Author Archives: Brian

About Brian

I am a Strategist and Discoordinator with UBC's Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology. My main blogging space is Abject Learning, and I sporadically update a short bio with publications and presentations over there as well...

It’s like sausage being made…

I’m presenting tomorrow for the NLII Annual Meeting here in San Diego. To the surprise of nobody, I am still well away from finishing my presentation… in fact I am certain I will be working well into the wee hours … Continue reading

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Personal publishing as punk rock, redux…

The amazing Anne Galloway calls this spirited rant the best story about weblogs she has ever read. That’s enough for me to take a look… I do groove on the perspective: Weblogs are a party, damn it, and sometimes they’re … Continue reading

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Good news, and weird news…

After a few days off the net due to some manner of server meltdown, Abject Learning is back, and ready to do some serious damage to our collective intelligence. The weird part is that my previous postings seem to have … Continue reading

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My essay.

This is my essay. Download file

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Picture test

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Workshop test

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Wikis: Hypertext on Steroids

Well. It’s been a long time, been a long time, been a lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely time. I’ve just completed a rough draft of my latest article for UBC’s e-Strategy Newsletter. This month, I try to communicate the concept … Continue reading

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Big-time publishing fun with metadata…

Harper’s Magazine’s website has had a major reworking courtesy of Paul Ford, the mastermind behind Ftrain. A fairly groovy application of XML is outlined in Ford’s announcement: Harper’s is built upon a Semantic Web framework — albeit a primitive one. … Continue reading

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Lost in delirium…

Back from Asia, and though I hope to post some more photos of a most enjoyable trip, the demands of a seriously overloaded inbox are more than my jet-lagged cerebral cortex can handle right now. If you are one of … Continue reading

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A clueless Canuck in Hong Kong

My hotel is in there somewhere One of the glorious things about UBC is its strong international dimension. I’m humbled and grateful to be representing my university at a set of meetings in Hong Kong for the Universitas 21 Learning … Continue reading

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