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Author Archives: Brian
Please don’t watch this space…
This weblog has been quiet because a good friend of mine died suddenly last week. It’s been an intense few days, and I might share some of hard lessons I have learned through this miserable experience, but this is not … Continue reading
Posted in Abject Learning
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Mark your calendars for December 10
It was my privilege to meet and talk with Ulises Mejias a few months back. He possesses one of the sharpest minds in the field, and brings a lot of unique perspectives to a broad range of issues that are … Continue reading
Posted in news stuff
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We now interrupt this weblog’s regularly scheduled ranting…
… for a bit of ego-tripping. I was surprised to see that this page somehow made the cut as a finalist for the 2004 Weblog Awards in the category of “Best Canadian Blog”. I was bit conflicted about whether I … Continue reading
Posted in Abject Learning
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Spammity, spam, wonderful spam…
I’ve been advised not to blog about spam lest I make myself a target, but I cannot sit idly and will not operate in fear of scum who feel they have some internet granted right to blast their gunk on … Continue reading
Posted in wikis
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Six walk in…
Today is an intense, all-day planning meeting for the Northern Voice weblog conference. Before we leave this room, we will have chosen our list of speakers and panelists (from an awe-inspiring list) and hammered out a schedule. Too bad the … Continue reading
Personal information processing, and I’m looking into golf shirts…
A couple thoughts occurred to me as I read this piece in Wired about the decline of the newspaper as a branded source of news: From the perspective of publishers, the 18- to 34-year-old demographic is highly prized by advertisers … Continue reading
Posted in Textuality
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Adventures in WikiCasting: Fast, Free, and Out of Control
Having been prepared for the likelihood that I had made royal ass of myself, I’m more than a bit relieved that so far the response to WikiRadio has been positive. James Farmer, Stephen Downes, and Scott Leslie each noted that … Continue reading
Posted in wikis
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WikiRadio now begins its broadcast day…
This is not DJ Edit, but he plays him on WikiRadio A couple weeks back I described my audio production learning curve while developing an online presentation for the NMC Conference on Social Computing. The conference having been a roaring … Continue reading
Posted in wikis
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The Grey Video Mashup
First came the Grey Album, a monumental mashup of The Beatles White Album with Jay-Zee’s Black Album by DJ Danger Mouse. Today a mashup video simply entitled The Grey Video is making the rounds. This one might not be available … Continue reading
Tagged Open Content
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WCET/Edutools LOR Comparative Research Released
Some months back Scott Leslie invited me to pitch in on a Learning Object Repository comparison study he was putting together for the Western Cooperative on Educational Telecommunications (WCET) and Edutools. I had never done anything quite like it before, … Continue reading
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