As a lead up to a March 13, 2015 presentation for Open Education Week, Brian Lamb and I decided to create a bit of twitter based performance where we pretended to be disagreeing. Some felt this was “icky”.
This was originally published on Storify at https://storify.com/cogdog/a-twitter-pefromance-perhaps-gone-bad but because they are trashing their web site in May 2018, I have liberated my content here using the Storify Link Extractor tool.
This idea was hatched on the ferry ride from Vancouver to Victoria- since we planned to talk about un-necessary dichotomies "open vs closed", "LMS vs Open Web", our idea was to be taking polarized positions too.
Had some unexpected friction with @cogdog planning our #openeducationwk session tomorrow. Not worried – honest differences are healthy.
— Brian Lamb (@brlamb) March 13, 2015
@brlamb slides 15-18??? really?
— Alan Levine (@cogdog) March 13, 2015
— Martin Weller – @Mweller (@mweller) March 13, 2015
friction? OER? nah that NEVER happens @brlamb @cogdog (this tweet is brought to you by the letter S and a-r-c-a-s and M)
— ?Kelsey Merkley ? (@bella_velo) March 13, 2015
Good idea @mweller. I think we'll work it out, so long as we *both* learn to admit when we've been wrong. Would you agree @cogdog?
— Brian Lamb (@brlamb) March 13, 2015
@brlamb Ok, taking a look now. Or should we meet first for some breakfast?
— Alan Levine (@cogdog) March 13, 2015
@brlamb @cogdog haha is that code for "when Alan admits he was wrong"
— Martin Weller – @Mweller (@mweller) March 13, 2015
@mweller @brlamb there is no wrong in advocating what is right about open
— Alan Levine (@cogdog) March 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/clintlalonde/status/576421177884696576
Breakfast sounds good, @cogdog. Let's talk man to man, and I won't even mention that email you sent me last night.
— Brian Lamb (@brlamb) March 13, 2015
@brlamb I'll be down in a few minutes. Just tidying some stuff.
— Alan Levine (@cogdog) March 13, 2015
I'm sorry to walk out mid-breakfast @cogdog, I'll pay you back for whatever I owed on the bill. I know you mean well. I'll take a walk.
— Brian Lamb (@brlamb) March 13, 2015
@brlamb ok. I guess. Didn't think our last work day together would go like this. Have a good walk, meet you at the venue.
— Alan Levine (@cogdog) March 13, 2015
@cogdog make sure @brlamb includes the tip!
— novak rogic (@supernova_k) March 13, 2015
Hey @cogdog would you please add the changes I sent you to the #openeducationwk presentation site? I'm stuck on a crappy borrowed PC laptop.
— Brian Lamb (@brlamb) March 13, 2015
@cogdog – Hello? Are you on this? We are only a few hours away.
— Brian Lamb (@brlamb) March 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/clintlalonde/status/576457310429544448
@clintlalonde – Is @cogdog responding to you? Please tell him to call me.
— Brian Lamb (@brlamb) March 13, 2015
@brlamb Sorry I missed your tweets. Yes I am working in all the "changes" you sent.
— Alan Levine (@cogdog) March 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/clintlalonde/status/576458133280686080
@cogdog – Thank you. What's with the scare quotes?
— Brian Lamb (@brlamb) March 13, 2015
@clintlalonde GET OFF OF MY BACK! It's hard enough dealing with the moods of @brlamb
— Alan Levine (@cogdog) March 13, 2015
@brlamb We ought to talk. Are you still out wandering in book stores and record shops?
— Alan Levine (@cogdog) March 13, 2015
@cogdog – Stop it. You know damned well where I am. I'm trying to spare us both public humiliation.
— Brian Lamb (@brlamb) March 13, 2015
@brlamb Almost ready. Just finding some better images. You know how I am about ye images.
— Alan Levine (@cogdog) March 13, 2015
@cogdog @brlamb yo, when are you two love birds presenting? And where?
— David Kernohan (@dkernohan) March 13, 2015
@cogdog @brlamb I see it's the only presentation not being held in Bb Collaborate. How could you? When is the livecast?
