, where you're unsure whether or not there's a keylogger installed, there's now a solution. And it's from Google!

First, point the (insecure) computer's browser at accounts.google.com/sesame. Now pull out your Android or iPhone, and take a shot of the QR code that pops up on screen. This will signal to Google's servers that you're at this terminal, and will log you into your Google account without any further typing.

Of course, you're going to have to be logged into your Google account on your phone, but theoretically your phone is secure, while the terminal you're at is not. Also, make sure to log off when you're done!

Google Debuts Secure Password-Free Login via QR Code | Softpedia via Google Plus

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Many of you know I am not a QR code fan...mainly because there aren't that many interesting ways it has been implemented to be as revolutionary as people credit it. Saying that here is an actual practical use of it done well!

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Digital Fabrication (THE FABRICATOR)

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:13:00 PDT

Our new Instructional Technologist did graduate research on digital fabrication and brought this fabricator into the office today. Probably the coolest thing ever since slice bread! Video is below!

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Ogilvy Notes

Sun, 13 Mar 2011 11:21:00 PDT

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More Visuals from today, these are higher quality then the ones I took yesterday.

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SXSWi Visual Notes!

Sat, 12 Mar 2011 15:34:25 PST

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More to come soon!

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EIU Women's Economic Opportunity Index - Economist Intelligence Unit Data Viz

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 17:41:00 PST

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Day 1 - PETE&C

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:24:00 PST

Here is a quick recap of my experience of Day 1 of The Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo andConference (PETE&C).

PETE&C is geared towards getting educators acquainted to technology. Hundreds of companies and independent consultants come and exhibit their products and services to educators. Interestingly all of these are looking for business opportunities with already strapped for cash school districts, clearly mind boggling. However, the content at PETE&C is what I think is the most important. I sat thru couple sessions today which provided a lot of information.

One was Accessibility with Apple (post will follow sometime later) and the other one was Building 21st Century Citizens and Schools. Building 21st Century Citizens and Schools was pretty interesting since it talked about brining the student run model (thats right I just promoted myself) into K-12. I think there is a lot of potential, especially because I have seen it work first hand in Higher Ed. I hope and will try to promote that school take advantage of the student run model and turn it into a full fledged Project Based Learning.

Other bits of random thoughts, I have been hearing buzz words such as Civic Engagement (digital), Civic Participation (digital), and Digital Citizenship all day long and for some reason they all seem to use it in the wrong context, but that is besides the point. The point is no one talks about Digital Literacy and Digital Inclusion. These two terms are important to me and I know we are "past" worrying about Digital Literacy and Inclusion in Education (kind of), but civic engagement, participation and good digital citizenship is impossible without first addressing digital literacy and inclusion problem, especially in small towns such as majority of Pennsylvania.

I will leave it at that open ended and senselessness. More to come...

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America's Richest Counties and Best Educated Counties - Education - GOOD

Sat, 05 Feb 2011 18:32:00 PST

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Totally awesome infograph and interesting as well!

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The Commuter - Short Film shot on Nokia N8 Smartphone!

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:17:00 PDT

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The Commuter - Short Film shot on Nokia' new Nokia N8 Smartphone! http://events.nokia.com/NokiaN8/

Make sure you watch it in HD!

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Turn it Off on Vimeo

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:39:00 PDT

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Personal Democracy Forum Europe 2010

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 04:06:00 PDT

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Personal Democracy Forum Europe 2010 is going on in Barcelona today and tomorrow. Head over to http://pdfeu2010.civicolive.com to catch the live stream of both days.

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Juniper College - "Melior Quam Minus" - Office Hours

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:09:00 PDT

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The launch of Office Hours Web series! Have a looksy at the first Episode!

Video from a project I am working on with a group of folks from Juniata College. It all revolves around academia! Check it out, I am the person handling their web presences!

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2011 Toyota Sienna MiniVan - Swagger Wagon

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:50:42 PDT

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MP3 Downloaded and on the iPhone ready to get in the Sienna and go downtown with the windows down blaring the Swagger Wagon!

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Whats doing?

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:31:00 PDT

So update time! Past few months have been pretty exciting! Here are the highlights!

Visiting Auburn to catch up with Dan and Marian (two of my closest undergrad friends)
New York with the CivicoLive crew along with a couple Juniata students
Going to Bellefonte to the shadiest dive bar ever - The Omar
Pulling over somewhere in the middle of nowhere on 81 for a phone interview from California
Getting an iPad
Month later getting an iPhone a day before it is officially launched (no I have not had any issues with the reception, probably because I don't have sweaty hands and don't hold my iphone like a ball)
Watching some friends get into an argument with a townie over a pool table
Working on some exciting projects that I can't really talk about in the public sphere yet
Telling the place where I get my haircut about Foursquare and getting them to join
Turning 24!

