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Author Archives: Brian
Northern Voice Presenter Schedule Released
One notable development over the holidays was the release of the Saturday Schedule and Speakers list for Northern Voice 2006. I’m very excited about the roster, once again a nice mix of big names and local talent. I should note … Continue reading
Posted in Webloggia
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How do you like the new design?
Move over D’Arcy, I’m gunning for your “most beautiful” title. Update: I should note that the line above was my feeble attempt at humour. I made an ill-advised attempt to refresh my templates (our crack support staff did an upgrade … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
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See ya on the other side
As of now, I’m theoretically on vacation. I wish I could claim victory over my commitments, but alas I will be taking the last pieces of my grading with me to Vancouver Island, depending on the kindness of my students … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia
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Quickie Folksonomy Screencast
I bashed out this screencast on the basics of folksonomies (requires QuickTime, 19MB). This one was recorded live with the built-in laptop mic (so my keyboard rattles like cannon fire). It does not pretend to be a comprehensive or deep … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
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Linux on my Mac
I’ve been doing an increasing amount of grumbling about the performance of my Mac, which may be unfair as I likely need to upgrade some hardware and do some file maintenance and cleanup. But I’ve also been noting some behaviour … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
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OK, OK, I finally get it…
I might be slow, but I’m sure… So if there was any anticipation about how Yahoo intends to position itself after its acquisitions of Flickr and del.icio.us, with the announced hosting partnership with Movable Type it’s clear now. What do … Continue reading
Posted in Abject Learning
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The real big news…
Forget about the latest confirmation that the Web 2.0 business model is to get bought by Yahoo! or Google. My own big news is surviving the day that is circled in blood-red ink on my calendar every year. We met … Continue reading
Posted in Administrivia
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Politics 2.0?
I started this as a comment to D’Arcy’s post on how Canada’s political parties stack up as adopters of social software, but since my output here is so slim, I decided to cut and paste it into my own space. … Continue reading
Posted in Webloggia
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Screencast feedback for a student’s work…
Interesting example of multimedia student feedback, with some challenging questions in response from M C Morgan: …it also shows how significantly commenting would have to change to make it useful in screencasting. Let’s talk about micro-management. Let’s talk about the … Continue reading
Tagged Higher Ed
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Doing it Writely on the wrong side of town…
I know I’m not exactly breaking a hot new story here, but I wanted to offer a shout-out for Writely, a very slick writing app that is a cross between a synchronous wiki (that allows multiple concurrent editors) and an … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
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