MLX Ready for Beta and Thinking Outside The Box

MLX has officially reached beta. The program is packaged for deployment, has been tested for basic operation, a operations document has been created to describe how the program works, a FAQ about how and why the program was created and finally, a Screen Cast (click on each to view Flash version and Windows Movie version) showing how MLX works. It is ready folks.... If you would like a copy to try/test, send me a email.

As I mentioned in last weeks blog, I would be moving on to new topics and thinking ...

Outside The Box...(outside the rocks?)

I have already begun work on PocketCourse which will take content and deliver it via a PDA or MS Mobile Device.

I am also looking at two new technologies. A Bluetooth Server and and SMS Server. Given the availability of Internet support on mobile devices (WiFi, GSM and CDMA Internet) and the cost of the services, the average student may still not have the resources to use html browser delivered content.

I am experimenting with the concept that SMS (text messages) and Bluetooth servers could be placed on a campus and a local connection could be made to these access points and a transfer of information via messages could take place. A student could walk up to one of these servers with their cell phone and send either a text message or Bluetooth message asking for campus services.

I have been working first with a Bluetooth server (written using the PYTHON programming language) and resources available from Google. A student could ask for a syllabus, an assignment or other class information as long as they are close to the server. I have some proto-type code already running but both the Bluetooth and SMS solutions are very much out of the box for me. Stay tuned ...