And many other things that are not appropriate to be posted here!

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Personal Democracy Forum New York

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:18:00 PDT

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Personal Democracy Forum New York

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:37:00 PDT

This is where I will be tomorrow! Here is the excerpts from CivicoLive's website!

CivicoLive is a new online platform for engaging local democracy in realtime.

CivicoLive is the proud provider of real time streaming and social media integration to the Personal Democracy Forum (PdF).Here you, and online audiences across the world can access the complete real time and archive stream of the entire PdF-NYC 2010 event.

Exclusive to this prestigious event the CivicoLive player now allows you to create your own micro edits directly from the archive streams and enables you to share the links straight to your social networks.

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Authority 2.0

Mon, 03 May 2010 14:13:00 PDT

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The ‘Terrorist or Photographer’ Panel Debate

The ‘Terrorist or Photographer’ Panel Debate from Paul Hadley on Vimeo.

The “Terrorist or Photographer?” debate brought together an expert panel of 4 representatives, all nationally recognised leaders in their specialsed fields:

Chief Inspector Mark Payne – Head of Press & PR, West Midlands Police http://cimarkpayne.wordpress.com/

Karen Strunks- Freelance published photographer http://www.karenstrunks.com/ and Director of the 4AM Project http://4amproject.org/

Christian Payne – Social technologist and mobile media maker http://ourmaninside.com

DCI Ian Grundy – Counter Terrorism Unit, West Midlands Police http://west-midlands.police.uk

The debate Chairperson was Jigar Patel (MA Social Media, BCU).

The debate was meant to bring together Photographers and the Police to communicate with each other on the frustration regarding Photographer’s being questioned under Section 44 of The Terrorism Act. The healthy debate provided the opportunity for the audience and the photographers to better understand the position of the Police and what they are actively doing to better train the Officers that are on the ground. The Photographers present at the debate provided the Police with ideas relating to overcoming tension between the two parties. The Police on the other hand also showed their interest in working with the Photographers community to better understand their needs in dealing with the situation. The debate ended with, both the Police and the Photographers’ community planning to work with each other in the future to learn from each other on how to better deal with the issue of Terrorist or Photographer.

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Hanging around and I suck at this blogging thing!

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:14:25 PDT

So originally I had planned to blog everyday all the sessions, but SXSW is crazy! I carried around my laptop the first two days and it was a horrible experience since it was slowing me down. So I have not been carrying around my man purse ever since! I have been tweeting away using the iPhone. Huge thanks to AT&T for having the best cellular netwok specially for SXSW. I have had constent 5 bars with amazingly fast 3g service, sometimes better than the wifi here! Anyways, like I said I suck at blogging. Today is the last day of Interatcive part so tomorrow I don't have many sessions, just the film ones I am attending so I will have a chance to do a daily update post. Look forward to it!

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T-1.5 Days

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:58:00 PST

So in about a day and half I will be on my way to the airport for and adventure! However, I just realized that Texas is 2 hours behind PA, which means I will have to adjust to 7 hours of time difference rather than the typical 5 from England! Regardless, here is a sneak at my schedule for the first day!

Thats right ladies and gens, I will be an multiple locations at once! More to come tomorrow. Just so all are aware, the address for this site is now http://jigarpatel.us and there is going to be heck of a lot of content in the next few days! :)

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20 Impressive Internet Statistics

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:06:17 PST

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Exactly what the title says, 20 impressive internet statistics. Most interesting aspects of this is to think about the digital inclusion around the world. Especially in developing countries and how social media can be used to create a movement in those countries!

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Foursquare or Gowalla & CIB

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:34:00 PST

So as location-based apps become more relevant, I am wondering which to use as I go off on my adventure in exactly 11 days. I am still deciding whether to use Gowalla which is what they are advertising everyone will be using or should I keep using Foursquare as I have been? Advantages/Disadvantages I don't know. If you have a say on which I should use let me know!

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Created in Birmingham - Is a pop-up shop at the Bullring that just opened up last night . Its a place where people can come bring anything they have created in Birmingham and show it off and or sell it if they wish to. Someone said it was like walking into a blog and it really was like walking into a blog. You will see what I mean by the video. I am thinking about bringing/proposing the same sort of idea in Lebanon and or Huntingdon area, because I think it is a great way to bring forward the so called "creative class" within a community. Thoughts?

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