Monthly Archives: May 2005

We interrupt this pleasant silence to make a series of tiresome excuses…

Posted on May 30, 2005 by Brian

My silence is not indicative of a lack of interest in the weblog world… nah, there’s much going on worthy of attention, and some of my favorite bloggers have been on fire lately. But ever since I got back from … Continue reading →

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On the question of ads in RSS feeds

Posted on May 17, 2005 by Brian

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Tags (and Northern Voice) get some love from a Hogtown rag

Posted on May 16, 2005 by Brian

How cool… Vancouver-based supergenius Alexandra Samuel (I gotta meet this person!) has published a piece intended to render the “tagging phenomenon both accessible and meaningful to a general audience” in one of Canada’s biggest newspapers (free registration may be required). … Continue reading →

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Feedback loop: a podcast resource weblog…

Posted on May 16, 2005 by Brian

As a cumulative assessment project for one of my Office’s co-op work-placement students, I asked Frank Pan to develop a weblog/resource to support personal audio production and podcasting. As usual, I was pretty vague in my instructions to him (in … Continue reading →

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No reflection please…

Posted on May 16, 2005 by Brian

I’ve been back for four days now, and I’m still enjoying the rush I got attending the Faculty Academy at the University of Mary Washington. I need to post something to at least briefly capture some of the observations and … Continue reading →

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On the futility of (me) conference blogging…

Posted on May 11, 2005 by Brian

[Reporting semi-live from the UMW Faculty Academy…] I am a terrible conference blogger. But textual silence is not indicative of a lack of interest on my part… quite the opposite. I’ve been having a blast through most of the sessions, … Continue reading →

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They blew my mind at the In-N-Out

Posted on May 10, 2005 by Brian

My great deficiency as a weblogger is that I never write the posts I really want to write. If I feel genuinely engaged with a topic, I defer the actual writing of it endlessly — mulling it over, adding elements, … Continue reading →

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Linkchecking Software – Yes, it’s another cry for help…

Posted on May 5, 2005 by Brian

I’m working with a unit on campus who have some stimulating challenges ahead of them. UBC’s Careers Online is [one of] the university’s most visited website[s] (about 1,000 distinct visits per day from students). Most of the visitors who log … Continue reading →

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They report, they don’t always decide

Posted on May 4, 2005 by Brian

I’m becoming increasingly fascinated by the friction points between weblogs and traditional journalism. This commentary by the NPR Ombudsman points to a recent episode: NPR’s Vicky O’Hara reported on a Defense Department document, which exonerated U.S. military personnel [in the … Continue reading →

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What do universities need to support weblogs?

Posted on May 3, 2005 by Brian

A rare and welcome victory on the professional front. A project proposal submitted with partners at BCIT and UVic Distance Ed was awarded with significant funding from BCCampus’ Online Program Development Fund. (We should also have a private sector partner … Continue reading →

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