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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: November 2005
Blogging with benefits
From a Buffalo craigslist job posting: “I am looking for someone to help me start a blog….if you know how to do it, please me.” Are those two different jobs? (Via Amal.)
Wanna buy a sofa?
Been looking for a way to make money from blogging. Figured selling used furniture is a good start, if not particularly sustainable. Want a cool velvet sofa? Bid for it on eBay, and if you win, come pick it up in NYC. If you mention the blog, I will throw in a beer, or beverage [...]
Syriana and propaganda from below
Syriana is the next in Participant Pictures’ series of… well, I’ve called it “propaganda” before and I’ll stick with that for now. They produce films with a “message” without being overly cloying. Their tag on the associated site, participate.net is “Movies have the power to inspire. You have the power to act. Participate!” “What is [...]
Dogears and classroom ROI
Interesting brief article in Queue on IBM’s Dogear social bookmarking tool for the enterprise. It appears to be a system like del.icio.us, but with the ability to assign groups and to set up levels of privacy. They skip over the most interesting and difficult part: How to get folks to use it! They casually mention [...]
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Price perfection
One of my gred students, Kevin Lim was interviewed for a story in the Buffalo News about pirating Black Friday sale fliers for the internet. You may have seen the earlier story in the New York Times. I was interviewed for the story as well, and it was actually a longish interview. This is one [...]
Flying academics