— Ben (@BenjaminHarwood) March 13, 2015
@BenjaminHarwood @dkernohan Do I have to search for everybody? Damn this presentation is making me cranky https://t.co/aV3YLA3uN8
— Alan Levine (@cogdog) March 13, 2015
Thanks @cogdog, I always love your images. I still don't see my parts on the site. Will you be able to add them in time? #openeducationwk
— Brian Lamb (@brlamb) March 13, 2015
@brlamb I'm struggling here- that was not in the way we talked about the presentation. Not sure what it has to do with "open"
— Alan Levine (@cogdog) March 13, 2015
@cogdog – I'm not sure what your "struggle" has to do with anything. Will you make the changes or not?
— Brian Lamb (@brlamb) March 13, 2015
I think @cogdog should change his handle to @CogDogPassiveAggressiveControlFreak. I'll make the changes myself, crap laptop be damned.
— Brian Lamb (@brlamb) March 13, 2015
@cogdog @brlamb What are you two going on about now? Remember, True Friends …
— Talky Tina (@IamTalkyTina) March 13, 2015
@IamTalkyTina they've had a tiff, Tina. Here's me expecting them to set my son a good example… @cogdog @brlamb
— David Kernohan (@dkernohan) March 13, 2015
@dkernohan Well, that's the problem! You can't animate a TIFF! @cogdog @brlamb each need to make up a GIF! #ds106
— Talky Tina (@IamTalkyTina) March 13, 2015
@dkernohan @IamTalkyTina @brlamb great, now I have dolls lecturing me on morality.
— Alan Levine (@cogdog) March 13, 2015
Now @dkernohan @IamTalkyTina get a taste of what I am dealing with. What happened to the @cogdog we used to know?
— Brian Lamb (@brlamb) March 13, 2015
@brlamb @IamTalkyTina @cogdog I'm not taking sides here. Pair of you need to man up and hug it out, if you ask me.
— David Kernohan (@dkernohan) March 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/timmmmyboy/status/576485317336776704
I can't even express my side. My voice is being silenced by a rogue WordPress admin. @timmmmyboy @dkernohan @IamTalkyTina @cogdog
— Brian Lamb (@brlamb) March 13, 2015
I can't believe it. I thought it was my laptop, but no… @cogdog reduced my WordPress privileges to "subscriber". I can't do anything!
— Brian Lamb (@brlamb) March 13, 2015
Can anyone tell me how to recover admin privileges on a WordPress site hijacked by a hostile collaborator? @cogdog #openeducationwk
— Brian Lamb (@brlamb) March 13, 2015
@brlamb @cogdog http://t.co/lNbx1HjSoa but good luck dealing with the social problem — that’s much harder and more immediate!
— Nate Otto (@ottonomy) March 13, 2015
@ottonomy – thanks. Now I have to get to UVic somehow. @cogdog
— Brian Lamb (@brlamb) March 13, 2015
@brlamb @cogdog Do you have access to the command line on the server? Or to the database thru something like phpmyadmin?
— David Wiley (@opencontent) March 13, 2015
@brlamb @cogdog A whip and a chair?
— Karen Fasimpaur (@kfasimpaur) March 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/timmmmyboy/status/576489863249293312
Thanks @opencontent – I don't know that stuff, on a borrowed locked-down notebook. I need @cogdog to grow up and respect #openeducationwk
— Brian Lamb (@brlamb) March 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/gsiemens/status/576491052875415552
https://twitter.com/clintlalonde/status/576492333572571136
Thanks @timmmmyboy – sending you a DM. @opencontent @cogdog
— Brian Lamb (@brlamb) March 13, 2015
So @cogdog believes in open so much he censors opposing views. @clintlalonde @gsiemens
— Brian Lamb (@brlamb) March 13, 2015
@brlamb @cogdog @clintlalonde Sincerely praying that this is all a twisted publicity stunt to improve attendance at your webinar.
— David Wiley (@opencontent) March 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/clintlalonde/status/576495532136210432
The live streamed #openeducationwk presentation w/ @brlamb & @cogdog starts in 30mins. http://t.co/IaVFnGDRbk
— BCcampus (@BCcampus) March 13, 2015
Let me say @cogdog is a dear friend and I will always love him. But there are hard truths open educators need to face. #openeducationwk
— Brian Lamb (@brlamb) March 13, 2015
@clintlalonde from @bccampus getting our #openeducationwk talk with @cogdog & @brlamb starting at #uvic pic.twitter.com/ZL2Bp093Jl
— Dr. Valerie Irvine (mastodon.social/@virvine) (@_valeriei) March 13, 2015
THE OPEN WEB
(a) Lost
(b) Reclaimed
(c) Co-claimed
(d) All of the above
Thanks to @_valeriei @clintlalonde @bccampus for inviting presentation with @brlamb (WE WERE IN CHARACTER!) preso at http://t.co/klpU8Sazl0
— Alan Levine (@cogdog) March 14, 2015
@brlamb @cogdog @clintlalonde @gsiemens can't we all just get along? Think about all those students.
