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Edublogger pre-conference session wrap-up…

… more than ably done by D’Arcy. I’m manic and exhausted, so I’m grateful he did this. When I go back and try to make sense of this all, I will be consulting D’Arcy’s post. And an overview of the … Continue reading

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Attention all conference organizers: mid-day yoga please

Photo by KK If you are organizing a conference: ditch the chicken, get a lighter, less-expensive food option, and hire a yoga teacher for a midday session. I attended Sarah Pullman’s Moose Camp version of Yoga For Geeks today, and … Continue reading

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The Moose is in motion

Forgot my camera, but it doesn’t matter much as the the Flickr feed is humming. As ever, I am especially in awe of KK’s shots. Our own Moose Camp Hootenanny went pretty well, I think. We had a good turnout … Continue reading

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Vanity…

…compels me to share this slightly embarrassing, (and time-sensitive) artifact of what happens when I encounter the local mass media. Not embarrassing for any reason other than my own brittle self-concept. And this piece was much better than my last … Continue reading

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The Internet is a Despot’s Best Friend

Those who presume there is an inherently liberatory element to online communication, that the internet never forgets, or that information wants to be free might want to engage this media literacy experiment set up by Stay Free!: Below (you can … Continue reading

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Conference Chicken – A Lifelong Vendetta and Blood Oath

My friend Jason told me recently that food blogging is going to blow porn off the web. As already noted, I enjoyed the conversation and the presentation at the Monday ELI lunch immensely. But the event was marred by the … Continue reading

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Who is Caleb Navidson?

And where, oh where is Kate? Counterintuitive as it seems, I can’t shake the hunch that my arrival in San Diego for the ELI Annual Meeting brings me closer to solving these mysteries. * As an aside, being a barely … Continue reading

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Stand on guard for thee

Canada is a richer, more vibrant country today. And no, I’m not referring to yesterday’s election which, while it easily could have been worse, sure as hell could have been a whole lot better. In between meetings downtown this morning … Continue reading

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Hold your applause for Stanford’s iTunes project

There are a lot of people here at UBC who are interested in gathering the disparate voices playing with podcasts and putting together a coordinated campus strategy. I’m hoping to be reporting on a couple of these developments over the … Continue reading

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Getting Things Done — DONE! Cross it off the list.

I showed up for work after holidays and I was already behind. Past two days I’ve worked like a fiend and it’s gotten worse. This can’t go on. Either I learn how to navigate my life choices or I start … Continue reading

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