Category Archives: Webloggia

There is abject blogging happening…

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Brian

C12_manifiestoBOBESPONJA_02 shared CC by AMASTÉ …just not here, not so much. In part due to a push on the Digital Storytelling Open Course front, I staked out a domain and installed a blog at http://abject.ca. It was the first time … Continue reading →

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Akismet A-OK

Posted on May 2, 2006 by Brian

The spam wars had gotten ugly here at Weblogs@UBC lately — what was especiallly frustrating was that we were being feasted on by the same set of spammers, and the existing SpamLookup plugins were apparently powerless to repel their attacks. … Continue reading →

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Symposium Blogweave – via del.icio.us, RSS, javascript…

Posted on April 25, 2006 by Brian

Irregular readers of this cozy lovenest of ed tech subversion may recall my participation in the recent Tronti weblog symposium. As expected, my own submission was more than a bit goofy, and barely relevant, but it was fun to do. … Continue reading →

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Submitted for your consideration – two new weblogs

Posted on February 16, 2006 by Brian

For two years, back in the old TechBC days, I worked next to Dan McGuire with only a thin cubicle membrane between us. It was my job to find learning objects (as long as I ignored the accepted definition of … Continue reading →

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Don’t call it a Northern Voice wrap-up. Part one – what worked

Posted on February 13, 2006 by Brian

Three days last week that were definitely of the drinking water (or beer) from the firehose variety. So insight does not run deep. Rather than attempt a comprehensive overview, I’ll jot down some of the things that in my view … Continue reading →

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And away we go…

Posted on February 11, 2006 by Brian

Roland in Vancouver369.jpg Originally uploaded by roland. …things are going way too smoothly. But I really don’t have time to say more than that. As ever, the live action is captured on the Flickr and Technorati feeds…

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Ninmah embarks

Posted on February 4, 2006 by Brian

It’s a gas to see that Rachel Smith has started up a weblog. Rachel has been a catalyst and synthesist (among other things) with the New Media Consortium, does a lot of cool stuff with some amazing people. She made … Continue reading →

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Northern Voice Presenter Schedule Released

Posted on January 3, 2006 by Brian

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 →

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Politics 2.0?

Posted on December 7, 2005 by Brian

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 →

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A battle of wills, a triumph of the human spirit…

Posted on November 30, 2005 by Brian

Photo by Kris Krug Seven walk into a room. They won’t leave until a long list of astonishing submissions are vetted, debated, and slotted into something like a schedule. Yes, it’s planning day for the Northern Voice organizing group, hosted … Continue reading →

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