Monthly Archives: January 2010
School’s out Friday
Busy day here for me. I’m in Philadelphia and about to go and sign up for Educon, the real purpose of my visit to the United States. Then it’s off to do a bit of sightseeing before things kick off … Continue reading
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New York reflections
I’m becoming a bit of a vlogger on this trip. Too tired to write a post, so if you want to hear about it, you’re going to have to put up with watching me talk about it!!
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New York, New York, a wonderful place…
This could be a long post. Hope you can hang in here. I am LOVING New York . It’s like a giant version of Melbourne; there’s a very similar feel between the two cities. I arrived Friday night and caught … Continue reading
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School’s out Friday
A bit different this week. I’ve just arrived in New York – you can probably tell that from my appearance in the video above! I made it for my family who I miss already. I love the fact that you … Continue reading
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Steve Jobs on life, love, loss and death
Spend the next fifteen minutes watching Steve Jobs address College graduates from Stanford University in December 2009 * (Update – my mistake – it was from 2005. Explains why he didn’t mention the liver transplant). He takes you on a … Continue reading
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Ubiquitous access
Here’s what I think. We’ve moved past the point where we can demand that parents purchase the computer school deems necessary for use in classes. Maybe we can determine the necessary specifications that are required, but we can’t determine the … Continue reading
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School’s out Friday
This is the 100th School’s out Friday post! I couldn’t resist using this video that Alec Couras tweeted about today. It’s a send up of Farmville, a game that people play where they run their own farm. I’ve seen peoples’ … Continue reading
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Blogging – two years in
Today, it’s two years since I first began writing this blog. Quite honestly, writing has changed everything about how I conduct my life. To some extent I’m driven; when you start something and then discover you have an audience, you … Continue reading
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Seth Godin on libraries – take heed
Seth Godin has written a brief, but pretty accurate in my view, summation of the future of libraries. I’ll post it in it’s entirity here, but make sure you start reading Seth. I do nearly every day. The future of … Continue reading
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School’s out Friday
The YouTube Australia blog has just released information about the most watched videos for 2009. My daughter was happy to see her favourite band, Short Stack, featured. They’re another example of a music group using a medium like Youtube to … Continue reading
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