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Tweets
- @lrainie As it is, each time I start a class session with "Pack it up, pack it in, let me begin..." fewer and fewer recognize it. 2 days ago
- @lrainie It's hard for me to do anything menacingly, and I'd try it for a classroom entrance, but I suspect the reference would be lost... 2 days ago
- @lrainie That is my new goal! Channel Omar more often :). 2 days ago
- @lrainie Reducible in part to "who said it wasn't already all a game"? :) 2 days ago
- Word or two length predictions for social media game-changers over next decade? Me: Goggles, Badges, Social Sensors #gamechangers 2 days ago
- One more on the "higher ed is newspapers" meme. David Brooks: http://t.co/bUsz8sXA 2 days ago
- My students know I am not a fan of Flash. Rare exception: http://t.co/1ElX1Q8E 3 days ago
- More updates...
Archives
Monthly Archives: September 2004
200 Things
More bolding fun. I’ve bolded the ones that apply. It makes me feel… inexperienced. I’ve also italicized the ones I’d like to do sometime soon. Er… and some modesty prevents me from answering. (via Liz.) I won’t make this a requirement for my class, but it would be good practice with your tags :). 01. [...]
Why I love the V&A
My recent trip to Britain left me without much time to do more than conference. Luckily, the night before I left to return to the US was also the night that the Victoria & Albert museum was open late. I still get that little thrill at going to the V&A that I used to get [...]
Providence
I don’t believe this for a minute, but I still think it’s pretty funny. (via Froomkin)
Viral π
Amazon is again playing with viral marketing. If you try their A9 search engine, then buy something at Amazon, they apply a π/2% discount. They then hope that users will pass along this information, as I have here. (I’m not the only one: e.g., here.) The π/2% bit? Someone’s busy memecrafting. I wonder if anyone [...]
Windhandel
Hm. Selling a product made with 100% wind? Why didn’t I think of that? I wonder what the sunshine market is looking like these days? Or hurricane-affected sand? Maybe tulip bulbs?
Not blogging this
When I first arrived at the University of Sussex for the Internet Research conference, I ran into Steve Schneider (SUNY IT), and Randy Kluver (Nanyang). One of the first things Steve said was “You’re going to be disappointed.” This seemed an odd way to start off the conference, but it quickly became clear that the [...]
MITIA: Back to business