173 Posts Categorized "Rants"

In which I bark and growl about things that get under my fur.

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Wrong End of Credentialing Stick

cc licensed ( BY ND ) flickr photo shared by Tambako the Jaguar I am riding on a train, watching the archive of Higher-Ed Live interview with Audrey Waters. She and host Seth Odell are bantering about the possibilities of the hither to change everything MITx, the Stanford AI course and Open Badges as well […]

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TED, Shmed

cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo shared by eatmorechips Stephen Downes is not enamored by the TED machine: TED has certainly figured out how to monetize learning – and Alan Levine notwithstanding a big part of that, I would say, lies in offering opinions and talks that are safe for business people […]

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Your Work Speaks for Itself

cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog You might wait for someone/something to condone your credentials. To me, it is of even more importance that you always be doing that effort yourself to make sure there is evident of what you are capable of. Why wait passively for some sticker? Yes, I […]

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Emperor’s Mindmap

cc licensed ( BY SD ) flickr photo shared by gagilas I am aiming to get some flack for this, but I do not really get gushing over mind maps. (ducking). Wait a minute– I all for the power of sketching out ideas, of brainstorming on visually on paper, of thinking visually– see I do […]

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All Your Apps Are Welded Boxes

cc licensed ( BY SD ) flickr photo shared by Steve-h I might now go as far to say I “love” my iPhone, but it must be my most regularly used piece of technology. But my first love was, and will be, the web- that bit that works because Sir Tim made it so that […]

Odyssey, Rants

On Kamping

I hate to come off as an outdoor snob, but on my trip, what many people describe as “camping” is pulling some giant metal box into a parking lot, unrolling the satellite dish, and sleeping inside. At the campground at Glacier National park, a giant ‘bago rolled in, the lights went on, and no one […]

Connectedness, Rants

Likes are Cheap

This post was rolling around the doghouse before I left home, before Google’s play, so you can include “+1 is cheap” as well. I have little problem kicking Facebook around, I am not one to nuke my account, but my use is casual. Frankly, each experience is like opening the fridge door and smelling something […]