The best thing in my email box today, or maybe this month, was a message from Michael at the University of Cape Town: Hi, Last year your ‘Amazing Stories of Openness‘ provided excellent fuel for our campaign for open scholarship at the University of Cape Town. I now have an amazing story of openness to […]
I’m going to warn you of something incredulous. Later. But first, today’s 0.001% thought out message: A tweet is in the eye of the beholder, so just to be clear, I fully subscribe to the power of what a retweet can do, and to a slightly lesser degree, nod to the effectiveness of a quick […]
I cannot believe I missed the exact date maybe 2 weeks ago, but it was 40 years ago in late October I was diagnosed as a type 1 diabetic. The story is a good one. One day, out of the blue, I woke up and told my Mom I did not want to go to […]
cc licensed flickr photo shared by Horia Varlan When a discussion veers into debates of definitions of terms, my yawn reflex usually kicks into gear, so its with some trepidation (and concerns of comments lambasting my hypocrisy so I am claiming it now). Like many I get muddy whether I cam referring to something as […]
I almost stopped writing, as this image just makes me want to be in a world where presentations are this exciting. Frankly, now coming up on 18 years in the ed tech game, the differences from the experience of my very first educational conference to my most recent is perhaps better quality projectors. We still […]
cc licensed flickr photo shared by RaGardner4 It was overly grand ambition (or stupid ass planning) that got me thinking I could do NaNoWriMo again this year. I’m bailing. And of course I do not need to apologize (especially as most likely no one will even notice). I’ve already got enough on the plate every […]
cc licensed flickr photo shared by Roberto Rizzato â–ºpix jockeyâ—„ Facebook resident Let’s stop politely nodding and play lip service to sharing content. Let’s stop doing sort of sharing, like sort of pregnant. You do or you don’t. And save the trotted our excuses, “most people don’t know about creative commons”, “the default is turned […]
I so so much dig blog posts from Clay Burrell like his weaving a less than glowing Blackboard experience into a story The Tailor – A Parable. He pulls zero punches but also brings his point home in oblique creative ways. While I was pretty sure what a parable was, a check in was worth […]
cc licensed flickr photo shared by cogdogblog I’ve milked this story plenty of times before- during a 2007 workshop in Tasmania, I used as an example of the power of unexpected connections, someone the year before had commented on a flickr photo I had tagged as “unknown” and told me the kind of flower it […]
cc licensed flickr photo shared by chotda That is some tasty looking spam sushi, but not as good as this gem that was sparkling like a cubic zirconia in my inbox. The beauty was the letter was attached as a PDF and allegedly referred to a manufactured relative with my last name: Dear Levine, I […]
