Comments on: Yes, We’re Dressed When Working From Home http://cogdogblog.com/2006/06/28/yes-were-dressed-when-working-from-home/ Alan Levine's blog space for barking about instructional technology Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:22:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Teaching Generation Z » The Death Of Written Metaphor http://cogdogblog.com/2006/06/28/yes-were-dressed-when-working-from-home/#comment-8478 Teaching Generation Z » The Death Of Written Metaphor Thu, 10 Aug 2006 13:07:26 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2006/06/28/yes-were-dressed-when-working-from-home/#comment-8478 [...] The limited ability to express abstract concepts in video and audio when compared to text could mean a lessening of things like metaphors and analogies which text in the hands of a skilled writer can impart so much. Three bloggers that I read regularly (Brian Lamb, Alan Levine and D’Arcy Norman) are in a sphere of education of which I have little comprehension or first hand experience but it is their ability to turn a phrase neatly or blend humour with self deprecation that has me scouring their latest posts. They have that fantastic ability to turn an ordinary idea into something whimsical, amusing or just extremely funny. Try Brian’s post Ego Run Amok Department: I am The Brian, Alan’s great Yes, We’re Dressed When Working From Home and D’Arcy’s Stopping the raging banality (you must read the comments as well to appreciate what D’Arcy inspires). I don’t want to sound like a full blown “digital refugee” but I would hate to think that new net communication could mean the death of the metaphor in digital communication. [...] [...] The limited ability to express abstract concepts in video and audio when compared to text could mean a lessening of things like metaphors and analogies which text in the hands of a skilled writer can impart so much. Three bloggers that I read regularly (Brian Lamb, Alan Levine and D’Arcy Norman) are in a sphere of education of which I have little comprehension or first hand experience but it is their ability to turn a phrase neatly or blend humour with self deprecation that has me scouring their latest posts. They have that fantastic ability to turn an ordinary idea into something whimsical, amusing or just extremely funny. Try Brian’s post Ego Run Amok Department: I am The Brian, Alan’s great Yes, We’re Dressed When Working From Home and D’Arcy’s Stopping the raging banality (you must read the comments as well to appreciate what D’Arcy inspires). I don’t want to sound like a full blown “digital refugee” but I would hate to think that new net communication could mean the death of the metaphor in digital communication. [...]

]]> By: Scott Leslie http://cogdogblog.com/2006/06/28/yes-were-dressed-when-working-from-home/#comment-7253 Scott Leslie Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:13:01 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2006/06/28/yes-were-dressed-when-working-from-home/#comment-7253 Speak for yourself ;-) Speak for yourself ;-)

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