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Yearly Archives: 2005
Tom Hoffman & ‘the top 20?’
Hey, I found Tom Hoffman, wondered where he’d gone :o) But at the same time… this as one of the top 20 edublogs… c’mon, lay off the arse-suckery and get your nominations into the edublog awards!!!
edublogs being blocked!!!
Well, you know you’re doing something right if people start trying to stop you (I know this is an odd logic but it seems to be true in a bizarre way) I quote from two emails received when I sent out the first edublogs.org newsletter: “I used your blog for a few weeks during Sept, …
Blog Hui 2006 – Be there!!!
Well, what with Blogtalk Reloaded being announced for Vienna in October 2006 it’s a pretty exciting time (again!) in the world of Blogging Conferences because Blog Hui: New Zealand’s First International Blogging Conference has also just been launched by the ever resourceful and ridiculously energetic Lynsey Gedye. It looks like it’s going to be absolutely …
The Edublog Awards 2005!!!
Josie has been kind enough to take over the edublog awards this year and has gone into overdrive with the nominations, these are the categories: * Most innovative edublogging project, service or programme * Best newcomer * Most influential post, resource or presentation * Best designed/most beautiful edublog * Best library/librarian blog * Best teacher …
Into our third millenium!
Am flat out today so please forgive me if I don’t get back to emails but heck, I had to take a moment to note that overnight (my time) edublogs.org passed the 2000 blogs mark. w00t etc. :)
Developing Online Communities the Centred Way
All communities start with individuals. The individual is the core constituent and what everything revolves around (this is kinda what I tried to say in centred communication). However, we frequently ignore this and IMO the number one problem that we have in designing and developing online communities is that we tend to try to develop …
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Learning the hosting ropes!
Well, I’ve had a fun weekend, um, not. What with the growth of edublogs.org and the funny bandwidth deals going on here I figured I had to do something about it and after a bit of research came upon Surpass hosting. Four days later of trying trying trying to get some simple accounts transferred, bugger …
Gonzo Academia
“In Gonzo Academia there is no room for format. No space for formula. No writing to any guidelines. You basically have to consume whatever information you need as fast as you can before stuffing yourself into a pressure cooker and hoping some form of genius to percolate onto the page.” [The adventures of the 14 …
How is blogging going to influence my academic career?
It’s a good question, and one I find myself asking a fair bit these days… and in that vein via Brian this article is well worth a read. It goes over the old ground of non-seriousness, subversive tendencies and that awful article from the chronicle about how bloggers need not apply and then says: But …
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