When I go to professional development (PD) it is really important to promote the “What’s in it for me” factor with me – if this does not happen it is really hard to get me to want to engage with what ever it is I am being shown. Flickr is a classic example of [...]
Archives for May, 2007
Flickr…ing – the light switches on
Categorized in Working With Web 2.0 Tools
Tags: fd's flickr toys, Flickr
Have PDA, will travel!
As part of my role in the Fresh Thinking Program I was fortunate enough to be invited to Pilbara TAFE to do a workshop on mobile technology (in particular PDAs). This definitely felt like a case of how much can you fit into 24 hours; and felt like going to two different seasons in [...]
Categorized in Inspiring others to use Web 2.0
My Goals – Gotta Get Goals Meme
As I have said before social networking online is truly amazing. For example take Gabriela and myself – a small matter of time zones plus a language barrier (on my part as I don’t speak Romanian and she blogs in Romanian) and yet we are able to network and gain from one another. By [...]
Categorized in Latest News & Updates
Tags: meme
The value of ranting
I have had a good laugh about the fact that my ranting has attracted more attention, than in my view, my great articles on technology. Does this mean that I think people are more interested in others misfortunes? NO. I know many of my audience value my technology posts but they also value learning [...]
Categorized in Tips For Better Blogging
Tags: blogging
New day – new great interview
Today I was fortunate enough to interview Sean O’Driscoll, General Manager Community Support and MVP at Microsoft about online communities. It will be podcasted soon. I came across Sean’s blog Community Group Therapy as a result of learning about Lee LeFever’s Common Craft blog from Lee’s great video on RSS feeds which resulted [...]
Categorized in Latest News & Updates, Working With Web 2.0 Tools
New day – new Rant!
One thing I did not mention in yesterday’s morning rant – was after all my traffic and meeting woes – I could not a drink of coke (cocoa cola). Unfortunately I have a serious addiction to coke – I have my own step program to give it up. So after getting stuck in [...]
Categorized in Tips For Better Blogging
Does Google Trends reveal world’s downfall?
The great thing about subscribing to lots of people’s blogs is you find out the latest news on topics that interest you, often as the news is happening. Last night I read the Chris’s Crucial Thought post on Google Trends reveals world’s downfall.
What amazed me was yet again here was another Google product that [...]
Categorized in Working With Web 2.0 Tools, Working with Google Tools
Tags: Google, Google Trends
My morning rant!
Well – got dressed early. Raced out the door because I had a early meeting (8 am) and it takes me 40-50 minutes to drive to work. Was running a few minutes late as it is hard to dress yourself, get kids ready, dry hair and write blog post (on scratch).
Watched clock all the [...]
Categorized in Latest News & Updates
It’s not fair I want to have a Scratch but I have to go to work!
Gabriela yet again has found an excellent program again for me to try out. It is called Scratch – an online program that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art — and share your creations on the web. Actually I think Gabriela has been missing me [...]
Categorized in Working With Web 2.0 Tools
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