Scarily good spam

Check this out… if it’s computer generated it’s great: “I think the concept of utilizing blogs as a educational resource online is a fabulous idea. In fact, if I’m not mistaken, I read a piece on ASU as they are taking it a step and setting aside a full set of courses on how to …

Elgg advisory board

I’m delighted to be on the Elgg advisory board. WPMU, Elgg and a host of other developed and developing platforms are making for pretty exciting times ahead on the old ship social software!

the edublogs 500

Well, had a minor username stuff up over the upgrade (contact me if that affects you and I’ll fix it… just not over the weekend ;) but things are still goin’ along pretty strong in edublogland. “There are currently 517 edublogs.” Keep on spreading the good word!

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 …