-
I blog less often here than I used to... This is exclusively UBC-related stuff now. For other items, you are welcome to drop by abject.ca 
In-Flux- How Yahoo Killed Flickr and Lost the Internet"forced to focus on integration, not innovation" […]
- "No method to madness""just an insatiable lust to make a difference" […]
- Rushkoff Keynote at Rhizome's 7 on 7 Festival"a very brief - 15-minute - keynote about the changing relationship of artist and technologist, delivered at the NewMusuem on April 14 for Rhizome's 7 on 7 festival." […]
- DARPA, Hackerspaces, and Schools"Money is a form of influence, even if done indirectly, and I feel a lot of aprehension at the idea of the Department of Defense having an ongoing channel of influence into the science and engineering programs at schools. We have a society with a strong and traditional separation between civilian life (including education) and the military and some very […]
- ART 404 - WORK"see, hear and feel the difference" Via Scott Leslie […]
- Welcome to Life « Tom Scott"A science fiction story about what you see when you die. Or: the Singularity, ruined by lawyers." […]
- The Myth of Disruptive Technology | John C. Dvorak"There is no such thing as a disruptive technology. There are inventions and new ideas, many of which fail while others succeed. That's it. This concept only services venture capitalists who need a new term for the PowerPoint show to sucker investors." […]
- Meet The New Boss, Worse Than The Old Boss?There is a quasi religious tone to many tech convention speeches and press releases. What other industry constantly professes utopian visions for all humanity? What other industry would dare proclaim they were liberating artists? Students? Workers? What other industry thinks they are mystical shaman “Let’s send our magic objects, our laptops to poor children […]
- Why the "Open Data Movement" is a Joke'A government can simultaneously be the most secretive, controlling Canadian government in recent memory and be welcomed into the club of "open government".' […]
- Open Data Movement Redux: Tribes and ContradictionsHeaps of provocative argument here, and many of the responses linked are also very much worth reading. And what may be the parallels to "open" in higher education? […]
- How Yahoo Killed Flickr and Lost the Internet
Category Archives: Abject Learning
Cross the chasm with us at OpenEd 2009
It’s going to be one hot summer here in Vancouver, as I am thrilled to be one of the co-organizers of the 6th Annual Open Education Conference, hosted by UBC at its downtown Robson Square campus, August 12-14. OpenEd has … Continue reading
Posted in Abject Learning, Open Content, Open Education
Tagged Open Education, opened2009
4 Comments
Musical yuk-yuks
This clip, via Listening Post qualifies as “not safe for work,” at least for me, as I couldn’t stop laughing very loudly while watching it. I had to pause anytime I saw someone nearby who didn’t already know what a … Continue reading
Posted in Abject Learning
3 Comments
Clogged up? Or open, connected and social?
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } RSS: A series of pipes, originally uploaded by MrGluSniffer. The image above was snapped in a … Continue reading
Posted in Abject Learning
Comments Off
What’s your favorite (educational) online video? Nominations are open!
Update: thanks for the response to this post, collected at http://video.learningparty.net – feel free to add more clips to the master list of nominations. As Northern Voice was wrapping up, Jim Groom, D’Arcy Norman and myself got talking about fun … Continue reading
Posted in Abject Learning
28 Comments
Getting from downtown to UBC, by bus, with ultra-convenient hockey metaphors
Important UPDATE: thanks to Kathryn for this vital news – “The 44 does not run on weekends!” To get to UBC on Saturday, your best bet is the 99 along Broadway. If you’re coming from downtown, you can catch the … Continue reading
Posted in Abject Learning
12 Comments
How many points does this one score on The Geekometer?
I think we might have a mashup here that’s right off the charts. Via Crows to Burnaby. I’d say the only recent competitor that comes to mind is White & Nerdy…
Posted in Abject Learning
1 Comment
Half-baked ramblings, spaghetti sauce, and the locus of control
So let me try to trace the outlines out… –> Feeling a bit uneasy, and fuzzy, I sketch out a post, drenched in undergraduate nostalgia, outlining objections to some discourse concerning the “net generation” and speculating on a counterintuitive role … Continue reading
Posted in Abject Learning
4 Comments
Doing my bit to hype Second Life (and continue hyping Northern Voice)
Gus Goldkey (front, with ‘stache & mullet) tries to pretend he knows what the hell is going on So, feeling terribly left out by my absence from the ELI Annual Meeting (hi everyone!), Gus Goldkey decided to crash the NMC’s … Continue reading
Posted in Abject Learning
5 Comments
Education is wasted on the prematurely middle-aged
Three or four bits, connected in some way I haven’t quite figured out yet. Last night I attended a reading at the downtown Vancouver library by Don Kerr, one of a handful of very special professors I studied under at … Continue reading
Posted in Abject Learning
12 Comments
In which I offer guidance to the next generation of leaders…
Nov. 28 – Update below… Last night I received the following communication in my UBC email inbox, with a blank subject line: Dear Mr. Lamb, My name is J***** P*****, I’m currently a Junior in high school doing a project … Continue reading
Posted in Abject Learning
6 Comments
Brian
