December 2011
2 posts
Stephen Fry on Free Software 2008
September 2011
1 post
August 2011
2 posts
Hurricane Irene as seen from the International Space Station (August 2011) from The Weather Channel
July 2011
2 posts
TED Talk from July 2011: robot bird
May 2011
2 posts
April 2011
1 post
February 2011
1 post
January 2011
1 post
Nicholas Carr on pre-internet techs (maps, clocks, books) and loss of ability to pay attention as internet use causes physiological changes, hard to build rich intellectual life. Web encouraging skimming and multitasking instead. We should set aside more time for focused thinking away from the web.
December 2010
2 posts
October 2010
1 post
For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life,...
– ~Alice Kahn
August 2010
1 post
July 2010
1 post
Saturday Night Live, 2010
June 2010
1 post
May 2010
2 posts
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas...
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
April 2010
3 posts
March 2010
2 posts
February 2010
1 post
January 2010
1 post
November 2009
1 post
Terry Anderson reviews online pedagogies and concludes with connectivist strategies a la Athabasca U.
October 2009
5 posts
September 2009
4 posts
“Changing Expectations” from Abject Learning channel on blip.tv (Brian Lamb) Tony Hirst, via Jim Groom
August 2009
3 posts
Timeline chart →
July 2009
2 posts
Prof Jose Bowen promotes putting static/presentation content on computer, not in the classroom.
May 2009
2 posts
Dave Cormier’s session at Webheads In Action conference, 24 May 2009
March 2009
4 posts
Notwithstanding all the laws emancipating woman, she continues to be a domestic...
– Lenin, A Great Beginning (1919)
Changing Expectations (June 2008)
Tony Hirst, includes my favorite quotation: <embed> changes everything
http://blip.tv/file/959514
January 2009
2 posts
New Web Accessibility
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Principle 1 Perceivable Guideline 1.1 Provide text alternatives for any non-text content so that it can be changed into other forms people need, such as large print, braille, speech, symbols or simpler language. Guideline 1.2 Provide alternatives for time-based media. Guideline 1.3 Create content that can be presented in different ways (for example...