— Irwin DeVries (@IrwinDev) March 13, 2015
@brlamb @cogdog Nice to see you guys working through issues on big screen in way upstate NY #openeducationwk #tielab pic.twitter.com/3dTWL20s7s
— Ben (@BenjaminHarwood) March 13, 2015
@cogdog @brlamb nice acting kids. I was worried.
— GNA Garcia (@DrGarcia) March 14, 2015
@cogdog @_valeriei @clintlalonde @BCcampus @brlamb thanks for revealing the act. That was a little scary.
— martha@mburtis (@mburtis) March 14, 2015
@cogdog @DrGarcia @brlamb it's all good. You're both just too convincing. 🙂
— martha@mburtis (@mburtis) March 14, 2015
https://twitter.com/jukesie/status/576590570128207872
@cogdog I was worried just from the tweets 🙁 @_valeriei @clintlalonde @BCcampus @brlamb
— Anne Marie Cunningham (@amcunningham) March 16, 2015
https://twitter.com/clintlalonde/status/577568939766509568
@clintlalonde @cogdog @brlamb I accept I'm boring & pompous but I didn't like it Relied on friends caring to work & that seemed manipulative
— Martin Weller – @Mweller (@mweller) March 16, 2015
https://twitter.com/clintlalonde/status/577572585887563776
@clintlalonde @cogdog @brlamb I only caught snippets, if you see all of it that becomes more obvious, but twitter doesn't work like that
— Martin Weller – @Mweller (@mweller) March 16, 2015
https://twitter.com/clintlalonde/status/577573584542941184
@mweller @clintlalonde @cogdog @brlamb I’m not a hoax fan myself. It’s a high risk strategy.
— Kate Bowles (@KateMfD) March 16, 2015
@mweller @clintlalonde @brlamb knew it was precarious line but not apologizing. You were concerned, checked w/ us. That worked.
— Alan Levine (@cogdog) March 16, 2015
@mweller @clintlalonde @brlamb point was to push at meaningless dichotomies, and ask ppl to question reality. Battle for open with napkins?
— Alan Levine (@cogdog) March 16, 2015
@cogdog @clintlalonde @brlamb yes but it caused me some anxiety, + there's an element of the 'ha we tricked you' about it. Didn't feel nice
— Martin Weller – @Mweller (@mweller) March 16, 2015
@cogdog @clintlalonde @brlamb I think as an intellectual exercise it was great – I just didn't like it as a friend
— Martin Weller – @Mweller (@mweller) March 16, 2015
https://twitter.com/jukesie/status/577575647544889344
@mweller @clintlalonde @brlamb acknowledged, prob not something I'd do again. I'd be concerned if ppl weren't worried, that means they care
— Alan Levine (@cogdog) March 16, 2015
@jukesie @cogdog @clintlalonde @brlamb yeah I saw that later but I was out of contact most of the evening so only saw a couple of early ones
— Martin Weller – @Mweller (@mweller) March 16, 2015
@cogdog @clintlalonde @brlamb Thx – I'm not arguing here, just saying how it felt, which I guess is what makes it interesting
— Martin Weller – @Mweller (@mweller) March 16, 2015
@KateMfD @mweller @clintlalonde @cogdog @amcunningham We had a thematic rationale, got caught up in theatrics. I feel we botched, feel bad.
— Brian Lamb (@brlamb) March 17, 2015
@KateMfD @mweller @clintlalonde @cogdog @amcunningham There were a number of critiques I wanted to air, I let them get lost in name-calling.
— Brian Lamb (@brlamb) March 17, 2015
https://twitter.com/injenuity/status/577690239944167425
@brlamb @KateMfD @clintlalonde @cogdog @amcunningham s'no biggie, was just giving you my sense of how it felt.
— Martin Weller – @Mweller (@mweller) March 17, 2015
@brlamb yes embedded critiques 'in character' passed over me but enjoyed looking over presentation @KateMfD @mweller @clintlalonde @cogdog
— Anne Marie Cunningham (@amcunningham) March 17, 2015