It’s bizarre y’know, say ‘blogs’ for three years and you get ignored at best but say ‘podcasts’ and you’re a media star!
Yearly Archives: 2005
Wet floor…
Ahhh… am off to a hotel tonight while the floor in the bathroom dries! So not much doing for the next day or two, apart from watching concrete / paint dry :D
edublogs upgrade…
Have added a ‘featured blogs’ section to edublogs as well as whacking in the latest version (bleedin’ edge) of WordPress… complete with WYSIWYG editor! Go have a look round some of the great blogs starting out over there… Am now working on getting a ‘latest updated’ list working (and tearing my hear out about it …
Educause, eduforge or edublog?
Something I’m going to explore in more depth in my Giving a Blog series over at blogsavvy is what exactly makes or breaks a blog community. Squashed finger aside though I couldn’t resist linking up Josie’s intro into Eduforge blogs, Stephen’s reminder of EDUCAUSE blogs the ever expanding edublogs site – 430 odd last time …
Meditation 5
Shut my right index finger in the front door this morning… ouch… so don’t expect much in the way of typing today! ‘Firmer’ (?) and more!
Australia 140-3
OK, I may be an Aussie now (as well as…) but am cursing at each of Ponting’s hard worked runs… grrrr… come on en-ger-land. Update: 169-4 now, or should that be 4-169… am going to have to crash soon though, most annoying… a bit more ‘coming on’ would be great!
subverted links
email subscription plugin for WPvia infOpinions this looks like another pretty nifty subscribe by email plugin for WP… wonder how it compares with subscribe2… anyone?
2005 – 2006: The year of giving a blog
I’m embarked on a pretty ambitious project over at Blogsavvy to examine not just the different tools for providing blogs for users in multiple contexts but also to look at examples of these ranging from blogger to edublogs… and to come up with some conclusions about how his can best be done. This is partly …
elgg radio
Elgg radio has kicked off with a fascinating interview with George Siemens on, basically, how we should stop shunting old models / practices through new technologies. He uses the great comparison of how movies were initially filmed drama (I love me historical comparisons) and fields some pretty full on questions rather well indeed. You’ll be …
Fibreculture Journal – call for papers
Go write something for this! New media, networks and new pedagogies (2006) :: fibreculture :: has established itself as Australasia’s leading forum for discussion of internet theory, culture, and research. The Fibreculture Journal is a peer-reviewed journal that explores the issues and ideas of concern and interest to both the Fibreculture network and wider social …