If I was Dave Winer I’d say “bing” or something like that. But I’m not so I’ll just say hurrah Stigmergic “first they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win” Web posts a great run-down on adding enclosures to WP… Am currently enjoying the latest D’Arcy podcast (funky intro …
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Seblogging Bloglines RSS Goes AWOL
Seems like Bloglines is having some trouble with Manila RSS feeds, Anne Davis having experienced a similar fate to Seb who disappeared of my radar a bit back only to pop up in a pubsub alive and kicking (thank god I have vanity feeds eh :O) So, if, like me, you’re a blogliner (and I …
Powerpoint Audio / Video Presentations
Scott comes up with some interesting possibilities for Lamb-esque presentation without the costs of Breeze. The open office solutions sounds like a good possibility, am very impressed (but unsurprised) by the quality and breadth of Robin Good’s exploration of PowerPoint to Flash tools and it seems to be the case that, realistically, Flash is the …
Fireside chats come of age: From FDR to podcasts
Here’s a proposal I’ve just submitted for The Radio Conference 2005 (here in Melbourne) : “Fireside chats come of age: From FDR to podcasts James Farmer & John Carmichael In 1994 John Carmichael pioneered the use of voice recordings in distance education through pushing the boundaries of his University’s voice mail system (Carmichael, 1995). He …
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Talking Communities & Open Source Conferencing
I, like Aaron, was impressed by Talking Communities at the GLD, who despite looking tacky as worked very very well. It confuses me that there doesn’t seem to be any audio / text open source conferencing systems out there, or am I missing something?
Learning Management Systems: The wrong place to start learning & ASCILITE / Perth
Really should mention George’s latest article Learning Management Systems: The wrong place to start learning. Would love to go on about and use this to springboard off but am a bit rushed and WikiRadio has just given me some serious presentation anxiety ;o) Better get my ASCILITE stuff sorted straightaway! A couple of central quotes …
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WikiRadio – The hits keep coming…
The hits keep coming, Brian Lamb’s WikiRadio Presentation. He’s “tingling with wikicitement” Absolutely ace! How the heck do I do this without Breeze… I want to want to wants to… doubt if I could make it this good though. “You are about as funny as a flat tyre on an ambulance” “We wanna be free …
On Awards
Have only been able to get online for about 30 seconds today so haven’t had the chance to read much but one thing I have read struck a serious chord on the awards front. Scott commented that: “on the one hand, it’s great to recognize excellence and all of the hard work some folks have …
The Inaugural Edublog Awards
So… following Alex’s suggestion, my reaction and Josie’s thoughts we have the 2004 Edublog Awards! Nominations are open from now until Friday 3rd, previous nominations made at Alex’s site will be transferred to the ‘Overall’ categories. You can nominate anonymously if you wish but only one nomination per category please. After this voting will open …
Manifest-o
Alex links to a heap of sites on writing Manifestos: * How to write a manifesto * Another manifesto assignment with links to some more notorious ones * A manifesto-writing tutorial (follow at own risk) * The Scottish Parliament has some ideas on manifesto writing, too: pdf Have to say I was tempted by the …