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Make as big a mess of my Second Life — and a new virtual campus for my province

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Second Real, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. “Education is learning what you didn’t even know.” — Daniel … Continue reading

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GUSSE: Social software powers sustainable thinking

One of the best things about working at a big university is the abundance of cool stuff happening across campus, though it’s always a challenge to keep up with it all.  I’ve been meaning to throw up a blog post … Continue reading

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Up in the sky! It’s a book! It’s a wiki!

Allow me to add my own shout-out for the eminent wikiologist Stewart Mader today, as it marks the publication of his book/wiki hybrid Using Wiki in Education, a welcome contribution to the canon. What’s most notable about the book is … Continue reading

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Make way for da Moose!

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Forest Sciences Centre, originally uploaded by Cyprien. Some things are so good you just gotta do … Continue reading

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“old skool phunk” — mixtapes then and now at ArtCamp

So far ArtCamp has been fun, if a little conferencelike for my liking. That was my same problem with Moose Camp. Can we do something besides talk at an unconference? Not that the talks haven’t been good. I liked Kelly … Continue reading

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I’m a-goin’ ArtCamping…

Kinski 6, originally uploaded by aranjis. I’ve got a lot of fond memories of Vancouver’s New Forms Festival, a special highlight was seeing Kinski a few years back. As I recall, it was my first social outing after Harry was … Continue reading

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Fair is fair – Google Video allows precision pointing

I’m not above a little Google bashing, but this ability of Google Video to enter any clip at a defined point deseves some love. So, if I would like to point you directly to Jesco White’s danced-up version of the … Continue reading

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And now he is four…

The latest birthday seems to call for it, but I really can’t write a post that does justice to my little man Harry. I hope it suffices to say that while fatherhood has been the greatest challenge of my life, … Continue reading

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Croatian Diary

The past few days have been exhausting, demanding, exhilarating, frustrating, humbling and confusing and wonderful. Usually some combination thereof. I’ve really grooved on Croatia. Zagreb is a fine city, with the architecture and atmosphere of a great European centre, though … Continue reading

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Zagreb market

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