31.Dec.2009 Stuck on OER (and somehow quotable)
One of the things on my bucket list is to be referred to (some day) as an expert. You know, like those quacks on FoxNews in the split screen with the green screened cityscapes behind them. For some reason that seems glamorous to me. Getting quoted by a reputable blogger/educator only helps me take the [...]
22.Dec.2009 Quote – Jonathan Rosenberg of Google
There are two components to our definition of open: open technology and open information. Open technology includes open source, meaning we release and actively support code that helps grow the Internet, and open standards, meaning we adhere to accepted standards and, if none exist, work to create standards that improve the entire Internet (and not [...]
02.Sep.2009 Ben Franklin sucked at advertising
For being a pioneer in printed news papers (creating one of the first papers in PA and infamously publishing Poor Richard’s Almanac), Ben Franklin, in all modern measurements, sucked at ad-copy. I might go so far as to say that he would have been canned by any current magazine, newspaper or even blog for the [...]
03.Aug.2009 Browser In/Efficiency
I love Google Chrome. It’s probably the biggest boost to my at home/at work productivity since I added more RAM to my laptop (before I did, my IBM could only handle 1 window of Firefox open at a time: this isn’t a good thing for someone who is currently blogging with no less than 10 [...]
