Author Archives: Brian

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Disney Institute — Steamboat Willie Says Take Risks, originally uploaded by royblumenthal. Another week, yet another … Continue reading →

I write this sitting in a mostly-empty auditorium, the technical checks for David Wiley’s virtual keynote completed, hoping things go smoothly, as I’m the putative moderator on this end. I’m looking forward to hearing what David has to say for … Continue reading →

I had resolved to give the Edupunk thing a rest, lest I uncork a rant on the differences between “a metaphor” and “a movement” or offer up patronizing tips on how to tell if someone is having a bit of … Continue reading →

In addition to being the living embodiment of data literacy in learning, Tony Hirst has done some mad stuff in the past, be it an epic manifesto concerning RSS and learning, or this hilarious diplomatic missive to Tom and Jim’s … Continue reading →

…so I got a real kick when Rick Schwier invoked Abbie Hoffman in his edupunk post. Which reminded me of this riff from Steal This Book: Too many college radicals are two-timing punks. The only reason you should be in … Continue reading →

[Multiple warnings apply. This may not be the longest post I’ve ever written, but it certainly sets a personal record for embedded media bits. Since I only link to existing song files, it is quite likely much of this linkage … Continue reading →

Update: Changed link to Cindy’s presentation to reflect a newer version. For reasons I don’t entirely understand, I spent ten minutes of my vacation whipping up this screencast that describes some of UBC’s Office of Learning Technology’s work in progress … Continue reading →

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Comeback Kid, originally uploaded by glamourously. I’ve been away in Conferenceland and on vacation the past … Continue reading →

Neil Young has long been a standard-bearer in the anti-digital music brigades. So it’s truly remarkable to see how enthusiastically he has embraced Blu-ray technology, going so far as to take part in one of those fancy digital wonderland presentations … Continue reading →

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Granville Island, Vancouver, originally uploaded by Alan Stanton. A quick post to let those here in … Continue reading →